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Saint Joseph Parish in Mountain View, California is a parish of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. The parish and its church are located in Mountain View in the state of California, the parish falls under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California and its bishop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Diocese of San Jose )〕 It is named after Saint Joseph, husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus; for whom the diocese and the nearby city of San Jose is also named. The parish church is located on Hope Street, having been in continuous service since its initial building in 1905. The parish school, (St. Joseph Catholic School ) is located on Miramonte Avenue, and is an elementary school for children from kindergarten through eighth grade. == History == The first Catholic church in the City of Mountain View was built in 1867 with funds gathered by Rev. Joseph Bixio, S.J. of Santa Clara. The original structure was a little white wooden building, topped by a cross, nestled among tall shade trees and enclosed by a white picket fence at the corner of El Camino Real and Alviso Road. The land was donated by John Sullivan whose teams hauled the lumber from Watsonville. It was a small church accommodating 150 people until 1884 when its capacity was increased to 250. Rev. John J. Cullen was appointed the first pastor in 1901.〔 〕 The present church property, located on Castro, Church and Hope streets, was donated by the Castro family. In 1905 concrete was poured for the foundations and a wooden church was established. St. Joseph's Parish then included the towns of Mountain View, Los Altos, Sunnyvale, and Mayfield (south of Palo Alto), ranging from San Francisco Bay to Skyline Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains at that time. The population growth, spurred by the railroad, put great pressure on the parish and its church within a few years after its completion. Therefore, in 1916 St. Martin's Parish was established in Sunnyvale, followed by St. Aloysius in Mayfield in 1919, St. Athanasius in Mountain View in 1947, St. William's in Los Altos, and St. Cyprian in Sunnyvale in 1962. In 1928, St. Joseph's Church burned down as a result of a fire set by a pyromaniac. In 1929 the present church was built with a seating capacity of 650. Starting in 1948, under the direction of Father James Doyle, the church acquired off Miramonte Avenue near El Camino Real and established St. Joseph's Elementary School and Holy Cross High School for girls. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Joseph Parish (Mountain View, California)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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