Our Lady of Victory Church (Brooklyn)

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Our Lady of Victory
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Our Lady of Victory Church (Brooklyn)
Location Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Denomination Catholic Church
Website https://stmartindeporresparish.org/
Architecture
Architect(s) Thomas F. Houghton [1]
Style Gothic
Completed1895 [1]
Clergy
Pastor(s) Fr Alonzo Cox

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]

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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. In 2017-2018, the church marked its 150th anniversary.

References

  1. 1 2 3 White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN   978-0-8129-3107-5.
  2. ↑ 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.

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