Church of St. Roch

602 Port Richmond Avenue | Port Richmond | built 1955

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

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1922
September
St. Roch's parish is founded with Fr. Catello Terrone as its first pastor
St. Roch's started out as a mission of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and became a parish in September 1922. Its first pastor, Fr. Catello Terrone, led it until 1949, and his successor, Fr. Pasquale Cannizzaro, served from 1950 to 1972. Relics of five saints, St. Roch, St. Anthony, St. Lucy, St. Rita and St. Ann, were set in the altar stone.
“The parish was founded in September 1922; Fr Catello Terrone was the first pastor.”
Source: Wikipedia
1929
Parishioners sell one-dollar "bricks" to pay for a new St. Roch's church
By about 1928 the congregation had outgrown its small wooden church. Parishioners went from door to door selling "bricks" at $1 apiece to raise money for a larger building, and the new church was dedicated in 1929.
“…parishioners went door to door to selling "bricks" for $1 to finance a larger building to replace the small wooden church.”
Source: Wikipedia
2015
St. Roch's merges with St. Adalbert's to form a single parish
In 2015 the parish of St. Roch was combined with that of St. Adalbert, creating the parish of St. Adalbert - St. Roch. Fr. James H. Hauver, pastor of St. Roch's from 2011, served until 2016.
Source: Wikipedia

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