St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus's Church (Staten Island, New York)

The Church of St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus
The Church of St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus
General information
Town or city	West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City
Country	United States of America
Construction started	1953 [1]
Cost	cost $224,000. [1]
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Design and construction
Architect	Robert J. Reiley [1]

Last updated June 19, 2019

The Church of St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 1634 Victory Boulevard, West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City. The church was built 1953 on the designs of the prolific architect Robert J. Reiley of Robert J. Reiley & Associates for $224,000.^[1] The church has a co-educational parochial school.^[2]

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide as of 2017. As the world's oldest continuously functioning international institution, it has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilisation. The church is headed by the Bishop of Rome, known as the pope. Its central administration, the Holy See, is in the Vatican City, an enclave within the city of Rome in Italy.

The Roman CatholicArchdiocese of New York is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in New York State. It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester in New York. The Archdiocese of New York is the second-largest diocese in the United States, encompassing 296 parishes that serve around 2.8 million Catholics in addition to hundreds of Catholic schools, hospitals and charities. The Archdiocese also operates the well-known St. Joseph's Seminary, commonly referred to as Dunwoodie. The Archdiocese of New York is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of New York which includes the suffragan dioceses of Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Rochester, Rockville Centre and Syracuse.

New Brighton is a neighborhood located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City. The neighborhood comprises an older industrial and residential harbor front area along the Kill Van Kull west of St. George. New Brighton is bounded by Kill Van Kull on the north, Jersey Street on the east, Brighton and Castleton Avenues to the south, and Lafayette Avenue and Snug Harbor Cultural Center to the west. It is adjacent to St. George to the east, Tompkinsville to the south, and West New Brighton to the west.

Father John Joseph O'Hara, a future bishop, served St. Teresa's as parochial vicar during 1992–2000 and then as pastor during 2000–2012.^[3]

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References

1 2 3 4 Robert J. Reiley, AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946, 1953 Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 11 January 2011)
↑ "Saint Teresa School" . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
↑ Woods, John (July 24, 2014). "Ordination of Three Auxiliary Bishops". Catholic New York . Retrieved November 3, 2018.

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[AIA-1] 1 2 3 4 Robert J. Reiley, AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946, 1953 Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 11 January 2011)

[2] "Saint Teresa School" . Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[3] Woods, John (July 24, 2014). "Ordination of Three Auxiliary Bishops". Catholic New York . Retrieved November 3, 2018.