San Felipe de Neri

I was in Albuquerque for a few days over Spring Break, and while there I found a beautiful church called San Felipe de Neri.The church was started in 1706 by Fray Manuel Moreno, who came to Albuquerque from Bernalillo in 1704 or 1705. 30 families from Bernalillo moved to Albuquerque with Moreno, and together they began a church. The church was initially named San Francisco Xavier by Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdez, who founded the city of Alburquerque and named it after the Viceroy of New Spain. The Duke of Alburquerque ordered that the titular saint be changed to San Felipe de Neri in honor of King Philip of Spain.The old church collapsed in 1792, and the church that stands today is constructed in the shape of a cross, with adobe walls five feet thick. Today, San Felipe de Neri is staffed with diocesan priests

and deacons of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.


Visit the San Felipe de Neri website at:http://www.sanfelipedeneri.org/