Crystal Cathedral
| Crystal Cathedral | |
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| Christ Cathedral | |
(2007)
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| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous denomination | Reformed Church in America (1980–2012) |
| Website | christcathedralcalifornia |
| History | |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Founder(s) | Robert H. Schuller |
| Dedicated | 1980 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Philip Johnson |
| Style | Postmodern architecture |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Orange |
Coordinates: 33°47′15″N 117°53′56″W / 33.787396°N 117.898933°W
The Crystal Cathedral is a church building of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, in the United States. The reflective glass building, designed by postmodern American architect Philip Johnson, was completed in 1980 and seats 2,736 people. The largest glass building in the world, it has one of the largest musical instruments in the world, the Hazel Wright Memorial organ.
Until 2013, the building had been the principal place of worship for Crystal Cathedral Ministries, a congregation of the Reformed Church in America, founded in 1955 by Robert H. Schuller. Crystal Cathedral Ministries filed for bankruptcy in October 2010 and in February 2012 sold the building and its adjacent campus to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange for use as the diocese's new cathedral. The building, especially the interior, is currently being renovated to accommodate the Roman Catholic liturgy and is due to re-open in 2017, at which time it is expected to be consecrated and formally renamed Christ Cathedral and become the seat of the Diocese of Orange.
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