St Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral

History & Significance

Cathedral · Est. Parish founded 1973; present church dedicated September 10, 1983; elevated to cathedral in 2002

St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California, began as a parish established December 6, 1973, with Father Peter Kattoula as its first pastor. The present church building was completed and dedicated on September 10, 1983, with a church hall added in 1989. It became a cathedral in 2002 when Pope John Paul II created the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle of San Diego, carved from the Detroit eparchy. It serves as the seat of that eparchy, ministering to Chaldean Catholics across the western United States.

Byzantine Revival

• •Cathedral seat of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle of San Diego
• •Parish founded December 6, 1973, with Father Peter Kattoula as first pastor
• •Present church building dedicated September 10, 1983
• •Elevated to cathedral status in 2002 when Pope John Paul II established the eparchy (split from the Detroit eparchy)
• •An Eastern Catholic (Chaldean Rite) church in full communion with Rome