Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Manhattan)

Our Lady of Pompeii Church
Shrine Church of Our Lady of Pompeii
The church viewed from the neighboring Father Demo Square in 2008
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40°43′50″N 74°0′10″W / 40.73056°N 74.00278°W / 40.73056; -74.00278
Location	South Village, New York City, United States
Denomination	Catholic Church
Religious institute	Scalabrini Fathers
Website	olpnyc.org
History
Status	Parish church, national parish, shrine
Founded	1892 (1892)
Founder(s)	Pietro Bandini
Dedication	Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii
Dedicated	October 7, 1928
Architecture
Architect(s)	Matthew Del Gaudio Antonio D'Ambrosio
Style	Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking	1926
Completed	September 1928
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of New York

Our Lady of Pompeii Church, or more formally, the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Pompeii,^[1] is a Catholic parish church located in the South Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, in the United States. The church is staffed by Scalabrini Fathers, while the Our Lady of Pompeii School is staffed by Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is located across from Father Demo Square, which is named for the church's third pastor, Antonio Demo.

The church was founded in 1892 as a national parish to serve Italian-American immigrants who settled in Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the American counterpart to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei in Italy and a shrine in its own right. The church has resided at its present location since 1926, when construction on its current edifice began. While it has remained a largely Italian American parish, the church has come to incorporate many other immigrant groups.