The Church of St. Charles is a

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in the

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, at 644 Clawson Street in the Oakwood neighborhood of

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. St. Charles Church was named for the 16th-century Italian saint

Charles Borromeo Charles Borromeo (; ; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Milan, Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was made a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal in 156 ...

, and was originally located on Mill Road, established in 1922 as a mission church of Richmondtown's Church of St. Patrick. St. Charles achieved independent parish status in 1960. Its

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opened in 1963 and received its own building in 1964. The new church building on Clawson Street was opened in 1973. St. Charles was the first parish assignment of Father

John Joseph O'Hara John Joseph O'Hara (born February 7, 1946) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2014 to 2021. Biography Early life O'Hara was born on February 7, 1946, in Jers ...

, a future bishop who returned to St. Charles as his Staten Island residence.

References

External links

Official website of St. Charles Church

Official website of St. Charles School
Christian organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic churches in Staten Island 1960 establishments in New York City Charles Borromeo {{StatenIsland-RC-church-stub