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The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . r, , , , Agnes, , , , , Eugene , Mary, , John , I^hvard , , John , , , Francis. McKenna, , , , , Catharine,
The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . r, , , , Agnes, , , , , Eugene , Mary, , John , I^hvard , , John , , , Francis. McKenna, , , , , Catharine, , , , , Delia, , George, , , , , , , , , , James , , , John , Andrew , , , , , , [, , , , , , , , , , John , , , , , , , Michael CHURCH or THE SACEED HEART OF JESUS. WEST FIFTY-FIKST STREET. CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. WEST riFTY-FIKST STREET. H IS Eminence Cardinal McCloskey, in 1876, deemedit necessary to create a new parochial districton the west side of the city, to relieve the existingchurches. To gather the faithful and organize a newcongregation, he selected the Rev. M. J. Brophy. That clergyman found the Plymouth Baptist Churcli,on West Fifty-first Street, between Ninth and TenthAvenues, for sale, and, deeming it adapted for the com-mencement of the new parish, pmchased it, in January,1876, for the sum of twenty-four thousand five hundreddollars. It is a fine church, with a front of fifty-twofeet, running back the usual depth of city lots, and canseat nine hundred
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