St. Anthony's Church (Bronx, New York)

Not to be confused with St. Anthony of Padua's Church (Bronx, New York) in Morrisania, Bronx.

The Church of St. Anthony
General information
Architectural style	Italianate
Town or city	Van Nest, Bronx, New York City
Country	United States of America
Construction started	1908[1]
Completed	1909[1]
Cost	$75,000 (for 1909 church)[1]
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Church of St. Anthony is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Van Nest, Bronx, New York City, near the corner of Mansion Street and Commonwealth Avenue.^[2]

Parish

The parish was established for Italians in 1908 by the Rev. Henry De Vivo.^[3][1] It is often referred to as St. Anthony, Van Nest, to distinguish it from St. Anthony of Padua's Church in neighboring Morrisania, Bronx.^[1] De Vivo left the parish with a debt of $70,000 and was succeeded by the Rev. Pasquale Maltese in March 1912.^[1] In 1913, there were 149 baptisms, 29 marriages, 237 confirmations, 12,000 communions, and 300 in the Sunday-school. Rev. Antonio Burriesci was the assistant. That year the pastor, Rev. Pasquale Maltese, had reduced the parish debt of $70,000 to $63,000. The congregation numbers about 350 families, 100 being English-speaking.^[1]

Buildings

The present church building completed in 1909 at a cost of $75,000.^[1] "It is a brick building in the Roman style with a seating capacity of 500."^[1]

Pastors

• Rev. Henry De Vivo (1908-1912)^[1]
• Rev. Pasquale Maltese (1912-)^[4]

St. Anthony's School

The school building was used as the filming location for the film Doubt (2008).^[5]

External sites

• "The 1950s in St. Anthonys Parish" by Nancy Keenan-Rich, The Bronx Board: For displaced, misplaced, and nostalgic ex-Bronxites.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.381.
2. ^ Bronx Catholic Blog (Accessed 7 February 2011)
3. ^ See Thomas J. Shelley, The Archdiocese of New York: the Bicentennial History, (New York: Archdiocese of New York, 2007), p.481.
4. ^ Rev. Maltese was born in Girgenti, Italy, in 1871, made his classical course at the Girgenti Seminary, and in 1893, came to American an entered St. Joseph's Seminary (Troy, New York). He completed his theological studies at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, and was ordained at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, in 1898. He was a professor in Dunwoodie for two years and in 1903 went to organize a parish for the Italians of Portchester, New York. See Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women.. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.381.
5. ^ "St. Anthony's Catholic School, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA," IMDB (Accessed 10 February 2011)