Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush.[1] The architectural model for the church is the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France.[2] In 1887, Pope Leo XIII signed the decree placing Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires under the charge of the Marists and giving it the designation of being a French National Church.
The church building was rededicated in 1915 after rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and great fire. In 1984, the church was designated as a historical landmark.
The church remains an important center of San Francisco's French community: it is located adjacent to the city's "French Quarter" centered on Belden Place and regularly conducts a Sunday mass in French.
École Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
École Notre Dame des Victoires is a co-ed Catholic School, Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.[3]
Alumni of École Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
- Al Madrigal
- Gavin Newsom
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References
- 1."School and Parish History - About Us - Notre Dame des Victoires". Ndvsf.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- 2.fr:Basilique de Fourvière
- 3."Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires". Notre Dame des Victoires SF. Retrieved 6 August 2025.