Corpus Christi Church (New York City)

Corpus Christi Church
A view of the church in March 2023
Corpus Christi Church is located in New York
Corpus Christi Church
Corpus Christi Church
40°48′40.01″N 73°57′38.78″W / 40.8111139°N 73.9607722°W / 40.8111139; -73.9607722
Location533–535 West 121st Street, New York City, NY 10027
CountryUnited States
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitecorpus-christi-nyc.org
History
FoundedMay 1906 (parish)
Architecture
Architect(s)F. A. de Meuron (1906 church)[1][2]
Thomas Dunn and Frederick E. Gibson (1930 church& rectory)[2]
Wilfred E. Anthony (1935 church)[2]
Architectural typeEnglish Baroque
Baroque Revival
Groundbreaking1906[1][2]
Completed1907[3]
1930[2]
1935[2][3]
Construction cost$45,000 (1906)[1]
Administration
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Clergy
Curate(s)Rev. Michael Holleran
Pastor(s)Rev. Peter Heasley
Laity
Organist(s)Dr. Kalle Toivio

The Church of Corpus Christi is a Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of New York, located on West 121st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The parish was established in 1906.[4][3][5] In 2022, the parish merged with the nearby Church of Notre Dame.

  1. ^ a b c Office for Metropolitan History Archived February 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, "Manhattan NB Database 1900–1986," (Accessed December 25, 2010).
  2. ^ a b c d e f Dolkart, Andrew S. (1998). Morningside Heights: A History of its Architecture and Development. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-231-07850-4. OCLC 37843816.
  3. ^ a b c "Liturgy". Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2011. HISTORY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH] (Accessed January 19, 2011)
  4. ^ Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-231-12543-7.
  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.323.