Trinity Episcopal Cathedral serves as the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, and it rises here in Sacramento in front of you. Listen for the echoes of its long story: the first Episcopal services in Sacramento were held in 1847 by the Rev. Flavel Scott Mines of Trinity Church, San Francisco, and Grace Church was founded the following day. Trinity itself began as St. Andrew’s Mission in 1897 with the Rev. Alfred George as Missionary.
From 1900 to 1903 it was reorganized as Trinity Church and a new church building was constructed. In 1910 Trinity was named the pro-cathedral by the Rt. Rev. William Hall Moreland, and by 1925 the Pro-Cathedral was even suggested to tourists to California.
The Very Rev. John R. Atwill was named the first dean; some parishioners objected and petitioned that Trinity be maintained as a parish, but to no avail. Because of financial difficulties, Trinity and St. Paul’s Church were merged to become Christ... More recently the cathedral reported 1,903 members in 2015 and 1,249 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports.
Plate and pledge income for the congregation in 2024 was $1,133,486 with average Sunday attendance of 264. Notice the cathedral and the streets meeting just outside its doors.