Church of Holy Cross

600 Soundview Avenue | also 601 Thieriot Avenue, 610 Soundview Avenue | Clason Point | built 1966

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

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1921
The Roman Catholic parish of Holy Cross is established
The Roman Catholic parish of Holy Cross, now based in the church at 600 Soundview Avenue at Taylor Avenue, was established in 1921 under the Archdiocese of New York. The church that stands here was designed by a Franciscan, Brother Cajetan Baumann, as a modernist shell of concrete and stained glass.
“The parish was established in 1921. The Franciscan Friars administered the parish for nearly 90 years…”
Source: Wikipedia
1988
Holy Cross pastor Roberto Octavio González Nieves is named an auxiliary bishop of Boston
Roberto Octavio González Nieves, a Franciscan friar, was serving as pastor of Holy Cross on Soundview Avenue when he was chosen in 1988 as an auxiliary bishop of Boston. He went on to become archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1999.
“Archbishop Roberto Octavio Gonzalez Nieves, OFM (archbishop of San Juan Puerto Rico since 1999) was the Pastor of this community when he was elected auxiliary bishop of Boston in 1988.”
Source: Wikipedia
2008
The Franciscans leave Holy Cross and archdiocesan priests take over
After running Holy Cross for nearly nine decades, the Franciscan friars pulled out of the Soundview parish in 2008. Priests of the Archdiocese of New York replaced them at the church on Soundview Avenue.
Source: Wikipedia

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