St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (Bayonne, New Jersey)

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is located in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It is an active parish of the Archdiocese of Newark, in Deanery 13. It is noted for its historic parish church, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2011.

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Avenue C and 47th Street, Bayonne, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°40′55″N 74°6′24″W
NRHP reference No.	11000590[1]
NJRHP No.	4920[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 24, 2011
Designated NJRHP	July 10, 2009

The parish was established in 1894, primarily serving Irish and German immigrants in the area. In 1905, the congregation moved from the rented hall it had been using to a new wooden Gothic Revival church. In 1927, work began on the current Lombardy Romanesque church, which was completed in 1930.[3]

Architecture

The building was designed by the ecclesiastical architectural firm Maginnis & Walsh of Boston. The granite Romanesque Revival style structure replaced the older Gothic structure, which was deemed impractical. There are more than 40 stained glass windows in the church and rectory that were made in Dublin, Ireland in the Harry Clarke Studio, in order to tell the history of the parish. No other examples of his work survive anywhere in North America.[4]

The organ was built by the Hinners Organ Company in 1930. It originally had electro-pneumatic action and was rebuilt in 1993 with a computerized/digital system in 1993.[5]

As a tribute to the early Irish parishioners that were the cornerstone of the Church the workers carved a Celtic cross in a cut-stone found at the top of the Church's front facade.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 6, 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
3. The History of Our Church and Parish, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church [Bayonne, NJ], archived from the original on 2016-01-09, retrieved July 16, 2019
4. https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/08/04/bayonne-briefs-311/
5. "OHS Database: Instrument 24919 Details". OHS Pipe Organ Database. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2018-04-03.