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Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
(currently the Saint Katharine Drexel Center for Evangelization)
2nd & Norris St.
Chester, PA
Rectory: 1408 W. 2nd St.
Chester, PA 19013
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Former Pastors | Church History | Membership Directory | School | Cemetery If you have any information and or pictures that you would like to contribute about the history of this church, please forward it to john@oldchesterpa.com The following records for this church were acquired and copied by Helen M. (Webber) Imburgia for the Delaware County Historical Society in 1984:
| Book I | Marriages | 1873 - 1909 1908-1933 (intermittent) |
| Book II | Baptisms | 1873 - 1884 |
| Book III | Baptisms | 1884 - 1909 |
| Book IV | Cemetery | c. 1887 - c. 1974 |
| Pastors | Rev. John T. Morton
– Rector (June 1948) - 1 Pastor: Rev. John R. McFadden Our thanks to Helen M. (Webber) Imburgia (HMWEBBER@aol.com) for this information added 4/16/2000
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| Church History | Founded June 1873 Parish Boundaries: Delaware River from Chester Creek (Chester
River) to Ward St.; north on Ward St. to Penn-Central R.R. on Engle St.; Conchester Hwy.;
to Concord Rd.; to B & O R.R.; to Kerlin St.; to Fulton St.; to Penn-Central R.R.; to
Chester Creek to Delaware River. Our thanks to Helen M. (Webber) Imburgia (HMWEBBER@aol.com) for this information added 4/16/2000 Convent was built c. 1902 by Nolan Brothers. As of October 2000, this building is the Saint Katharine Drexel Center for Evangelization.
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1 - Thanks to Caroline, carpete@bellatlantic.net, for this information.
© 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 John A. Bullock III.
This page last updated 02/24/07