Our Lady of Good Counsel's Church (Staten Island)
The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 10 Austin Place, Staten Island, New York City.
| The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York City |
| Country | United States of America |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Genovese & Maddalene of 175 Rock Road, Glen Rock, New Jersey (for 1968 church)[1] |
History
The parish was established by the Augustinians on 30 May 1899 with the Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy, O.S.A. being the first pastor.[2]
The first mass in Tompkinsville occurred 12 November 1899 in McRobert's Hall on Arietta Street.[2] A large chapel in the building of the Augustinian Academy (Tompkinsville, Staten Island) "was used for parochial purposes with the chapel of Our Lady of Consolation in Tompkinsville.[2] The chapel, which is situated on St. Paul's Avenue, was erected on 2 February 1902."[2] It was enlarged and renovated in the summer of 1908 and the parish numbered around 400 in 1914.[2] The second pastor, the Irish-born Rev. B.E. Daly, O.S.A., was a missionary before being appointed to the Tompkinsville parish on 22 December 1910.[2]
The modern church building was designed by the architectural firm of Genovese & Maddalene of 175 Rock Road, Glen Rock, New Jersey.[1] The firm also designed Manhattan's Church of the Nativity in 1968.[1] It was dedicated by Terrence Cardinal Cooke on April 26, 1968.
Pastors
- 1899-1910: Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy, O.S.A.
- 1910-:Rev. B.E. Daly, O.S.A.
References
- Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
- 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.
