| St. Mary's Catholic Church | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:St._Mary_Catholic_Church,_Los_Angeles.JPG) St. Mary's Catholic Church at the corner of Fourth Street and Chicago Street in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles | |
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| 34°02′29″N 118°12′53″W / 34.041445°N 118.214683°W | |
| Location | 407 South Chicago Street Los Angeles, California 90033 |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | stmaryschurchla.com/ |
| History | |
| Founded | Parish founded: November 20, 1896 |
| Dedication | Church building dedicated: January 17, 1926 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Franklin Power |
| Architectural type | North Italian-Byzantine |
| Groundbreaking | 1924 |
| Completed | 1925 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Los Angeles San Gabriel Pastoral Region |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | José Horacio Gómez |
| Pastor(s) | Fr. Jim Nieblas, SDB |
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[1] It was founded on November 20, 1896. The church building was dedicated on November 14, 1897, by Bishop Gregory Montgomery.[2]
St. Mary's Church is the fifth oldest parish in Los Angeles,[3] and was the first parish church founded to serve the neighborhood of Boyle Heights.[2] St. Mary's boundaries once included Sacred Heart parish to the north and Our Lady Queen of the Angels Church, as well as the former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana to the west. St. Mary’s extended eastward to the Puente Hills and southward to the limits of the Wilmington parish.[4]
It has been administered since the 1960s by the Salesians of Don Bosco. In the mid-1990s, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (also known as the Salesian Sisters) began administering St. Mary's Catholic School, it was the third parochial school established in the Diocese of Los Angeles in 1907.[5]
- ^ "Parish". www.la-archdiocese.org. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- ^ a b "St. Mary Church: The 'Grand Lady' of Boyle Heights". Angelus News. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- ^ Delis, SDB, Robert (1989). The Grand Lady of Boyle Heights. Los Angeles, Calif.
- ^ http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ Retrieved 2019-1-15
- ^ http://www.stmaryla.org/ Retrieved 2019-1-15