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History

The parish was founded in 1906.James Ricci
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'', September 10, 2006 It has served many different parishioners: oilmen and railway workers, film industry figures, post-

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families, gay men, etc. From 1992 to 1994, Archbishop

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lived in the church. The funeral for John Edward 'Jack' Reagan, father of President Ronald Reagan, was held at this church. The adjacent St Victor's school closed in the 1970s and its building is leased to a private, non-sectarian school, the

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Use as a movie filming location

The exterior of the church is used in Ben & Arthur.

References

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