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Diocese of Rockville Centre

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 These are Catholic high schools in the state of New York which were once in operation, but were closed. Some are from the very early part of the 20th Century or even the late 19th Century. Click on the name of the school for details. As possible, we have listed the schools by Diocese.

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Below are vintage directories of schools from 1959 presented for nostalgia and historic purposes. Please note that some schools included in these vintage listings may still be open.

Click here for the official statistics for the Diocese of Brooklyn from The Catholic Directory for each school from 1959.

Diocese of Brooklyn

Vintage News Reports from around the diocese

Note: Additional news items and photos may be contained under each school.

Girls Schools

Academy of St. Francis Xavier
All Saints Commercial High School
Bishop McDonnell Memorial
Bishop McDonnell Flushing Annex
Dominican Commercial
Holy Name
Juniorate of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Wisdom Academy
Queen of All Saints
St. Angela Hall
St. Agnes Seminary H.S. for Girls
St. Augustine Academy for Girls
St. Barbara
St. Bartholomew
St. Brendan Diocesan High School
St. James Academy for Girls
St. Michael (East New York)
St. Nicholas Commercial High School

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St. Aloysius Parish High School for Girls

St. Philomena High School

St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish High School

Euphrasian High School

Kaupert Secretarial

St. Stephen's Parish High School

Closed prior to 1930:

Nativity Academy (Parish High School)

St. Thomas Aquinas Academy (Parish High School)

St. Joseph's Institute (High School) Pacific Street


Boys Schools

Brooklyn Prep
Cathedral Prep (Brooklyn location)
Holy Trinity
New Catholic School for Boys

St. Augustine
St. Francis Preparatory (Brooklyn location)
St. James Academy for Boys
St. John's Prep (Brooklyn location)
St. Michael Diocesan High School

St. Leonard Academy

Bishop Ford High School - originally all boys, now co-ed

Co-Institutional

Bishop Edmund J. Reilly Diocesan H.S.
Mater Christi Diocesan H.S.

Co-Educational
St. Pascal Baylon H.S.

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Diocese of Rockville Centre

Vintage News Reports

St. Agnes Cathedral
Maria Regina
St. Pius X
Seton Hall High School
Our Lady of the Rosary Academy
St.Anthony Juniorate LaSalle Military Academy, Oakdale

Archdiocese of New York

Official Upstate Archdiocese School Directory

Vintage news and photos for the entire Archdiocese of New York

The Bronx

Vintage Bronx photos

Clason Point Military Academy - Run by the Lasallian Christian Brothers; opened in 1883 and moved to Oakdale in 1927 and renamed La Salle Military Academy

Manhattan Preparatory School - Run by the Lasallian Christian Brothers; operated from 1854 to 1972.

Mother Butler High School - Run by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary; merged in 1974 with Immaculate Heart of Mary High School in Manhattan.

St. Helena Commercial High School - Parish high school; opened in 1956 and merged with Msgr. Scanlan High School in 2002

St. Helena High School for Boys - Parish high school staffed by the Marist Brothers; opened in 1949. Renamed to Msgr. Scanlan High School in 1972 and merged with Msgr. Scanlan High School for Girls in 1976.

St. Helena High School for Girls - Parish high school staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill; opened in 1949. Renamed to Msgr. Scanlan High School in 1972 and merged with Msgr. Scanlan High School for Boys in 1976.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School - Parish high school; operated from 1927 to 1991

St. Pius Commercial School - Parish high school; operated from 1930 to 1962. Coed school from 1930 to 1945; staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill. Renamed to St. Pius V High School in 1962.

Manhattan

Announced March 26, 2010 - St. Michael's Academy, 425 W. 33rd St. in Manhattan will close in June 2010.

Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary - Run by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary; operated from 1938 to 1974/78

Academy of the Sacred Heart - Run by the Society of the Sacred Heart; operated from 1841 to 1917.

Aquinas Hall Business School - Run by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill; operated from 1923 to 1939.

Bishop Dubois High School - Operated from 1946 to 1976.

Blessed Sacrament High School - Parish high school; operated from 1924 to 1964.

Cathedral Boys High School

Cathedral High School at St. Joseph Parish (109-11 Washington Place) - Operated from 1944 to 1966

De La Salle Institute - Run by the Lasallian Christian Brothers; closed in 1960.

Holy Cross Academy for Girls - Run by the Sisters of Charity; operated from 1858 to 1972.

Holy Trinity High School - Parish high school; closed in 1960.

Immaculata High School - Parish high school; operated from 1934 to 1989.

Immaculate Heart of Mary High School - Merged in 1974 with Mother Butler High School in the Bronx.

Our Lady of Lourdes Academy - Operated from 1912 to 1943; run by the Sisters of St. Ursula; moved to W. 79th St. and renamed Notre Dame School.

Paulist Fathers High School - Run by the Paulist Fathers; operated from 1922 to 1974.

Power Memorial Academy - Run by the Christian Brothers; closed in 1984.

St. Alphonsus Commercial High School for Girls - Parish high school; closed in 1980.

St. Ann's Academy - Run by the Marist Brothers; operated from 1892 to 1957; moved to Jamaica and renamed Archbishop Molloy High School.

St. Lawrence Academy for Girls - Operated from 1854 to 1960; staffed by the Sisters of Charity. From a grad:SLA was all girls after 6th or 7th grade through high school.Often the boys went on to Regis

St. Michael Academy for Girls - 425 W. 33rd. Street. Founded by the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an elementary school in 1874, the school opened a high school in the 1920s, which became an all-girls facility in 1947.

St. Michael Academy for Boys - Parish high school; operated from 1931 to 1947 and staffed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

St. Walburga Academy - Operated from 1904 to 1957; staffed by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Moved to Rye in 1957.

