Our Lady of Victories, Kensington

English resumption of regular, public Catholic services commenced in 1794 after a break of nearly 250 years with the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 (with main exceptions being for the entourages of courtiers of the consorts of Charles I and Charles II, chapels with use ceded for foreign ambassadorial missions and two chapels under deposed King James II), as French aristocrats, priests and nuns fled the French Revolution and found a welcome in Kensington, since when the parish has had continuous worship and services.

[3] The church opened on 2 July 1869, the Feast of the Visitation, taking over the congregation of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, Holland Street.

[5] At Queen Victoria's golden jubilee in 1887, High Mass was celebrated in the presence of Cardinal Manning, sung by the Papal Envoy and attended by all the hierarchy and leading Catholics in England.

Daily Mass and all services were maintained without a break, first in the local Odeon cinema, and then in the premises of Cavendish Furnishings – known as "St Cavendish's" by parishioners – in the Convent of the Assumption in Kensington Square (where still many parish outreach and activities take place today), in the hall at the back of the burnt out church and finally in the local Congregational Church, Allen Street, leased to the parish with great goodwill.

The consecration of the church and altar was performed by Bishop Derek Worlock, formerly curate in Kensington and later Archbishop of Liverpool, on the 26 May 1971 in the presence of Cardinal Heenan.

In the 2010s projects (overseen by the incumbent Mgr Jim Curry and the building committee) included upgrade of disabled access and renovation of the large community facilities beneath the church.