Town or city New York City Architect George H. Streeton | Phone +1 212-281-2100 | |
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Country United States of America Address 211 W 141st St, New York, NY 10030, USA Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Similar Our Lady of Lourdes Church, St Margaret Mary's Ch, Immaculate Conception of the Ble, Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Church of the Nativity | ||
The Church of St. Charles Borromeo is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 211 West 141st Street Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1888.
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Buildings
In 1892, the address listed for the church was at 2660 8th Ave. The church was built to the designs of George H. Streeton Pastor C. J. Drew had a four-story parish school at 216-228 West 142nd Street built in 1961 to designs by the architectural firm of Greenberg & Ames of 303 Park Avenue.
Bishop Moore and the papal visit
Rev. Emerson J. Moore succeeded Father Edward Dugan as pastor in 1975, becoming its first African-American pastor. Moore became the first Black Monsignor in the United States in 1978. On October 2, 1979 Pope John Paul II visited St. Charles parish. In 1982 the Pope appointed Moore a Bishop, and Vicar of the black community.