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 . iam , , , , , , , Edward,Kane, William , Dudley. .Kelly. , James , , , , , , , , , , ,
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 . iam , , , , , , , Edward,Kane, William , Dudley. .Kelly. , James , , , , , , , , , , , , , M. F., , Catharine, , , James , , Michael. Morton, Caroline, , P. H. .Nicholson, Mary, , Catharine. , , , , , , , , Julia, , Hugh,Reilly, , , , John , , , Jos. W. M., , ^, , , Margaret, , , John , , John. , Michael.^\ard, James , onuHOII or the assumption. WEST FORTY-NINTH STREET. CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THEBLESSED VIRGIN MARY. FORTY-NINTH STREET. TOWARDS the year 1858, the increase of the Ger-man Catholic popuhition on tlie western side ofthe city seemed to require greater accommodations thanwere afforded by the chm-ches of St. Jolm the Baptistand St. Francis Seraph. The Rev. A. Krasny, AAaththe encouragement and by the appointment of his GraceArchbishop McCloskey, took steps to organize a newcongregation. He found the faithful ready to co-operatewith him. A lease was obtained of a lot on the south-east corner of Ninth Avenue and Fiftieth Street, and onthis a plain but substantial frame building was erected,and dedicated by the Very Rev. William StaiTs, VicarGeneral, in Apri
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