Chronological List of Brooklyn Parishes, 1822-2008 Please note: in canonical terms, the official founding date begins with the arrival of its first resident pastor. However, in many cases, a church may have been served by priests from another parish before being assigned its own pastor. Parish and Founded Terr./Nat. Parish School Opened/ School Contact Information Comments Neighborhood Parish Closed Religious Closed/ Community Records Location St. James 1822 Territorial 1823 1973 St. James Cathedral-Basilica Site of first Catholic high school, St. Cathedral-Basilica, (CSJ) (All school 250 Cathedral Place James Academy (now Bishop Loughlin Brooklyn Heights records at Brooklyn, NY 11201 H.S.) Named a Basilica in 1982. Diocesan (718) 852-4002 Archives) St. Paul, Cobble 1838 Territorial Merged with 1838 1975 St. Paul and St. Agnes Merged with St. Peter-Our Lady of Pilar Hill St. Agnes in (SC) (All school 234 Congress St. in 1975. Oldest church building in 2007 as St. records at Brooklyn, NY 11201 Brooklyn. St. Peter/St. Paul/Our Lady of Paul and St. Diocesan (718) 624-3425 Pilar merge with St. Agnes in 2007 as St. Agnes Archives) Peter and St. Agnes. Most Holy Trinity, 1841 National Merged with 1841 2005 Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary First German parish in Diocese. Known Williamsburg (German) Immaculate (OP) (All school 138 Montrose Avenue for many years as the “German Conception records at Brooklyn, NY 11201 Cathedral.” Site of Most Holy Trinity BVM in Diocesan (718) 384-0215 H.S. (1916-1972) Merged with 2007 as Archives) Immaculate Conception BVM in 2007 as Most Holy Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary. School Trinity-St. current site of Ss. Joseph and Dominic Mary Catholic Academy. Assumption of the 1842 Territorial 1844 1962 (All Assumption of the BVM Prior to 1842, the building was home to a BVM, Brooklyn SC school Church schismatic church headed by Fr. John Heights records at 64 Middagh Street Farnan. Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11201 Archives) (718) 625-1161 St. Patrick, Fort 1843 Territorial Merged with 1844 1973 Mary of Nazareth Original name was St. Mary (until 1856). Greene Sacred RSM (girls) (All school 41 Adelphi St Merged with St. Lucy in 1974. Heart, OSF (boys) records at Brooklyn, NY 11205 Adelphi St. Diocesan (718) 625-5115 2008 Archives) Ss. Peter & Paul, 1844 Territorial 1846 2002 Ss. Peter & Paul Church Original name was St. Mary (until 1848). Williamsburg (CSJ) (All school 71 South Third Street Original church designed by P. Keely. records at Brooklyn, NY 11211 Merged with Epiphany Church 2007 as Diocesan (718) 388-9576 Ss. Peter & Paul. Parish Founded Territorial or Parish School School Contact Information Comments 2 Neighborhood National Parish Closed Opened Closed Archives) St. Charles 1849 Territorial 1852 2007 St. Charles Borromeo Borromeo, (SC) (All school Church Brooklyn Heights records at 21 Sidney Place Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11201 Archives) (718) 625-1177 St. John the 1849 Territorial Merged with 1851 1989 St. John the Evangelist –St. Merged with St. Rocco 2011 Evangelist, Park St. Rocco (SC) (All school Rocco Church Slope 2011 records at 250 21st Street Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11215 Archives) (718) 768-3751 Holy Cross, 1852 Territorial 1852 2005 (All Holy Cross Church Attended from St. Paul, 1842-1848; from Flatbush CSJ (girls) school 2530 Church Avenue St. James, 1848-1852, until Rev. Andrew CFX (boys) records at Brooklyn, NY 11226 Bohan named pastor. School became Diocesan (718) 469-5900 Flatbush Catholic Academy- closed Archives) 2009. Immaculate 1853 Territorial Merged with 1856 1983 Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary Popularly known as St. Mary’s. First Conception of the Most Holy (CSJ) (All school 138 Montrose Avenue Josephite foundation on Long Island. BVM, Trinity in records at Brooklyn, NY 11201 Merged with Most Holy Trinity 2007 as Williamsburg 2007 Diocesan (718) 384-0215 Most Holy Trinity-St. Mary Parish. Archives) St. Joseph, 1853 Territorial 1853 1973 St. Joseph Church Attended from St. James, 1851-1853, Prospect Heights (CSJ) (All school 856 Pacific St. until Rev. Patrick J. O’Neill named records at Brooklyn NY 11238 pastor. Diocesan (718) 783-4500 Archives) St. Benedict, 1853 National 1973 1875 1973 (All Sacramental records at the Attended from Most Holy Trinity, 1851- Bedford- (German) (Sisters of Christian school Diocesan Archives. 