St. Mark the Evangelist Church (New York City)
St. Mark the Evangelist Church is a historic Black Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of New York, in the northern Harlem section of Manhattan. The address is 59-61 West 138th Street and 195 East Lenox Avenue.
| St. Mark the Evangelist's Church | |
|---|---|
 Principal street-facing facade of church and attached rectory (in 2011) | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Construction started | 1914[1] |
| Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Nicholas Serracino of 1170 Broadway[1] |
| Website | |
| https://stmark138.com/ | |
The parish was established in 1907 and has been staffed by the Holy Ghost Fathers since 1912.[2] It claims to be the "first Catholic church in Harlem to welcome people of African descent from the southern parts of the United States and from the Caribbean". The first pastor, Fr Charles J. Plunkett, had a brick church built in 1914 to designs by Nicholas Serracino for $12,000.[1]
A former pastor, Fr Freddy A. Washington, was accused of child sex abuse in 2017, though the case was later dismissed.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.344.
- ^ "Fr. Freddy Washington - BishopAccountability.org". June 2, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
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