Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church (Manhattan)

The Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
General information
Town or city Manhattan, New York
Country United States of America
Completed 1927
Demolished 1994
Client Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal was a Roman Catholic parish, a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

The church was located at 114th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1927 to serve the Spanish-speaking community of upper Manhattan and the Bronx. It was the second parish established in the Archdiocese to serve this growing population, the first being the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Greenwich Village. It was staffed by Vincentian Fathers from Spain.

The parish was closed in the 1980s.

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    Coordinates: 40°48′08″N 73°57′13″W / 40.80211°N 73.95363°W / 40.80211; -73.95363


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