St. Mary's Church (Staten Island, New York)

The Church of St. Mary
General information
Town or city	Rosebank, Staten Island, New York City
Country	United States of America
Design and construction
Client	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Church of St. Mary is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 1101 Bay Street, Staten Island, New York City. St. Mary's is the second oldest of the 36 Roman Catholic parishes on Staten Island, having been established in 1852, after St. Peter's (1839), and before St. Joseph's (1855).^[1]

Parish history

The parish was established in 1852 by the Rev. John Lewis, an ex-Redeptionist, who arrived in Staten Island that year.^[2] Mass was first celebrated in a private house before private land was donated and after a few years a church and rectory were built.^[2]

Pastors

• Rev. John Lewis (1852-1887)^[2]
• Rev. Corkery (1887-1890)^[2]
• Rev. James F. Mee (1891-1909)^[2]
• Rev. Michael A. Cunniff (1909-1909 when he died)^[2]
• Msgr Daniel J. McMackin, D.D. (1909-?), assisted in 1914 by Rev. Cornelius J. Cronan^[2]

St. Mary's Parish School

The parochial school was established by the founding pastor, the Rev. Lewis, which in 1914 was conducted by 5 Sisters of Charity of Mount St. Vincent-on-the-Hudson (who also conduct an academy) and 3 lay teachers.^[2] The school had, in 1914, 182 boys and 188 girls.^[2] The school was among 27 closed by Archbishop Dolan in the Archdiocese of New York on 11th of January 2011.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ "St. Joseph's Church in Rossville Celebrates it's 150th Anniversary", Catholic New York, July 2, 1998 (Retrieved 11 May 2011)
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} 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.396.
3. ^ Alice McQuillan, "New York Archdiocese to Close 27 Schools," NBC New York, 11 January 2011 (Accessed 7 February 2011)
4. ^ Archdiocese of New York, "RECONFIGURATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING “AT-RISK” SCHOOLS ACCEPTED BY ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK," Official Press Release, 11 January 2011 (Accessed 7 February 2011)