Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco

Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
Église Notre Dame Des Victoires
Location in San Francisco
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco (California)
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, San Francisco (the US)
Basic information
Location United States 566 Bush St, San Francisco, California
Geographic coordinates 37°47′27″N 122°24′23″W / 37.7907°N 122.4065°W / 37.7907; -122.4065Coordinates: 37°47′27″N 122°24′23″W / 37.7907°N 122.4065°W / 37.7907; -122.4065
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Country United States
Founder 1856

Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Roman Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush.[1] The architectural model for the church is the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France.[2] In 1887, Pope Leo XIII signed the decree placing Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires under the charge of the Marists and giving it the designation of being a French National Church.

The church building was rededicated in 1915 after rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and great fire. In 1984, the church was designated as a historical landmark.

The church remains an important center of San Francisco's French community: it is located adjacent to the city's "French Quarter" centered on Belden Place and regularly conducts a Sunday mass in French.

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References

  1. ↑ "School and Parish History - About Us - Notre Dame des Victoires". Ndvsf.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ↑ fr:Basilique de Fourvière


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