California IN BRIEF : OAKLAND : Catholics to Raze Damaged Churches
- Share via
From Times staff and Wire reports
Roman Catholic church leaders announced the “sad decision” to tear down two 19th-Century churches damaged in the 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake nearly a year ago. Bishop John S. Cummins of the Catholic Diocese of Oakland told a news conference that St. Francis de Sales Cathedral and Sacred Heart Church will be razed. He said the church cannot afford the $8 million it would cost to fix them. St. Francis, near downtown, was built in 1893. Sacred Heart, in north Oakland, was built in 1897.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
