Our Lady of Covadonga (St. Louis City)

Our Lady of Covadonga is a permanently closed Catholic parish in St. Louis City, MO. The parish was founded in 1915. The parish closed in 1932.

Photo of Our Lady of Covadonga Catholic Church, St. Louis, MO
  • Year founded: 1915
  • Year closed: 1932 (17 years)

This was a Spanish mission in south St. Louis. “Jesuit priests had established a mission to serve the Spanish Catholics who had been settling in the Carondelet area since the turn of the century. Beginning in 1912, they operated out of St. Columbkille's Parish, and then out of St. Boniface Parish . . . until . . . Our Lady of Covadonga, led by a priest from Mexico, was established . . . As the Spaniards assimilated into the greater community, the parish permanently closed . . .” –Carondelet Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 7.

Photos

Photo of Our Lady of Covadonga Catholic Church, St. Louis, MO
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Photo of church building - 2016
2016
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Altar
Altar
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Location

The building is now St. Louis Byzantine Catholic Church.

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