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St. roSe cHurcH
The year 1842 saw the rst Mass celebrated in the town of Lima, and soon St. Rose Parish was founded in 1848.
The parish’s rst church was completed in 1849, and an addition was required only two years later due to the rapid in ux of Catholics in northeastern Livingston County. St. Rose’s rst resident pastor, Father William Quigley, arrived
in 1853.
Construction of a new church began with the laying of a cornerstone in 1870; the building at 1985 Lake Ave. was dedicated in 1873 and continues to serve as the parish’s house of worship. The structure is
James E. Quigley, who was Bishop of Buffalo from 1897-1903 and Archbishop of Chicago from 1903-15; and Joseph L. Hogan, who was Bishop of Rochester from 1969-78. Bishop Quigley presided at St. Rose’s 50th-anniversary parish jubilee in 1898, and Bishop Hogan led the festivities when the church building’s 100th year was observed in 1971.
Some lengthy pastorates also have occurred over the course of St. Rose’s history, including those of Father Simon FitzSimons, from 1884-1912; Father John F. Farrell, 1912-30; Msgr. John M. Ball, 1934-1967; and Father James Doyle, 1969-99.
In 2010, St. Rose entered into a cluster with St. Agnes Parish, Avon; and St. Paul of the Cross, Honeoye Falls.
nearly as old as the Diocese of which was formed in 1868.
St. Rose Parish has produced many vocations of men and women who eventually entered the clergy or religious life. Two prominent examples are
Rochester itself,
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