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The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo is a Roman Catholic Cathedral located in Monterey, California , United States . The cathedral is the oldest continuously operating Parish and the oldest Stone building in California . The church was founded by Father Junipero Serra , OFM as the Chapel of Mission San Carlos Borromeo on June 3 , 1770 . When the mission was moved to Carmel the following year, the existing wood and Adobe building became the San Jose Chapel for the Presidio Of Monterey . Monterey became the capital of the Province of Both Californias in 1777 and the chapel was renamed the Royal Presidio Chapel. The original church was destroyed by fire in 1789 and was replaced by the present Sandstone structure, completed in 1794 . In 1840 the chapel was rededicated to the patronage of Saint Charles Borromeo . In 1849, the chapel was selected to be the Pro-Cathedral of the Diocese Of Monterey by Bishop Joseph Alemany . San Carlos continued to serve as the cathedral until the completion of the Cathedral Of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles ; the diocese was then renamed Monterey-Los Angeles and Bishop Thaddeus Amat relocated to that city. Future President Of The United States Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry were married by Father Ramon Mestres at the chapel in 1899; Hoover was the first President to be married by a Catholic priest. In 1960, the Chapel was named a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service . The chapel again became the cathedral of the Diocese of Monterey when the Diocese Of Monterey-Fresno was split in 1967 to form the Monterey and Fresno Dioceses . San Carlos Borromeo Cathedral is the smallest cathedral in the Contiguous United States . HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS
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