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Nelson Henry Baker was an American Catholic monsignor in Lackawanna, New York, whom the Vatican has declared as venerable.
Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, New York
Monsignor Nelson Baker (1914)
The sarcophagus containing the remains of Reverend Baker
The Our Lady of Victory Basilica is a Catholic parish church and national shrine in Lackawanna, New York which was consecrated in 1926. Due to the multiple charities of founder Nelson Baker, the shrin
Nelson Baker
…the disadvantaged and the outcasts of society, Baker was given the name "Padre of the Poor". A devotee of Mary, mother of Jesus, he constructed the Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna. Since 1986, the Diocese of Buffalo has worked to secure Baker's canonization. He was declared venerable in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI…
The front exterior of Our Lady of Victory Basilica.
View of the side exterior of Our Lady of Victory Basilica.
A sign describing the basilica's important status amongst Father Nelson Baker's several charitable institutions of Our Lady of Victory parish.