The invention provides an oxide cathode, which particularly comprises the following steps: preparing a cathode-based metal, and reserving a geometric margin on the peripheral surface of an emission layer; pouring nickel powder onto the cathode-based metal by a molding method and putting the entire cathode-based metal together with a mold into a hydrogen furnace for sintering into a nickel sponge layer, reserving a certain geometric margin on the prepared nickel sponge layer, filling the nickel sponge layer with alkali earth metal carbonate, mechanically compacting an emission surface of a cathode emission layer, and removing the residual geometric margin; carrying out pre-decomposition on the oxide cathode before pipe filling; and clamping the oxide cathode on a chuck of a lathe, turning the emission layer and the peripheral surface, removing the residual geometric margin, and then wiping away all particles attached to the cathode surface. The cathode surface provided by the invention becomes smooth, regular, bright and clean; a hot particle emission angle is reduced; deformation of emission electron density distribution is limited; the particle bombardment resistance of the cathode is improved; the sparking probability of the cathode emission surface is reduced; the work stability of the cathode is improved; and the lifetime of the cathode is prolonged.