Stockton is a city in California's Central Valley, on the San Joaquin River, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton.
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Origins
FoundedFounded in 1849 as Tuleburg by Charles Weber on land from the Rancho del Campo de los Franceses grant, renamed for naval officer Robert F. Stockton, and grown rapidly as a gold-rush supply port at the head of navigation on the San Joaquin River. 1 Attributions
TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountRoman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Stockton, erected by Pope John XXIII on 13 January 1962 from territory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of Sacramento. 2 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own accountEnglish and Spanish in ordinary parish worship, with Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite. 3 Connections
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Source Embattled Stockton Diocese Nears Bankruptcy Exit; Attorneys and Alleged Victims Speak Out
This source names Stockton directly: "Reliable for the shrine's 1986 founding in Stockton, California, by Rev."
Source Tsubaki Grand Shrine Of America (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
This source names Stockton directly: "the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America in Stockton, California, the first Shinto shrine built on the US mainland since the Second World War."
Source Tsubaki Grand Shrine Of America (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source 2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae
Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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