(Harrison St.) started in 1864 and took over care for French St. Louis de France (117th St.): 1886-1973, French; 1887, changed name from St. Ambrose; 1900, mostly Canadian French, then Irish and German; 1972, consolidated with St. Nicholas (State St.); 1973, merged into All Saints (State St.); records at Archives Santa Lucia Mission (Wells St.): 1943-1963, Italian; 1963, consolidated into Santa Lucia/Santa Maria Incoronata (Wells St.); records at Santa Lucia-Santa Maria Incoronata (Wells St.) St. Lucy (Mayfield Ave.): 1911-1974; consolidated into St. Catherine of Siena/St. Lucy (Austin Blvd.); records at St. Catherine of Siena/St. Lucy (Austin Blvd.) St. Ludmilla (Albany Ave.): 1891, Bohemian; 1990, consolidated into Our Lady of Tepeyac (Whipple St.); records at Archives San Marcello Mission (Rees St., now Evergreen Ave.): 1927-1974, Italian; mission of St. Philip Benizi (Oak St.); records at Immaculate Conception (North Park Ave.) Santa Maria Incoronata (Alexander St.): 1901, Italian, now Chinese; 1897, mission status ministered by priest from St. Ignatius College; 1889, a priest was appointed to care for the South Side Italian Mission; 1963, consolidated into Santa Lucia/Santa Maria Incoronata (Wells St.); records at Santa Lucia/Santa Maria Incoronata (Wells St.) St. Martin (Princeton St.): 1886-1989, German; 1989, consolidated into St. Benedict the African (Laflin St.); records at Archives St. Mary's Parish (Seeley Ave.): 1905-1996, Greek-Ruthenian; Hungarians and Czechs; records at Annunciation (14610 Will Cook Rd., Lockport IL 60441) (708-645-0241) St. Mary (Lemont): 1840-1880; renamed St. Patrick (Lemont); records at St. Patrick (Lemont); see St. Patrick (Lemont) St. Mary (Waukegan): 1841-1843; 1843, renamed St. Anne; 1864, renamed Immaculate Conception (Waukegan); records at Immaculate Conception (Waukegan); see Immaculate Conception (Waukegan) St. Mary of the Lake Mission (Ingleside): 1870-1928; renamed St. Bede (Ingleside); see St. Bede (Ingleside) St. Mary's Mission (90th St.): ?-1996; Ruthenian (Carpatho-Rusin) Byzantine Rite; records at Eparch of Parma (Parma OH) St. Mary of Mt. Carmel (Hermitage St.): 1891-1976, Italian; records at Archives St. Mary of the Woods (Highland Park): 1846-1916; renamed Immaculate Conception (Highland Park) St. Matthew (Walnut St.): 1892-1974; records at Archives St. Mel (Washington Blvd.): 1896, Italian and Irish; 1878, established as St. Philip Benizi Mission (Maypole St.) from Our Lady of Sorrows (Jackson Blvd.); 1888, became St. Philip Benizi Church; 1896, renamed St. Mel; 1941, consolidated into St. Mel/Holy Ghost; records go back to 1876; records at Archives St. Mel/Holy Ghost (Washington Blvd.): 1941, consolidated from St. Mel (Washington Blvd.) and Holy Ghost (Adams St.); 1988, consolidated into St. Martin de Porres (Jackson Blvd.); records at Archives St. Michael (Wabansia St.): 1903-1970, Lithuanian; records at Archives St. Michael (Parnell Ave.): 1917; mostly Ukrainians; Gregorian calendar; merged about 1986 into St. Michael (Parnell Ave.) (Julian calendar) St. Michael the Archangel (Bellwood): renamed St. Simeon (Bellwood); see St. Simeon (Bellwood) Misericordia Hospital (47th Street): records listed in books of St. Agnes (Pershing Rd.), not a complete listing; records at Archives Mission of the Holy Ghost (Northbrook): 1894-1914; renamed St. Norbert (Northbrook); records at St. Norbert (Northbrook); see St. Norbert (Northbrook) Mission of Holy Name of Mary (Church St.): see Sacred Heart (Church St.) Mission of St. Monica (Harwood Heights): see St. Monica, Mission of (Harwood Heights) St. Monica (36th St.): 1893, African-American; origins date back to the 1880's, when African-American Catholics worshipped in the basement of Old St. Mary's Church (then 9th St. and Wabash Ave.); 1882, St. Augustine Society raised funds for a church of their own; 1889, priest appointed to organize African-American Catholics; 1894, church built at 36th St. and Dearborn St.; while pastor on leave of absence to regain health, parish attended by St. Elizabeth (41st St.); 1917, Archbishop Mundelein reserved St. Monica only for African-American Catholics; 1917, entrusted to the Divine Word Fathers to whom St. Monica became a "mission field"; 1924, consolidated with St. Elizabeth into St. Elizabeth (41st St.); records, 1889-1924, at Archives Mother Cabrini (Lexington Ave.): see St. Francis Xavier Cabrini (Lexington Ave.) Mother of God (Waukegan): 1903, Austro-Hungarian, Slovenes, Croatians, and Slovaks; 1991, consolidated into Queen of Peace (North Chicago); records at Archives Nativity, B.V.M. (Paulina St.): 1911, mostly Ukrainian; Greek Ruthenian and Ukrainian; Ukrainian Rite; 1993, moved to Palos Park St. Nicholas (State St.): 1890-1973, German; in the early years, Dutch Catholics belonged to the church until St. Willibrord was founded in 1900; 1972, consolidated with St. Louis of France (117th St.); 1973, consolidated into All Saints (State St.); records at Archives Our Lady of the Angels (Iowa St.): 1894; 1990, consolidated into St. Francis of Assisi-Our Lady of the Angels (Kostner Ave.); records at St. Francis of Assisi-Our Lady of the Angels (Kostner Ave.) Our Lady of the Cross Mission (Chase St.): 1948-1987; mission of St. Margaret Mary (Chase St.); records at St. Margaret Mary (Chase St.) Our Lady of Fatima Mission (Christiana Ave.): 1944-1990, Polish; mission of St. Hyacinth (Wolfram St.); records at St. Hyacinth (Wolfram St.) Our Lady of the Gardens (Langley Ave.): 1952-1993, African-American; 1946, mission named Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Mission, run by Holy Name of Mary (Loomis St.) until 1949, then by St Anselm (Michigan Ave.); records at St. Mary of the Assumption (137th St.) Our Lady of Good Counsel (Western Ave.): 1889-1989, Bohemian; closed, records at Archives Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel (Ashland Ave.): 1941-1945; 1947, renamed Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicariate (Ashland Ave.); 1983, consolidated into Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St.); records at Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St.) Our Lady of Hungary (93rd St.): 1904-1987, Hungarian; records at Archives Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Mission (Langley Ave.): see Our Lady of the Gardens (Langley Ave.) Our Lady of Perpetual Help (13th St.): 1898-1979, German; records at Archives; a.k.a. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Vicariate Our Lady of Pompeii (Lexington Ave.): 1910, Italian; 1994, reduced to status of shrine Our Lady of Pompeii (Chicago Heights): now called St. Rocco; see St. Rocco (Chicago Heights) Our Lady of Solace (Sangamon St.): 1916-1988; consolidated into St. Benedict the African (Laflin St.); records at Archives Our Lady of Vilna (23rd St.): 1904-1987, Lithuanian; records at Archives St. Patrick (Commercial St.): 1857-1986; records at Archives St. Paul (12th St.): 1866-1871; records destroyed in Chicago Fire Sts. Peter and Paul (Exchange St.): 1882-1986, German; records at Archives Sts. Peter and Paul (Central Park Ave.): 1905, mainly Croatians; Greek Ruthenian; Byzantine Church of Ruthenian Rite; closed, records are at St. Nicholas (Byzantine Rite) in Munster IN Sts. Peter and Paul (Libertyville): 1885-1905; 1905, renamed St. Joseph (Libertyville); records at St. Joseph (Libertyville); 1885-1895, mission status from St. Michael (Cleveland Ave.), St. Mary (Fremont Center of Mundelein), St. Patrick (West Lake Forest), and St. Mary (Lake Forest) St. Philip Benizi (Oak St.): 1904-1965, Italian; records at Archives St. Philip Benizi (Maypole St.): 1878-1896; renamed St. Mel (Washington Blvd.); records go back to 1876; records at Archives St. Raphael (Laflin St.): 1901-1989, German; 1989, consolidated into St. Benedict the African (Laflin St.); records at Archives Resurrection (Jackson Blvd.): 1909-1988; 1988, consolidated into St. Martin de Porres (Jackson Blvd.); records at Archives St. Rocco (Chicago Heights): 1905-1990, Italian; originally named Our Lady of Pompeii; records at Archives St. Rose of Lima (48th St.): 1881-1990; records at Archives Sacred Heart (19th St.): 1872-1959; records at Archives; 1865-1873, known as St. Stanislaus Sacred Heart (May St.): 1894, German; 1989, consolidated into St. Benedict the African (Laflin St.); records at Archives Sacred Heart (Honore St.): 1910-1990, Polish; a.k.a. Sacred Heart of Jesus; records at Archives Sacred Heart (Church St.): 1903-1979, French; reduced to mission of Holy Name of Mary; a.k.a. Sacred Heart Mission; records at Sacred Heart Mission (Church St.) Sacred Heart (Oakley Blvd.): 1911-1990, Slovak; records at Archives Sacred Heart Chapel: ????-1972; Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium; records at Archives Sacred Heart Mission House (Avers Ave.): 1934; Polish; Polish Jesuit house performed baptisms, these are listed in the books of St. Valentine (Cicero), records at Archives St. Salomea (Indiana St.): 1898-1990, Polish; records at Archives St. Sebastian (Dayton St.): 1912-1990; records at Archives St. Simeon (Bellwood): 1930, Polish; 1924, mission status from Servite Monastery in Hillside, mission known as St. Michael the Archangel St. Stanislaus (19th St.): 1865-1873; renamed Sacred Heart (19th St.) St. Stephen (Ohio St.): 1869-1952; records at Archives; a.k.a. Old St. Stephen's; 1916, designated a Polish parish St. Stephen (22nd Pl.): 1898-2002, Slovenian; 1998, reduced to shrine status; records at Archives St. Susanna (Harvey) 1927-1985; 1985, consolidated into Ascension/St. Susanna (Harvey); records at Ascension/St. Susanna (Harvey) Santa Teresita Vicariate (Palatine): 1961, Spanish; occupies the former Church of St. Theresa (Palatine); 1997, renamed Mision Juan Diego St. Theodore (Paulina St.): 1916-1976; records at Archives St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Wood St.): 1925-1993; a.k.a. Little Flower; records at Archives St. Thomas Aquinas (Washington Blvd.): 1909-1988; 1988, consolidated into St. Martin de Porres (Jackson Blvd.); records at Archives St. Thomas Mission (River Forest): 1865-1887; renamed St. Luke (River Forest); records are at St. Luke (River Forest) St. Valentine (Cicero): 1911, Polish; 1987, consolidated into St. Attracta/St. Valentine (Cicero); records at Archives St. Veronica (Whipple St.): 1904-1991; consolidated into Resurrection (Francisco St.); records at Resurrection (Francisco St.) Visitation (Garfield Blvd.): 1886; 1990, consolidated into St. Basil-Visitation (Garfield Blvd.); records at St. Basil-Visitation (Garfield Blvd.) St. Vitus (Paulina St.): 1888-1990, Bohemian; records at Archives St. Wenceslaus (DeKoven St.): 1863-1955, Bohemian; records at Archives St. Willibrord (114th St.): 1900-1988, Hollandish; records at Archives composed August 12, 2003