Holy Innocents' Church (New York City)

The Church of the Holy Innocents
Photographed in 2010
General information
Town or city	New York, New York
Country	United States of America
Construction started	1924 (for loft building)[1]
Cost	$600,000 (for 1924 loft building)[1]
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Architect	Emery Roth 19 West 40th Street (for 1924 loft building)[1]

The Church of the Holy Innocents is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 126 West 37th Street at Broadway, Manhattan, New York City.^[2]

History

The parish was established in 1868.^[3] Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes had the church build a twenty-storey storage and loft building at 135-9 West 36th Street in 1924 to designs by the eminent Emery Roth 19 West 40th Street for $600,000.^[1]

Pastor Rev. Dr. Richard Brennan transferred here in 1890 from being pastor since 1875 of St. Rose of Lima's Old Church (New York City),^[4] after the death of the former pastor, Rev. Larkin.^[5]

Pastors

• Rev. John Larkin (d.1890)^[5]
• Rev. Dr. Richard Brennan (1890-?) former pastor of St. Rose of Lima's Old Church (New York City) from 1875-1890^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
2. ^ The World Almanac 1892 and Book of Facts (New York: Press Publishing, 1892), p.390.
3. ^ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.330.
4. ^ ^{a b} Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.369.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Father Larkin's Successor," New York Times, January 13, 1891 (Retrieved 20 May 2011); Excerpt: "Dr. Richard Brennan, who for twenty years has been of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Rose of Lima on Cannon Street, has been transferred to the Church of St Rose of Lima, on Cannon Street, has been transferred to the Church of the Holy Innocents on West Thirty-seventh Street, to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of the Rev. John Larkin. Dr. Brennan is a native of this city and graduate of St. Francis Xavier's College. He made his theological studies at St. John's College, Fordham, and was ordained by Archbishop Hughes in 1857. Dr. Brennan will be succeeded in the pastorate of the Church of St. Rose of Lima by the Rev. Edward T. McGinley, who is also a graduate of St. Francis Xavier's College. He was formerly pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart at Highland Falls."