St. Ann's Armenian Catholic Cathedral
| St. Ann's Cathedral | |
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Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg |
St. Ann's Cathedral was an
History
Father Mardiros Meguerian was appointed as the first priest to minister to Armenian Catholics in New York. He was sent by Patriarch Stephan Peter X Azarian in 1896. Meguerian was named the General Vicar of Armenian Catholics in the United States in 1911.
Cardinal
The use of St. Vincent de Paul Church was short lived. The church was sold by the Roman Catholic diocese to a developer in 2011.[3] St. Ann's parish subsequently moved to Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, a Slovak-heritage parish, in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.[4] Its status as a cathedral, however, did not go with it.[5] The cathedral for the eparchy has since been transferred to St. Gregory the Illuminator Church in Glendale, California.
References
- ^ a b "St. Ann's Cathedral History". Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "Eparchy of the United States and Canada". Armenian Catholic Church. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ Aaron Short (2011-12-06). "Catholics save relics from out-of-business W'burg church". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ Joseph Berger (2012-05-10). "As Greenpoint Gentrifies, Sunday Rituals Clash: Outdoor Cafes vs. Churchgoers". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ "Former Armenian Cathedral of St. Ann, National Shrine of the Motherhood of St. Ann". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-01-15.