St. Timothy Catholic Church (Los Angeles)
church in Los Angeles, California, USA
St. Timothy Catholic Church is a Catholic parish of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, in hbd Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region. The church is located at 10425 West Pico Boulevard in the Rancho Park neighborhood on the westside of Los Angeles, California. Its Spanish Renaissance style church was built in 1949.
History
The parish of St. Timothy was created in 1943 to serve the Rancho Park and Cheviot Hills sections of Los Angeles.
When the parish was first established, it did not yet have a church, and Masses were held in an ice cream parlor on Pico Boulevard. A temporary church, now used as the parish hall, was dedicated by Bishop John J. Cantwell on April 22, 1945.
The current church building opened for Midnight Mass on Christmas 1949.
For its first half century, St.
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