St. Columbkille (Paulina Ave.): 1859-1975; records at Archives St. Cyril (Dante Ave.): 1904; 1900, Carmelite Fathers established a college for boys, buildings dedicated in 1902; masses celebrated in the chapel of St. Cyril College; 1969, consolidated into St. Clara/St. Cyril (Woodlawn Ave.); records at Archives Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Hermitage Ave.): 1891-1990, Bohemian; records at Archives Sts. Cyril and Methodius (Walton St.): 1915-1987; Slovak; 1913, members of Society of St. Martin saw need for a Slovak parish west of Pulaski Rd.; 1914, permission granted to form parish but there was no Slovak speaking priest; 1915, found Slovak born priest, officially began work on March 2, 1915; as of 1980, still a national parish for Slovaks; records at Archives St. David (Union St.): 1905-1995; founding members were predominantly Irish but other nationalities were welcomed; records at All Saints-St. Anthony (28th Pl.) St. Dionysius (Cicero): 1892-1990, German; 1889, mission status from Holy Trinity (Wolcott Ave.); records at Archives St. Dominic (Locust St.): 1904-1990; 1904, majority were Irish; 1965, consolidated with St. Philip Benizi (Oak St.) into St. Dominic; cared for mission of San Marcello which was later was attached to Immaculate Conception Parish (North Park Ave.); held national shrine of St. Peregrine, the patron saint of cancer victims; records at Archives St. Emeric (Washtenaw Ave.): 1934, Hungarian; 1938, renamed St. Stephen King of Hungary; 1939, moved to Augusta Blvd. St. Ephrem (Bryn Mawr Ave.): 1911, Syrians and others from Middle East; Chaldean Rite; worshipped in Holy Name School Chapel until church built in 1944 at Oakdale Ave.; 1963, moved to present location St. Finbarr (14th St.): 1900-1969; closed, records at Archives St. Florian Mission (52nd St.): 1918-1921, Polish; renamed St. Camillus; records at St. Camillus (Lockwood Ave.); see St. Camillus (Lockwood Ave.) Ford City Catholic Center (Cicero Ave.): 1969-1989; experimental parish; located in Ford City Shopping Center at 7601 S. Cicero Ave.; Masses held on Saturdays and Sundays in North Room of Peacock Alley in lower level of shopping center; 1968, looking for a territorial parish; records at Archives St. Frances Cabrini (Lexington St.): see St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Lexington St.) St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Lexington St.): 1940-1987; Italian; August 1936, St. Callistus Church (Bowler St. and Leavitt St.) had organized San Callisto Mission, this was the nucleus of Mother Cabrini (now St. Frances Cabrini) parish; 1940, mission reorganized as parish; 1946, Mother Cabrini canonized and name of church changed to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini; records at Archives St. Francis of Assisi (Kostner Ave.): 1909, Polish; nucleus of church was branch #636 of the Polish National Alliance, who called themselves Synowie Polski (Sons of Poland); 1906, first efforts to form parish; 1990, consolidated into St. Francis of Assisi-Our Lady of the Angels (Iowa St.); records at St. Francis of Assisi-Our Lady of the Angels (Iowa St.) St. Francis de Paula (Dobson Ave.): 1911-1991, Italian and English; records at Archives St. Francis Xavier (Nelson Ave.): 1888, German; 1991, consolidated into Resurrection (Francisco Ave.); records at Resurrection (Francisco St.) St. Gelasius (Woodlawn Ave.): 1990-2002; 1990, consolidated from St. Clara-St. Cyril (Woodlawn Ave.) and Holy Cross (65th St.); records at Archives St. George (Wentworth Ave.): 1884-1969, German; 1969, consolidated with St. Cecelia (Wells St.); 1971, consolidated into St. Charles Lwanga (Garfield Blvd.); records at Archives St. George (Lituanica Ave.): 1884-1990, Lithuanian; records at Archives Good Shepherd Chapel: located at the Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls; records at Archives St. Hedwig Mission Church (Washtenaw Ave.): 1939-1990, to serve elderly of St. Hedwig parish, now is the Archdiocesan Center for the Deaf; 1939, opened at former Hungarian Catholic Church of St. Emeric; records at St. John Berchmans (Logan Blvd.) Holy Cross (65th St.): 1891; 1990, consolidated into St. Gelasius (Woodlawn Ave.); records at Archives Holy Cross (46th St.): 1904-1983, Lithuanian; 1983, consolidated into Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St.); records at Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St.) Holy Family (North Chicago): 1902-1991; 1901, mission status from Immaculate Conception (Waukegan); 1991, consolidated into Queen of Peace (North Chicago); records at Archives Holy Family-St. Francis of Assisi (May