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in the

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, located at 10 Austin Place,

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History

The parish was established by the

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on 30 May 1899 with the Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy, O.S.A. being the first pastor.Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor,
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'. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.396. The first mass in Tompkinsville occurred 12 November 1899 in McRobert's Hall on Arietta Street. A large chapel in the building of the Augustinian Academy (Tompkinsville, Staten Island) "was used for parochial purposes with the chapel of

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in Tompkinsville. The chapel, which is situated on St. Paul's Avenue, was erected on 2 February 1902." It was enlarged and renovated in the summer of 1908 and the parish numbered around 400 in 1914. The second pastor, the Irish-born Rev. B.E. Daly, O.S.A., was a missionary before being appointed to the Tompkinsville parish on 22 December 1910. The modern church building was designed by the architectural firm of Genovese & Maddalene of 175 Rock Road,

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in 1968. It was dedicated by Terrence Cardinal Cooke on April 26, 1968.

Pastors

#1899-1910: Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy, O.S.A. #1910-:Rev. B.E. Daly, O.S.A.

References

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