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Catholic parish of the northwest side · announced 4 July 1947 · 1500 West State Boulevard · active, November 2026
Founding: On 4 July 1947 Bishop John F. Noll announced that he had directed Father William Faber to establish a new parish on State Street, so that the overflow crowd at Most Precious Blood Church would have a place to worship in its own neighborhood. The parish took the name Queen of Angels.
Building line: Groundbreaking came on 22 May 1950; construction was delayed by severe snowstorms from November 1950 to March 1951. The attached school opened on 21 September 1951, staffed by the Precious Blood Sisters. The first Mass in the church — a wedding Mass — was celebrated on 6 October 1951, and Monsignor Charles Feltes, chancellor of the diocese, dedicated the church the next day, the feast of the Holy Rosary, with 255 registered families. The Msgr. Faber Center, named for the founding pastor, was built in 1998.
Present state: Active. Father Ajay Tiru became its ninth pastor in July 2014; the parish bulletins of December 2025 name Father Spenser St. Louis as pastor.
Sources:
- Today's Catholic, "There's a family feeling at Queen of Angels," 14 September 2017 (announcement, building line, pastors).
- Diocese of Fort Wayne parish list (RootsWeb transcription): "Queen of Angels Catholic Church [Est. 1947], 1500 W. State Blvd."
- Queen of Angels parish bulletins, December 2025 (present pastor).