St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan)
The Parish of St. Vincent de Paul was a national parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Named for Vincent de Paul and founded in 1841, it was dedicated to serve the needs of the French-speaking population of the city. The parish church was located at 123 West 23rd Street, New York, New York. The parish was closed in January 2013.
St. Vincent de Paul Church (Manhattan)
Bishop Charles Forbin-Janson, S.P.M.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Rauzan, the founder of the Fathers of Mercy
The boarded-up church in 2017
The Fathers of Mercy, formally known as the Congregation of the Priests of Mercy, is a Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right of missionary priests founded by Jean-Baptiste Rauzan in early 19th-century France.
A view of the sanctuary and nave from the choir loft in the Chapel of Divine Mercy near the end of construction