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Church of Saint Mary Magdalen (Villa Park, Ill)

  • 670.19
  • Corporate body
  • 1945-1998(?)

Started as a mission in 1945; became a parish in 1951; church building dedicated in 1961; due to declining membership, the church discussed the possibility of merger as early as 1993 (Vestry minutes). The building was for sale in 1995 and sold in 1996 to another church (pentacostal). It is not clear if the Church of Mary Magdalen closed or merged with another congregation.

Church of Saint Paul and the Redeemer

  • 650.68
  • Corporate body
  • 1968-present

The Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer grew out of two nineteenth-century parishes that merged in 1968. in 1859, St. Paul's successfully applied to the Diocese to establish a parish and in 1889 had established The Church of the Redeemer as a daughter parish. A fire destroyed St. Paul’s Church in March 1956. The parish chose to remain on the same site rather than leave the neighborhood and the present building was dedicated in November 1958. In January 1968 the two congregations began worshipping together at St. Paul’s and shortly merge, becoming the Church of St. Paul & the Redeemer.

Church of the Advent (Chicago, Ill)

  • 650.10
  • Corporate body
  • 1901-2016

Originally begun in 1901 as Advent Mission, a church building was erected in 1927, being dedicated in October 1927. The Church closed in 2016.

Church of the Annunciation (Bridgeview, Ill)

  • 670.22
  • Corporate body
  • 1892-2002

The church was started in 1892, initially located in Chicago, Illinois. The church building was destroyed by fire in 1914 after which the church was relocated still remaining in Chicago. The church became a parish in 1940 and relocated in 1963 to Bridgevierw, IL. The church was closed in 2002 as a distressed parish.

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