Church in New York City, New York
The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a
Black Catholic
parish in the
Diocese of Brooklyn , located at Throop Avenue and Macdonough Street in
New York . The parish was established in 1868.
[2]
History
The church was built between 1891 and 1895 to the designs of architect
Thomas F. Houghton .
[1] OLOV is a classic
Gothic style church, made of dark Manhattan schist trimmed with white limestone.
Due to a decrease in the population at nearby parishes, in 2011 Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio ordered for the church to be merged with Holy Rosary and St. Peter Claver, forming a new parish: St. Martin De Porres.
The current pastor is Fr. Alonzo Cox, at one point the youngest pastor in the diocese.
2017-2018 marked its 150th anniversary.
References
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a
b
c
White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000).
AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press.
ISBN
978-0-8129-3107-5 .
^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor,
The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women. . (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.581.
External links
Bishops Churches
List
List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
Cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn
Co-cathedral
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Brooklyn
Basilicas
Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn
Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn
Parishes
Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise, Brooklyn
Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn
Holy Cross Church, Queens
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Queens
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Victory Church, Brooklyn
Queen of All Saints Church, Brooklyn
St. Adalbert, Queens
St. Barbara's Church, Brooklyn
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church, Queens
Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church, Brooklyn
St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn
St. Sebastian Church, Queens
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Queens
Transfiguration, Queens
St. Matthias Church, Queens
Former parishes
Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Brooklyn
St. Blaise's Church, Brooklyn
St. Monica's Church, Queens
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