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Stockton
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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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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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Stockton directly: "Reliable for the shrine's 1986 founding in Stockton, California, by Rev."
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."
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