HISTORY TOPICS: HOUSES OF WORSHIP
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, ASTORIA
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria
Organized Aug. 20, 1840. First used a small frame building on the northwest corner of 26th Ave. & 21st St. which was dedicated on July. 10, 1842. A new church building was planned at Newtown Avenue & Crescent St. in 1871 and ground was broken Aug. 17, 1871. The new church was dedicated Aug. 17, 1873. The old site remained as a cemetery. The pastors have been:
1840-1856
Michael Curran
1883-1910
P.A. Walsh
1856-1858
John Brady
1911-1912
James J. Kennedy
1858-1880
James Phelan
1913-1940
Charles Gibney
1880-1881
Patrick F. Sheridan
1941-1949
Patrick J. Rogers
1882-1882
William McGinniss
1950-1965
Peter E. Kelaher
Between 1897 and 1930 the church membership increased from 2,500 to 6,000.
Text from '300 YEARS
OF LONG ISLAND CITY 1630-1930' by VINCENT F. SEYFRIED
