Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption

San Francisco Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (Cathedral of the Assumption ) in San Francisco , California, is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of San Francisco , which the counties Marin , San Francisco and San Mateo covers. It is located on Cathedral Hill .

Building history

The house of God is the third cathedral in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The first, Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception ( Immaculate Conception ), was consecrated. 1854 It was no longer sufficient after a few decades. The second cathedral was built between 1887 and 1891 and was given its current name. It was completely destroyed by arson on September 7, 1962.

The current building reflects the image of the church of the Second Vatican Council at the same time . The foundation stone was laid on December 13, 1967, and construction was completed three years later. The church was consecrated on May 5, 1971. Pope John Paul II celebrated Holy Mass here during his visit to the USA in 1987.

architecture

Interior, view to the altar (right)

The cathedral was designed by a local team of architects, John Michael Lee, Paul A. Ryan and Angus McSweeney, in collaboration with internationally renowned architects, Pier Luigi Nervi and Pietro Belluschi , who was then Dean of the School of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

The gable roof consists of eight segments of hyperbolic paraboloids so that the cross section is a square at the bottom and a cross at the top. The plan is reminiscent of St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, which was previously built in the same decade.

The base is a square with 77 m long sides. The structure is 57.9 m high and is crowned by a golden cross 16.7 m high. The roof is clad with travertine . The church can accommodate 2,500 people. Three groups of rows of pews are aligned with the slightly raised altar, which they surround from the front, left and right. The building was nominated for a 2007 list of the best structures in San Francisco by the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects .

Furnishing

View of the organ

The organ was built in 1971 by the Italian organ builder Fratelli Ruffatti . The instrument has 70 stops on four manual works and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic .

I Choir Organ C – g ³
Viola Pomposa	08th'
Viola Celeste	08th'
Wood-covered	08th'
Teller	08th'
Narrator Celeste	08th'
Principal	04 '
Flûte à cheminée	04 '
Nazard	02 ² ⁄ ₃  '
Forest flood	02 '
Tierce	01 ³ ⁄ ₅  '
Small Mixture III	0² ⁄ ₃ '
Clarinetto	08th'
tremolo

Trompeta Real (Great)	08 '

II Great Organ C – g ³
Quintadena	16 '
Principal	08th'
Pipe flood	08th'
Gemshorn	08th'
Octave	04 '
High tide	04 '
Fifth	02 ² ⁄ ₃  '
Great Octave	02 '
Mixture IV	01 ¹ ⁄ ₃  '
Scharff IV	0² ⁄ ₃ '
Trumpets	08th'
Trompeta Real	08th'

III Swell Organ C – g ³
Bourdon	16 '
Violin Principal	08th'
Bourdon	08th'
Flauto Dolce	08th'
Flauto Celeste	08th'
Viole da Gamba	08th'
Viole Celeste	08th'
Octave violins	04 '
Night horn	04 '
Flautino	02 '
Mixture VI	02 '
Contra fagotto	16 '
Trumpets	08th'
oboe	08th'
Clairon	04 '
tremolo

IV positive organ C – g ³
Dumped	08th'
Quintadena	08th'
Principal	04 '
Coupling flute	04 '
Octave	02 '
Fifth tide	01 ¹ ⁄ ₃  '
Siffloete	01'
Sesquialtera II	02 ² ⁄ ₃  '
Scharff IV	0² ⁄ ₃ '
Zimbel III	0¹ ⁄ ₄ '
Dulcian	16 '
Krummhorn	08th'
musette	04 '
tremolo

Pedal Organ C – g ¹
Contra Bourdon	32 '
Principal	16 '
Dulciana	16 '
Quintadena (Great)	16 '
Bourdon (swell)	16 '
Sub bass	16 '
Octave	08th'
Flood	08th'
Choral bass	04 '
Night horn	04 '
Rauschpfeife III	02 ² ⁄ ₃  '
Mixture V	02 '
Contra bombs	32 '
Bombard	16 '
Contra Fagotto (Swell)	16 '
Dulcian (Positive)	16 '
Trumpets	08th'
Clairon	04 '