Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Chicago)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is a Catholic church located in Lake View, Chicago, Illinois. It was established in 1886 by Fr. Patrick O’Brien. The church is also associated with the private K-8 school, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, which was established in 1888.^[1]

In May 2025, the school gained widespread attention when it held a mock conclave, in which a student was elected pope and took the papal name Augustine.^[2] Two days later, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the Order of Saint Augustine, who was born and raised in Chicago, was elected as Pope Leo XIV.^[3]