St. Rita's Church (Staten Island, New York)

The Church of St. Rita
The Church of St. Rita
General information
Town or city	Staten Island, New York
Country	United States of America
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Last updated February 23, 2019

St. Rita's Church is a Roman Catholic -parish church governed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in Staten Island, New York City. There was a St. Rita of Cascia's Church (Bronx, New York) established in 1900.^[1]

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References

↑ 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.392.

External links

Church of St. Rita & St. Rita School official site

Coordinates: 40°36′15.82″N74°7′52.49″W / 40.6043944°N 74.1312472°W / 40.6043944; -74.1312472

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[Lafort-1] 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.392.