St.): 1994-1996; consolidated from Holy Family (May St.) and St. Francis of Assisi (Roosevelt Ave.); 1996, separated into individual parishes Holy Ghost (Adams St.): 1896, German; 1941, consolidated into St. Mel/Holy Ghost (Kildare Ave.); 1988, merged into St. Martin de Porres (Jackson Blvd.); records at Archives Holy Guardian Angel (Arthington St.): 1899-1963, Italian; records at Archives Holy Name of Mary Mission (Church St.): see Sacred Heart (Church St.) Holy Rosary (108th St.): 1907-1973, Slovak; 1973, consolidated into All Saints (State St.); records at Archives Holy Rosary (North Chicago): 1904, Polish; 1991, consolidated into Queen of Peace (North Chicago); records at Archives Holy Trinity (Throop St.): 1914-2004, Croatian; a.k.a. Holy Trinity Croatian; (parish is in the process of closing, the place of records has not yet been determined) Holy Trinity (Wolcott Ave.): 1885-1990, German; a.k.a. Holy Trinity at the Medical Center; closed, records at Archives St. Hyacinth Mission (Spaulding Ave.): 1944-1956; records at St. Hyacinth (Wolfram Ave.) Immaculate Conception (Aberdeen St.): 1883-1990, German; records at Archives. Immaculate Conception (Buffalo Grove): now called St. Mary; see St. Mary (Buffalo Grove) Immaculate Conception (Highland Park): 1846; prior mission status from St. Joseph (Gross Point, now Wilmette); 1916, named changed from St. Mary of the Woods (Highland Park) Immaculate Conception (Waukegan): 1841; first known as St. Anne (Waukegan); 1843-1864, known as St. Mary (Waukegan); 1864, renamed Immaculate Conception Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicariate (Ashland Ave.): 1947, Mexican; 1941-1945, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel; 1983, consolidated into Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St.); records at Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary (Wood St.) St. James (Fremont Center, now Mundelein): 1864-1892, listed as St. Mary (Mundelein) in Catholic directories from 1876-1889; renamed St. Mary (Fremont Center or Mundelein); see St. Mary (Mundelein) St. James (Sauk Village): 1853, German, Alsace; 1847, attended by priest; nucleus of present parish was St. James (Strassburg or New Strassburg); no records prior to 1959 can be found St. James (Strassburg or New Strassburg): 1842, German and Alsace; nucleus of the present St. James Parish (Sauk Village); records for the country church at ? St. Jarlath (Jackson Blvd.): 1869-1969; records at Archives St. Jean Baptiste (33rd Pl. and Wood St.): 1882-1892; French; a.k.a. Old St. John the Baptist; records at Archives St. John (18th St.): 1859-1962; a.k.a. Old St. John's; records at Archives St. John the Baptist (50th Pl.): 1882-1989, French; records at Archives St. John the Baptist (Burley Ave.): 1903-1993, Slovak; a.k.a. St. John the Baptist, Slovak; records at Archives St. John the Baptist (33rd Pl. and Wood St.): see St. Jean Baptiste (33rd Pl. and Wood St.) St. John Chrysostom (Bellwood, once known as Berkeley)): 1962-1988; records at Archives St. John of God (52nd St.): 1906-1992, Polish; records at Archives St. John Nepomucene (Lowe Ave.): 1871-1990, Bohemian; records at Archives St. Joseph (Saginaw St.): 1900-1986, Lithuanians; records at Archives St. Joseph (17th Pl.): 1906-1968, Slovak, Bohemian; records at Archives St. Joseph (Chicago Heights): 1905-1990, Polish; 1903, mission status from Assumption BVM (123rd St.); records at Archives St. Joseph (Waukegan): 1870, German; prior mission status from St. Peter Church (Niles Center now Skokie); 1991, consolidated into Sts. Joseph and Bartholomew (Waukegan) St. Joseph and St. Anne (38th Pl.): 1889, French; a.k.a. St. Joseph; 1991, consolidated into Our Lady of Fatima (38th Pl.); records at Our Lady of Fatima (38th Pl.), earliest records at Archives Sts. Joseph and St. Bartholomew (Waukegan): 1991, from consolidation of St. Joseph (Waukegan) and St. Bartholomew (Waukegan); 1996, name changed to Holy Family; see Holy Family (Waukegan) St. Joseph Mission (13th St.): 1933-1950's, African-American and, for a short time Latino; mission of Holy Family Parish (May St.); records at Archives St. Justin Martyr (71st St.): 1916-1989; 1989, consolidated into St. Benedict the African (Laflin St.); records at Archives St. Laurence (Dorchester Ave.): 1883-2002; records at Archives St. Leo the Great (Emerald Ave.): 1885-2002; records at Archives Little Flower (Wood St.): see St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Wood St.) St. Louis (Polk St.): 1850-1871, French, French Canadians; 1860's, became Irish; 1871, destroyed by Chicago Fire, records at Archives; Notre Dame de Chicago