The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los
Angeles leads the largest archdiocese in the country. Cardinal Roger Mahony
oversaw construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, which opened
in September, 2002 in downtown Los Angeles. Construction of the cathedral
marked a coming of age of the city's Catholic, heavily Latino community. There
are numerous Catholic churches and parishes throughout Los Angeles.
With 621,000 Jews in the metropolitan area
(490,000 in city proper), the region has the second largest population of Jews
in the United States
