Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
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Cathedral and adjacent (right) headquarters of the Episcopal Diocese of California
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 Location of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco
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| Geographic coordinates | States 37°47′30″N 122°24′47″W / 37.79167°N 122.41306°WCoordinates: States 37°47′30″N 122°24′47″W / 37.79167°N 122.41306°W |
| Affiliation | Episcopal Diocese of California |
| District | Nob Hill |
| State | California |
| Region | United States |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
| Status | Active |
| Leadership | Malcolm Clemens Young (dean ) |
| Website | Official website |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Lewis P. Hobart |
| Architectural style | French Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1928 |
| Completed | 1964 |
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| Direction of façade | East |
| Length | 329 feet (100 m) |
| Width | 162 feet (49 m) |
| Height (max) |
174 feet (53 m) |
| Designated | 5 August 1984 |
| Reference no. | 170 |
174 feet (53 m)
Grace Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral on Nob Hill, San Francisco, California. It is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of California.
The cathedral is famed for its mosaics by Jan Henryk De Rosen, a replica of Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, two labyrinths, varied stained glass windows, Keith Haring AIDS Chapel altarpiece, and medieval and contemporary furnishings, as well as its forty-four bell carillon, three organs, and choirs.
The cathedral has one of only a handful of remaining Episcopal men and boys cathedral choirs, the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys; the 24 boys of the choir attend the Cathedral School for Boys, while the 12 men are a professional ensemble. There is also a mixed-voice adult choir. The director of music and choirmaster is Ben Bachmann.
The Very Reverend Alan Jones retired as dean in 2009. He was also the moderator of The Forum at Grace Cathedral. In 2010, the Rev. Canon Jane Shaw was installed as the eighth dean of Grace Cathedral. She left Grace Cathedral in September 2014 to become to Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University In 2015, the Rev. Malcolm Clemens Young became the ninth Dean of Grace Cathedral.
The cathedral's ancestral parish, Grace Church, was founded in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The cathedral is the daughter of the historic Grace Church. The first little chapel was built in the gold rush year of 1849 and the imposing third church, for a time called Grace "cathedral", was destroyed in the fire following the 1906 earthquake. The family of a railroad baron and banker, William Henry Crocker, gave their ruined Nob Hill property for a diocesan cathedral, which took its name and founding congregation from the nearby parish.
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