Our Lady of Victory Church (Brooklyn) explained

Our Lady of Victory
Location:	Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Denomination:	Catholic Church
Website:	https://stmartindeporresparish.org/
Architect:	Thomas F. Houghton
Style:	Gothic
Completed Date:	1895
Pastor:	Fr Alonzo Cox

The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a Black Catholic parish in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located at Throop Avenue and Macdonough Street in New York. The parish was established in 1868.^[1]

History

The church was built between 1891 and 1895 to the designs of architect Thomas F. Houghton. OLOV is a classic Gothic style church, made of dark Manhattan schist trimmed with white limestone.

Due to a decrease in the population at nearby parishes, in 2011 Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordered for the church to be merged with Holy Rosary and St. Peter Claver, forming a new parish: St. Martin De Porres.

The current pastor is Fr. Alonzo Cox, at one point the youngest pastor in the diocese.

2017-2018 marked its 150th anniversary.

External links

• www.smdpp.org Parish website

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Notes and References

1. 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.581.