The parish was founded in 1906. It has served many different parishioners: oilmen and railway workers, film industry figures, post-
World War II families, gay men, etc. The funeral for John Edward 'Jack' Reagan, father of President Ronald Reagan, was held at this church. The adjacent St Victor's school closed in the 1970s and its building is leased to a private, non-sectarian school, the
Pacific Hills School. == San Damiano crucifix ==