[1] The origins of this temple date back to 1856, when the first Betharram Fathers arrived.
[2] An important part of the social and religious life of Basque immigrants was linked with this church for decades; services were held in Euskera back then.
[3] The church, designed by French architect Víctor Rabú in eclectic historicist style,[4] was consecrated in 1870.
[2] It is dedicated to their founder, St. Michael Garicoits,[5] and to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (f which there is a Latin inscription over the entrance).
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