St. Rose of Lima Church
View from the south west on Beach 84th Street, April 2009.
40°35′10″N 73°48′34″W / 40.58624°N 73.809322°W / 40.58624; -73.809322
LocationRockaway Beach, Queens, New York City
Address130 Beach 84th Street, Rockaway Beach, New York, 11693
CountryUnited States
Language(s)English, Spanish, Polish
DenominationCatholic Church
TraditionLatin Church
WebsiteSt. Rose of Lima Queens.org
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Rose of Lima
DedicatedSeptember 27, 1907
Earlier dedicationAugust 30, 1886
ConsecratedSeptember 27, 1907
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)John W. Ingle
Architectural typeChurch
StyleRomanesque Revival
Construction costUS$125,000 (current building), US$6,000 (first building)
Specifications
Capacity800 (current building), 500 (first building)
Number of spires2
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
DeaneryQueens 10 Deanery
Clergy
Pastor(s)Fr. James Rodriguez
Fr. Daniel K. Rajski, Part Time Parochial Vicar
Deacon(s)Dcn. Juan M. Carattini
Dcn. Gilberto Laboy
Laity
Director of musicMr. Kevin Faughey
Organist(s)Mr. Kevin Faughey
Business managerMs. Luz Rivera
Religious education coordinatorMrs. Bridget Murphy
OCIA coordinatorMrs. Bridget Murphy
Youth ministry coordinatorMs. Sally Flores

Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 130 Beach 84th Street in Rockaway Beach, Queens New York. The parish was founded on August 30, 1886, and the old church building was one of the first Catholic Churches built on the Rockaway peninsula. It is a currently active church within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, and masses are celebrated in English, Spanish, and Polish.[1]

Building

Current building

Groundbreaking for the current Romanesque Revival style church building took place on July 1, 1906, and the first Mass and dedication inside the new church took place on September 27, 1907. John W. Ingle was the architect of this church. It has a seating capacity of 800, and the cost of construction was US$125,000.[2]

First building

Photograph of the front of the first St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church building that was built in 1886. The photograph was taken in 1906. The inset is of Father Henry F. Murray, who was pastor of St. Rose of Lima from 1900 to 1911.

The first church building, built on Fairview Avenue (modern day Beach 84th Street) and Barry Place, near the Long Island Railroad, was 50 x 100 feet. It could hold 500 worshippers and cost $6,000 to build. A small cul-de-sac in back of the Hammel project marks the site of the first building at present. The first Mass was celebrated in the first building on August 30, 1886.[3]

Pastors

Msgr. James F. Spengler

Father Edward J. O’Connell, 1886-1895 ✠

Father Thomas J. McCaffrey, 1895-1900 ✠

Father Henry F. Murray, 1900-1911 ✠

Father John P. Wilson, 1911-1912 ✠

Father James J. Bennett, 1912-1921 ✠

Father John F. Stack, 1921-1953 ✠

Father Pierce V. Brennan (Adm.), 1953-1954 ✠

Father Charles T. Carow, 1954-1956 ✠

Father Patrick J. McLaughlin, 1956-1957 ✠

Father Joseph J. Tschantz, 1957-1961 ✠

Father John B. Smith, 1961-1965 ✠

Father James F. McDonald, 1965-1971 ✠

Father Karl M. Michel, 1971-1978 ✠

Father James T. Devine, 1978-1988

Msgr. James P. Grace, 1988-1993 ✠

Father Peter D. Gillen, 1993-2007

Msgr. James F. Spengler, 2007-2015

Father Wladyslaw Z. Kubrak (Adm.), 2014-2016

Father James A. Kuroly, 2016 – 2019

Father James Rodriguez, 2019-present

✠ – Deceased [4]

References

  1. ↑ "History". Saint Rose of Lima Queens. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  2. ↑ "History". Saint Rose of Lima Queens. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. ↑ Emil Lucev. "Historical Views of the Rockaways St. Rose Of Lima Roman Catholic Church - Rockaway Beach, N.Y. History". The Wave of Long Island. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  4. ↑ "History". Saint Rose of Lima Queens. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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