St. Mary of the Angels Church, Hollywood, Anglican church in Los Feliz, United States

St. Mary of the Angels is a Spanish Mission-style church in Los Feliz, California, designed by architect Carleton Winslow with much of the planning done in 1929. Its roof uses handmade mission tiles, and the interior features oak and birch carpentry with oil staining and varnish. A 16th-century della Robbia faience altarpiece of the Annunciation, weighing over 15 tons, stands behind the altar.

St. Mary's was founded by Rev. Neal Dodd, an Iowa native who became a technical advisor and actor in early Hollywood and was nicknamed "The Padre of Hollywood" and "One Take Dodd". The congregation first met in a rented storefront on N. Vermont Avenue, then built a small church on New Hampshire Avenue after raising US$1,100. The present Spanish Mission-style building was designed by architect Carleton Winslow, with most planning done in 1929.

Locals call the church "St. Mary's". Its choir, the St. Mary of the Angels Schola Cantorum, sings at each Sunday Solemn High Mass and at Christmas, Holy Week and Easter, drawing on the hymnals in the pews and on anthems such as Parry's "I Was Glad" and Palestrina's "Kyrie". High Masses add Gregorian chant, incense and a sermon after the Gospel.

The church sits in Los Feliz, and the della Robbia altarpiece stands behind the altar, reached by a curved steel shell added when it was moved inside. The organ, built in 1906 and moved here later, has two manuals and 10 stops. The Schola Cantorum sings at Sunday Solemn High Mass and at Christmas, Holy Week and Easter; incense and chant mark a High Mass.

The 15-ton della Robbia altarpiece, a 16th-century Florentine terra cotta and porcelain Annunciation with side statues of St. John and St. Francis, was donated in the 1920s by the founder of The Broadway and Bullocks department stores. To move it inside, pews were removed, a track was laid from the front doors to the altar, and a crane lowered each piece sideways; the floor was reinforced and a curved steel shell built behind the altar.