Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores) is a Catholic church within the City of Santa Barbara, California in the United States that was built in 1929.
[1] Built to serve the Spanish military, the church was founded by Father Junípero Serra, O.F.M., who celebrated Santa Barbara's first Mass at the original site of the Presidio Chapel and had initially supplied all of the furnishings, altar pieces, and a library.
By 1908, the church administration was passed to the Jesuit Fathers of the California Province of the Society of Jesus.
On the morning of June 29, 1925, the 6.8 Richter magnitude scale Santa Barbara earthquake destroyed much of the church, including; the facade, an entire side, and one of the bell towers.
On June 30, 2014, a Mass was held that passed the administration of the church over to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.