Archbishop Alemany: The Dominican Who Built Catholic California

November 29, 2025 World News

Carol M. Highsmith
Left: Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey, California, in 2012. Right: Henry Steinegger (1831-1917), “Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany,” Britton & Rey, Lithographer.

Amid fire, famine and the chaos of the Gold Rush, Archbishop Joseph Alemany worked tirelessly to revive the faith across a fledgling California.

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