Our Lady of Victory Church (Brooklyn)
| Our Lady of Victory | |
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| Location | Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Website | https://stmartindeporresparish.org/ |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas F. Houghton[1] |
| Style | Gothic |
| Completed | 1895[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]
History
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- www.smdpp.org Parish website
