The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853 when the City of Brooklyn was separate from New York City....

, located at Throop Avenue and McDonough Street, Brooklyn, New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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. The parish was established in 1868.

Dedication

There are at least three Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic churches in New York City. Brooklyn's appears to be the oldest both for the parish and architecture. Bronx's "Victory"

Our Lady of Victory Church (Bronx, New York)

The Church of Our Lady of Victory is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Webster Avenue, Tremont, Bronx, New York City. The parish was established in 1909.-Buildings:...

 dedication origin is unclear but it is believed to celebrate the Battle of Lepanto

Battle of Lepanto

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 (1571). That church is located at 1512 Webster Avenue, at East 171 Street, a block south of Claremont Parkway, Tremont

Tremont, Bronx

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, Bronx, and was designed by John Vredenburgh Van Pelt

John Vredenburgh Van Pelt

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Manhattan's is the most recent, being founded during World War II in 1944 by by Francis Cardinal Spellman

Francis Cardinal Spellman

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, Archbishop of New York and Apostolic Vicar for the U.S. Armed Forces; the present church

Our Lady of Victory Church (Manhattan)

__notoc__The Church of Our Lady of Victory, also known as the War Memorial Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 60 William Street on the southeast corner of William Street and Pine Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York...

 was built 1944-1946 to the designs by the prominent New York City architectural firm of Eggers & Higgins

Eggers & Higgins

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