Staten Island

Augustinian Academy - Run by the Augustinian Friars; operated from 1899 to 1969.

St. Patrick Academy

Dutchess County

Cardinal Farley Military Academy (Rhinecliff) - Run by the Irish Christian Brothers; operated from 1942 to 1971.

St. Peter High School (Poughkeepsie) - Parish high school staffed by the Marist Brothers; operated from 1927 to 1936.

Orange County

Garr Institute (Goshen) - Parish high school; operated from 1904 to 1946. Staffed by the Sisters of Charity and the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; renamed to St. John High School in 1946.

Mount St. Vincent Academy (Tuxedo Park)

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Academy (Goshen)

St. John High School (Goshen) - Archdiocesan high school; operated from 1946 to 1963. Staffed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; renamed to John S. Burke Catholic High School in 1963.

Rockland County

Rosary Academy (Sparkill) - Run by the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary; operated from 1956 to 1980.

School of the Holy Child (Suffern) - Run by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus; closed by 1985.

St. Agnes School (Sparkill) - Run by the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary; operated from 1876 to 1977.

Ulster County

Academy of St. Ursula (Kingston) - Run by Sisters of St. Ursula; Was Academy of St. Ursula until it became John A. Coleman in 1967. In 1968, we moved to the new campus on Hurley Avenue, Hurley, NY. I was in the first graduating class from the new building. Thank you to P. Johnson

Westchester County

Academy of the Resurrection High School (Rye) - Parish high school; operated from 1950 to 1991.

Blessed Sacrament Academy (Yonkers) - Run by the Sacramentine Sisters; closed in 1975.

Blessed Sacrament High School for Boys (New Rochelle) - Parish high school; Merged with St. Gabriel High School for Girls in 1985

Franciscan High School/Ladycliff Academy (Mohegan Lake) - Run by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters; closed in 1991.

Mary Immaculate High School (Ossining) - Run by Dominican Sisters of Columbus (OH); Operated from 1915 to 1975.

St. Gabriel High School for Girls (New Rochelle) - Parish high school; operated from 1924 to 1985. Merged with Blessed Sacrament High School for Boys in 1985.

St. Mary High School (Katonah) - Parish high school; operated from 1924 to 1967. Succeeded by John F. Kennedy Catholic High School

Villa Loretto School (Peekskill) - Run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; closed in 1986. Click here for the facebook page for this school

Marymount High School in Tarrytown

Sacred Heart Yonkers

Seton Academy Yonkers

Seminaries and Novitiates

Little Sisters of the Assumption Novitiate (Manhattan) - Operated from 1891 to 1954 at 241 East 15th Street; moved to 1195 Lexington Ave.

Little Sisters of the Assumption Novitiate (Manhattan) - Operated from 1954 to 1984 at 1195 Lexington Avenue; moved to 475 East 115th St.

Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart Novitiate (Manhattan) - Closed in 1964.

St. Charles Seminary and Novitiate (Staten Island) - Run by the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo; operated from 1948 to 1966.

St. Francis Seminary (Staten Island) - Run by the Franciscan Order of Friar Conventuals; closed by 1997.

Woodstock College Jesuit Seminary (Manhattan) - Run by the Society of Jesus; originally founded in 1869 in Maryland and moved in 1969. Closed in 1974.

Seminaries and Novitates Outside of New York City

Capuchin Theological Seminary (Garrison) - Run by the Capuchin Friars; closed in 1972.

Eymard Seminary (Suffern) - Run by the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament; closed in 1966.

Helpers of the Holy Souls Novitiate (Chappaqua) - Operated from 1930 to 1973.

Loyola Jesuit Seminary (Shrub Oak) - Operated from 1955 to 1973.

Mother Celine House of Studies (Rye) - Run by the Sisters of the Resurrection; operated from 1947 to 1973.

Mount Alvernia Seminary (Wappingers Falls) - Run by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor; operated from 1950 to 1967.

Mount St. Florence Novitiate (Peekskill) - Run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; operated from 1874 to 1986.

Mount St. Joseph Novitiate (Peekskill) - Run by the Missionary Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis; operated from 1870 to 1975.

Our Lady of Hope Mission Seminary (Newburgh) - Run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate; operated from 1946 to 1971.

Salesian Seminary (Goshen) - Run by the Salesians of Don Bosco; operated from 1925 to 1985.

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Novitiate (Yonkers) - Opened in 1912 and moved to Scarsdale in 1996.

St. Albert Junior Seminary (Middletown) - Run by the Carmelites.

St. Alphonsus Seminary (Esopus) - Run by the Redemptorist Fathers; operated from 1907 to 1985.

St. Andrew-on-Hudson Seminary & Novitiate (Hyde Park) - Run by the Society of Jesus; closed in 1969.

St. Ann Juniorate (Poughkeepsie) - Run by the Marist Brothers; operated from 1906 to 1942.

St. Ann Novitiate (Poughkeepsie) - Run by the Marist Brothers; opened in 1908 and moved to Tyngsboro in 1949.

St. Joseph Normal College (Pocantico Hills) - Run by the Lasallian Christian Brothers; opened in 1906 and moved to Barrytown in 1930.

St. Joseph Normal Institute (Amawalk) - Run by the Lasallian Christian Brothers; moved to Pocantico Hills in 1906.

St. Joseph Juniorate and Novitiate (Barrytown) - Run by the Lasallian Christian Brothers; operated from 1930 to 1973.

St. Joseph Novitiate (Cold Spring) - Run by the Fathers of Mercy

St. Joseph Seraphic Seminary (Callicoon) - Run by the Franciscan Order of Friar Minors; operated from 1901 to 1968.

St. Pius X Seminary (Garrison) - Run by the Franciscan Friars of Atonement; closed in 1969.

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