1853, until Rev. Maurus Ramsauer, Stuyvesant Charity, Mendham, records at O.S.B., named pastor. NJ) Diocesan Archives) St. Boniface, 1854 National 1854 1947 Oratory Church of St. Brooklyn Heights (German) (OP) (Roll Books Boniface at Diocesan 109 Willoughby Street Archives) Brooklyn, NY (718) 875-2096 Visitation of the 1854 Territorial 1854 1975 Visitation of the BVM BVM, Red Hook (CSJ) (All school Church records at 98 Richards Street Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11231 Archives) (718) 624-1572 Parish Founded Territorial or Parish School School Contact Information Comments 3 Neighborhood National Parish Closed Opened Closed St. Malachy, East 1854 Territorial Merged with 1854 1979 St. Michael-St. Malachy Attended from Holy Cross, 1854-1862, New York St. Michael (CSJ) (All school 225 Jerome Street until Rev. Patrick Creighton named in 2007 as records at Brooklyn, NY 11207 pastor. St. Michael- Diocesan (718) 647-1818 St. Malachy Archives) St. Patrick, Bay 1854 Territorial 1863 St. Patrick Church Fort Hamilton within parish boundaries. Ridge (OP) 9511 Fourth Avenue Attended from Holy Cross and St. John Brooklyn, NY 11209 the Evangelist until Rev. Michael B. (718) 238-2600 Maginn named pastor. St. Mary Star of 1855 Territorial 1856 1988 St. Mary Star of the Church Attended from Assumption, 1853-1855, the Sea, Carroll (CSJ) (All school 467 Court Street until Rev. Edward Maginness named Gardens records at Brooklyn, NY 11231 pastor. Diocesan (718) 625-2270 Archives) Our Lady of 1857 Territorial 1930 1861 1930 Sacramental records are at Originally located at Debevoise Place & Mercy, Brooklyn (CSJ) (All school the Diocesan Archives. DeKalb Avenue. Moved to Schemerhorn Heights records at St. near Bond St., 1908. Diocesan Archives) St. Anthony of 1858 Territorial 1859 2006 St. Anthony-St. Alphonsus Merged with St. Alphonsus in 1975 Padua, Greenpoint CSJ (girls) (All school Church Merged with Holy Family 2011 OSF (boys) records at 862 Manhattan Avenue Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11222 Archives) (718) 383-3339 St. Peter, Cobble 1859 Territorial 1975 1862 1975 St. Paul and St. Agnes Site of Diocese’s earliest Italian and Hill (SC) (All school 234 Congress St. Puerto Rican Masses. Merged with Our records at Brooklyn, NY 11201 Lady of Pilar in 1935. Known as St. Diocesan (718) 624-3425 Peter-Our Lady of Pilar until it merged Archives) with St. Paul in 1975. St. Agnes and St. Peter/St. Paul/Our Lady of the Pilar merge as St. Paul and St. Agnes St. Ann, Fort 1860 Territorial 1986 1869 1940 Sacramental records are at Closed in 1986 and merged with St. Greene (CSJ) (Fragmente the Diocesan Archives. George. Known as St. Ann-St. George d records until it was closed in 2003. for 1900-16 at Diocesan Archives) St. Vincent De 1860 Territorial 2004 1869 1985 Sacramental are at the Building now closed. Patrimony removed Paul, (CSJ) (merged Diocesan Archives. 2012. Williamsburg with OL Mt. Carmel as Parish Founded Territorial or Parish School School Contact Information Comments 4 Neighborhood National Parish Closed Opened Closed Northside Catholic; Northside Catholic closed 2009 all school records at Diocesan Archives) St. Michael, East 1860 National 1863 2011 St. Michael-St. Malachy Parish served by the Capuchins from New York (German) (OP) (became Parish 1897 to 2002. Site of St. Michael’s Girls Salve 225 Jerome Street H.S. (1942-1976) Salve Regina Academy Regina Brooklyn, NY 11207 Opened Sept. 2011 in former Academy (718) 647-1818 St.Michael’s Elementary & Hs Buildings all St. Michael records at Diocesan Archives) Annunciation of 1863 National 1873 1973 Our Lady of Mount Carmel In 1914, the parish became Lithuanian. the BVM, (German) (OP) (All school Church Williamsburg records at 275 North 8th Street Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11211 Archives) (718) 384-0223 St. Nicholas, 1866 National 1868 2011 St.Nicholas Church 26 Olive Site of St. Nicholas H.S., 1914-1977 Williamsburg (German) (OP) Became Street Brooklyn Ny 11211 Salve Regina Academy Campus Opened Queens of (718) 388-1420 2011 informer Elementary School. the Rosary A St. Francis-in-the- 1866 National 1888 Never had a Contact the Diocesan Originally located at Bedford Avenue Fields, Bedford- (German) parochial school. Archives. near Madison Street and Putnam Avenue. Stuyvesant Was a mission of Most Holy Trinity (1850-1866). Site of preparatory seminary (1856-1858). St. Stephen, 1866 Territorial 1875 2006 Sacred Hearts of Jesus Mary Merged with Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Carroll Gardens (Originally SC; (All school and St. Stephen Church Mary in 1941. later Missionary records at 108 Carroll Street Sisters of the Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11231 Sacred Heart of Archives) (718) 596-7750 Jesus, Chicago) St. John the 1868 Territorial 1873 2010 St. John the Baptist Church Original site of St. John’s University Parish Founded Territorial or Parish School School Contact Information Comments 5 Neighborhood National Parish Closed Opened Closed Baptist, Bedford- (SC) (All records 75 Lewis Avenue (until it moved to Queens in 1954). Site Stuyvesant at Diocesan Brooklyn, NY 11206 of St. John’s Prep (1870-1972). Served Archives) (718) 455-6864 by Vincentians. Merged with Our Lady of Good Counsel in 2007 as St. John the Baptist. All Saints, 1868 National 1868 2005 All Saints Church Site of All Saints H.S. (1916-1973). Williamsburg (German) (OP) (All school 115 Throop Street records at Brooklyn, NY 11216 Diocesan (718) 388-1951 Archives) Our Lady of 1868 Territorial 2007 1872 1973 St. Martin De Porres Parish A predominantly African-American Victory, Bedford- (CSJ) (All school 29 Claver Place parish since the 1930’s.