- Source: St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church (Manhattan, New York)
St. Francis de Sales parish is a Roman Catholic church located at 135 E 96th St in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.
History
In 1894 Archbishop Corrigan tasked Fr. J. L. Hoey, of St. James parish in Milton, with organizing a new parish on the Upper East Side. A temporary chapel was established in a rented house. The following December Bishop Farley laid the cornerstone for the church. It was dedicated by Farley on November 29, 1903. Upon Hoey's death in 1913, Monsignor James V. Lewis became pastor.
The parish school was organized in 1924 and staffed by the Sisters of Mercy, who had earlier established a Sunday School.
Architecture
The building was designed in Italian Renaissance style by O'Connor & Metcalf, and expanded in 1903 by George H. Streeton.
The first organ for St. Francis de Sales Church was built by E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings of Boston.
Notable parishioners
James Cagney, American dancer and actor
Sydney Magruder Washington, American dancer and blogger
References
External links
Parish website
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- St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church (Manhattan, New York)
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- List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
- Charles T. Murr
- List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
- List of Catholic schools in New York
- List of closed schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
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