Church of St. Joan of Arc

1372 Stratford Avenue | also 1368 Stratford Avenue | Soundview | built 1930

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1953
Francis Spellman dedicates the Church of St. Joan of Arc
The Roman Catholic parish of St. Joan of Arc, at 174th Street and Stratford Avenue, was established in 1949. Francis Spellman dedicated its church in 1953, when Father Henry T. Morton was the parish's first pastor.
Source: Wikipedia
1979
Boxer Willie Classen's funeral here starts more than two hours late over a dispute about the bill
Willie Classen, a 29-year-old middleweight from the Bronx, died in November 1979 of brain injuries after Wilford Scypion knocked him out at the Felt Forum. His funeral at St. Joan of Arc started more than two hours late because his manager, Marco Minuto, disputed the funeral home's bill. His death led to new boxing rules, among them a required ambulance at matches and the so-called Classen Rule.
“…the Classen funeral at St. Joan's Church was delayed by over two hours, due to a dispute by his manager, Marco Minuto, over the bill…”
Source: Wikipedia
2025
Father Adaly Rosado comes back to lead the parish he grew up in
In 2025 Father Adaly Rosado, a priest raised in the South Bronx, returned to St. Joan of Arc, the parish of his youth, to take charge of it. He was named the parish's administrator, a title commonly given to a priest new to a parish, for one year before his appointment as pastor.
“In 2025, Father Adaly Rosado, a priest who had grown up in the South Bronx, returned as the priest in charge of St Joan of Arc Church…”
Source: Wikipedia

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