Our Lady of Victory Church

The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, located at Throop Avenue and Macdonough Street, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. The parish was established in 1868. Due to a decrease in population and collection funds at the local nearby parishes, Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio ordered for the church to be merged with Holy Rosary and St. Peter Claver, forming a new parish name of St. Martin DePorres Parish. The current Pastor is Rev.Fr. Alonzo Cox, youngest Pastor in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. He is also the current Diocesan Director for the Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns.BuildingsThe church was built 1891–1895 to the designs of architect Thomas F. Houghton.DedicationThere are at least three Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic churches in New York City. Brooklyn's appears to be the oldest both for the parish and architecture. Bronx's "Victory" dedication origin is unclear but it is believed to celebrate the Battle of Lepanto (1571). That church is located at 1512 Webster Avenue, at East 171 Street, a block south of Claremont Parkway, Tremont, Bronx, and was designed by John Vredenburgh Van Pelt Manhattan's is the most recent, being founded during World War II in 1944 by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Apostolic Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces; the present church was built 1944–1946 to the designs by the prominent New York City architectural firm of Eggers & Higgins

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