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Assignment Record– Rev. Kenneth J. Cabral
Summary of Case: Kenneth Cabral was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1950. He became a priest of the Diocese of Oakland when it was established in 1962. Cabral served in parishes in Tracy, San Jose, Oakland, Martinez, Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Lafayette and San Leandro. He appears to have been active until 1986, after which the Official Catholic Directory shows a year where he does not appear at all, followed by sick leave status and then retirement. He is reported to have died in March 1996.
Cabral was publicly named a child sex offender in the diocese's October 2004 apology service for abuse perpetrated at St. Catherine of Siena in Martinez during 1964-1965.
Ordained: 1950
Retired: 1991
Died: 1996
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Assignments |
Town/Accusations |
State |
Position |
Notes |
1950
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Archbishop was John Joseph Mitty (1935-1961). |
1953 |
St. Bernard's |
Tracy |
CA |
2/2 |
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1953 |
1954 |
St. Leo's |
San Jose |
CA |
2/2 |
St. Leo's had a school with 244 boys and 195 girls. |
1954
Archdiocese of San Francisco until 1962, when the Oakland Diocese was established.
Oakland's first bishop was Floyd Lawrence Begin (1962-1977). |
1963 |
St. Lawrence O'Toole's |
Oakland |
CA |
2/2 |
St. Lawrence O'Toole's had a school with 253-218 boys and 224-184 girls. |
1963 |
1965 |
St. Catherine of Siena |
Martinez
• Cabral was named publicly as a child sex offender by Bishop Vigneron in the diocese's October 2004 Apology Service. The abuse was said to have taken place at St. Catherine's during 1964-1965. |
CA |
3/3 |
St. Catherine's had a school with 216-191 boys and 217 girls. |
1965 |
1967 |
St. Joseph the Worker |
Berkeley |
CA |
4/4, 2/4 |
St. Joseph's had a grade school with 166-154 boys and 189-195 girls, and a high school with 325-363 girls. |
1967 |
1970 |
St. Mary's |
Walnut Creek |
CA |
4/4, 2/2 |
St. Mary's had a school with 181-133 boys and 190-135 girls. |
1970 |
1971 |
St. Columba's |
Oakland |
CA |
1/1 |
St. Columba's had a school with 118 boys and 105 girls. |
1971 |
1975 |
St. Perpetua's |
Lafayette |
CA |
2/3, 2/2 |
St. Perpetua's had a school with 223-285 students. |
1975
Begin was succeeded as Oakland bishop by John Stephen Cummins (1977-2003). |
1984 |
St. Margaret Mary's |
Oakland |
CA |
1/1 |
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1984 |
1986 |
St. Alphonsus Liguori |
San Leandro |
CA |
2/2 |
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1986 |
1987 |
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Cabral is not indexed in the 1987 Directory, nor is he listed in the diocesan pages as at his previous assignment. |
1987 |
1991 |
Absent on Sick Leave |
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1991 |
2000 |
Retired |
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Cabral is not indexed beyond the 2000 Directory.
Although the Directories list him until 2000, Cabral reportedly died March 2, 1996. |
Priests in a Parish: We use the following
convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means
that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually
the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand
3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample
page from the Directory.
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1951-2000).
• Diocese of Oakland Apology Services, Diocese of Oakland, 2004
• Connections, Bay Area News Group, April 1, 2008
• Accused Clerics, Contra Costa Times, April 1, 2008
Note: The
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priests in the United States on January 1 of the Directory's publication
year. Our working assumption is that a priest listed in the Directory
for a given year was at the same assignment for part of the previous year
as well. However, Kenedy and Sons will sometimes accept updates well into
the year of publication. Diocesan clergy records are rarely available to
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This assignment record collates Cabral's career history as it is represented
in the Official Catholic Directory with the allegations against him, as reported in
the media. We make no representation regarding the truth of the allegations
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This assignment record was last updated on December 20, 2016. |
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