Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco

Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush.[2] The architectural model for the church is the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France.[3] In 1887, Pope Leo XIII signed the decree placing Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires under the charge of the Marists and giving it the designation of being a French National Church.

Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
Église Notre Dame Des Victoires
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Location
Location 566 Bush St, San Francisco, California
CountryUnited States
Location in San Francisco
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco (California)
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco (the United States)
Geographic coordinates37.7907°N 122.4065°W / 37.7907; -122.4065
Architecture
Founder1856
Designated1981[1]
Reference no.137

The church building was rededicated in 1915 after rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and great fire. In 1984, the church was designated as a historical landmark.

The church remains an important center of San Francisco's French community: it is located adjacent to the city's "French Quarter" centered on Belden Place and regularly conducts a Sunday mass in French.

Images
  • Front on view
  • The nave
  • The choir
  • Stained glass window
  • Statue of the Virgin

References
  1. "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  2. "School and Parish History - About Us - Notre Dame des Victoires". Ndvsf.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. fr:Basilique de Fourvière


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