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Rector of Saint James Episcopal Church, 1867-1871.

This Spanish ministry started in the Church of the Holy Family (Lake villa, Ill). Started as Sagrada Familia. Currentlly named Sagrada Familia-Holy Family episcopal Church.

While services began in homes in Blue Island, Illinois in 1902, it was discontinued in 1906, because several key families moved away. Restarting in 1918, it was formally recognized by the Diocese of Chicago as an active mission in 1921. It continued to exist and grow until 1974 when it merged with Saint Joseph's Church (Chicago, Ill) to form Saint Joseph's and Saint Aidan's Church (Blue Island, Ill)

Formed in 1888 as a mission in Norwood Park, Illinois, an independent village, later incorporated into the City of Chicago. On September 28, 1890, Saint Alban's Church was organized as a church within the Diocese of Chicago. In 1918, Saint Alban's Church merged with Saint Mark's Church and the Church of the Transfiguration. In 1920, the Saint Alban's mission was reopened.

Mission church

Began as a mission in 1902 in Chicago Heights, Illinois in a local hall. The congregation was able to build its first building in 1905. The church was a vibrant, growing congregation for many years. In addition to the Women's Guild Auxiliary, the mission organized a choir, Bishop Anderson Guild, Saint Monica's Altar Guild, a young people's organization and a church school. In 1947, it officially became a Church. It began a slow and steady decline as parishioners began to move to larger churches in neighboring suburbs. During the 1990s, Saint Ambrose Church joined with Christ the King Church (Lansing, Ill) and Church of the Good Shepherd (Momence, Ill) to form the Trinity Episcopal Ministry. All efforts to grow failed and the church held its last service on July 24, 2005.

First interracial church on the West side of Chicago, established in June 1889, closed its doors in 1892 because of insufficient funding.