St. Francis de Sales Church
135 East 96th Street | East Harlem | built 1915
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- 1894
Archbishop Corrigan founds a new Upper East Side parish
In 1894, Archbishop Michael Corrigan tasks Fr. J. L. Hoey of St. James parish in Milton with organizing a new Catholic parish on the Upper East Side. Hoey sets up a temporary chapel in a rented house. The following December, Bishop Farley lays the cornerstone for the church on East 96th Street.
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- 1903
Bishop Farley dedicates the Italian Renaissance-style church
Bishop Farley dedicates St. Francis de Sales church on November 29, 1903. The building is designed in the Italian Renaissance style by O'Connor & Metcalf, and George H. Streeton expands it in 1903. Its first organ is built by E. and G. G. Hook & Hastings of Boston.
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- 1910
James Cagney is confirmed at St. Francis de Sales
James Cagney, later an Academy Award-winning actor, is confirmed at St. Francis de Sales in 1910. The church is later listed among its notable parishioners. When Cagney dies in 1986, his funeral is planned for this same church, where he was confirmed.
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