Christ Cathedral (Latin: Cathedralis Christi; Spanish: Catedral de Cristo; Vietnamese: Nhà Thờ Chính Tòa Chúa Kitô), is an American church building in Garden Grove, California, that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange since 2019.

[4][5] From its opening in 1981 to 2013, the building was home of Crystal Cathedral Ministries, a congregation of the Reformed Church in America that was founded in 1955 by Robert H. Schuller.

The diocese renovated the building and its interior to accommodate Catholic liturgy and address problems with heat, glare, and acoustics.

[10] To accommodate the growth of their congregation, in 1958 the Schullers bought 10 acres in Garden Grove for a larger combination drive-in/sit-in church.

Schuller then commissioned the architectural firm of Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects in New York City to design a church with a seating capacity of 2,248 worshipers on the Garden Grove campus.

The gala included a recital of music by Vivaldi, Schubert, and Rossini, with the operatic singer Beverly Sills performing solos.

The Crystal Cathedral became the new venue for Robert Schuller's Hour of Power television broadcasts on Sunday mornings.

[16] By early 2010, Crystal Cathedral Ministries was in deep financial trouble due to high costs and reduced contributions resulting from the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009.

[19] After the filing, the ministries received offers for the Crystal Cathedral campus from a real estate investment group and Chapman University in Orange.

Chapman offered $59 million for the campus, planning to use it for health sciences studies and possibly a medical school.

The ministries' board originally planned to accept the higher offer from Chapman, then decided to sell it to the diocese because they wanted the church to remain a religious institution.

[23][24] Days after the judge's ruling, the Italian newspaper La Stampa published an article about a new a Vatican commission.

The paper said it would "put a stop to garage style churches, boldly shaped structures that risk denaturing modern places for Catholic worship".

[29] Bishop Brown stated that once Crystal Cathedral Ministries moved out, the diocese would renovate the church to make it suitable for Catholic liturgy.

[37] The diocese chose the Los Angeles design firm Johnson Fain as the architects and Snyder Langston as the general contractor.

[42] The diocesan vice president of philanthropy, Tony Jennison, explained that "you could see people fanning themselves and even wearing sunglasses on Hour of Power".

The contractor planted crape myrtle trees on the path from the parking lot to the cathedral plazas; these were mean to symbolize the "beginning" of holiness as worshippers progressed to the alta inside.

[43][42] The diocese placed several first-class relics in the reliquary of the cathedral altar to reflect the diversity of the Catholic community.

[46] On June 29, 2018, the Bishop of Orange, Kevin Vann, proclaimed a "holy year of preparation" ahead of the solemn dedication of the new cathedral.

[48] The formal dedication Mass took place on July 17, 2019;[49][50][51][52][53][6] The diocese opened the shrine of Our Lady of La Vang on the cathedral campus in 2021.