St. Charles Borromeo Church (New York City)

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The Church of St. Charles Borromeo is a parish in the Archdiocese of New York, located at 211 West 141st Street in Manhattan, New York City.[1] It was part of the Harlem Vicariate.[1] The parish was established in 1888.[2]

On May 8, 2015, the parish was merged with that of All Saints Church.[3]

Buildings

In 1892, the address listed for the church was at 2660 8th Ave.[4] The church was built to the designs of George H. Streeton[5] Pastor C. J. Drew had a four-story parish school at 216-228 West 142nd Street built in 1961 to designs by the architectural firm of Greenberg & Ames of 303 Park Avenue.[6]

History

In 1962, part of the public housing project that was under construction adjacent to the church was named in honor of Pastor C. J. Drew; it is now called the Drew-Hamilton Houses.[7]

Eddie Bonnemère performed his "Missa Hodierna" at the church in 1966, the first ever Jazz Mass in a US Catholic church.

Emerson J. Moore succeeded Father Edward Dugan as pastor in 1975, becoming its first African-American pastor. Moore became the first Black monsignor in the United States in 1978. In 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed Moore a bishop and vicar of the Black community, after visiting the parish personally three years earlier.[1][8]

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]St. Charles Parish web site
  2. 2.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.321.
  3. 3.Dolan, Timothy Michael (May 8, 2015) "Decree on Merger of the Parish of Saint Charles Borromeo, New York, NY and the Parish of All Saints, New York, NY" Office of the Cardinal, Archdiocese of New York
  4. 4.The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
  5. 5.David W. Dunlap. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship (New York City: Columbia University Press, 2004), p.198
  6. 6.Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
  7. 7."Monsignor to Be Honored". The New York Times. August 12, 1962. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  8. 8.Vitello, Paul (August 5, 2008). "In Harlem, Shock and Anger at Pastor's Removal". The New York Times.