St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral (El Cajon, California)

St. Peter Cathedral
St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral
32°45′14.24″N 116°55′27.26″W
Location	1627 Jamacha Way. El Cajon, California
Country	United States
Denomination	Chaldean Catholic Church
History
Founded	December 6, 1973
Dedicated	September 10, 1983
Associated people	Assyrian Converts from ACOE
Architecture
Style	Byzantine Revival
Completed	1983
Specifications
Capacity	600
Number of domes	One
Administration
Diocese	Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Emanuel Hana Shaleta
Rector	Rev. Michael J. Bazzi

St. Peter Cathedral is a Chaldean Catholic cathedral located in El Cajon, California, United States. It is the seat for the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle.

History

The first Chaldean Catholic Assyrian people to immigrate to the United States arrived at the end of the nineteenth century. Although small in number, they were spread across the country by the middle of the twentieth century. St. Peter Chaldean Catholic parish was established in 1973 with Father Peter Kattoula as its first pastor.

The present church building was completed in 1983 and dedicated on September 10 of that year. It has a seating capacity of 600 people. The church hall was opened on November 29, 1989. It became a cathedral when the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle was established in 2002.

In September 2020 the cathedral was vandalized with graffiti of contradictory messages including among other things pentagrams, upside down crosses, white power, swastikas, "BLM", and "Biden 2020".

See also

• List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
• List of cathedrals in the United States

External links

• Diocesan website