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Grace Cathedral
Since 1964
Grace Cathedral is an American cathedral of the Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California. On top of Nob Hill, Grace is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of California, led by Bishop Austin Keith Rios since 2024, while the cathedral's local parish has been led by Dean Malcolm Clemens Young since 2015.
The cathedral reported 2,302 members in 2015 and 1,652 members in 2025.
Why it's on the map
The parish, founded in 1849, lost its previous church building in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
When the 1862 building was destroyed in the fire following the 1906 earthquake, the Grace parish opened a temporary facility in 1907.
Grace Cathedral remained in this state, with a large vacant space between the partial section of nave and the single bell tower, for the next 17 years.
The original Ghiberti doors are no longer installed in the baptistery as corrosion and weathering led conservators to decide that they must be preserved in a museum under a totally dry and controlled atmosphere.
The parish opened a temporary facility in 1907, raised enough funds to start construction of the present cathedral in 1927, started using it in 1934, and completed final construction in 1964.
Little Grace Pro-Cathedral (1907) was built on the new site, flanking Taylor Street near California Street, and a cathedral design by noted English Gothic Revival architect George Frederick Bodley was accepted.
Source: Wikipedia / Wikidata
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