St. Anthony's Church, Teluk Intan

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Church of St. Anthony of Padua
Malay: Gereja St. Anthony of Padua
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St. Anthony's Church, Teluk Intan
St. Anthony's Church, Teluk Intan
04°01′37.5658″N101°01′23.5828″E / 4.027101611°N 101.023217444°E / 4.027101611; 101.023217444
LocationJalan Mah Pooi Soo, Teluk Intan
CountryMalaysia
Language(s)Tamil, English, Mandarin and Malay
Denomination Roman Catholic
Tradition Latin rite
Website Website
History
Founded1894
Founder(s)René-Michel-Marie Fée, MEP
Consecrated 1923
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeNeo-Gothic
Specifications
Materials brick
Administration
DivisionPerak State Deanery
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
Diocese Diocese of Penang
Clergy
Priest in charge David Lourdes

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic parish church under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang located in the town of Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia.

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History

The origin of the church dates back to 1894 when the French missionary priest Rev. Father René-Michel-Marie Fée, MEP, acquired a piece of land and built an attap roofed wooden chapel as part of the larger Parish of South Perak which included Tapah. The chapel was dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. [1]

The Rev. Father Fée was elevated to become the Bishop of Malacca in 1896 [2] and was succeeded by the Rev. Father Louis Perrichon who ministered to the scattered Roman Catholic communities along the Tapah – Kuala Kubu Baru road. In 1910, a presbytery was built in the compound of the chapel during the watch of the sixth parish priest, the Rev. Father Donat Perrissoud who also extended his pastoral ministry to the townships of Lumut and Sitiawan. [1]

In 1914, the original wood and attap chapel was destroyed by fire. Funds amounting to 70,000 Straits dollars was successfully raised and work begun on the building of a new church with the foundation stone laid on 7 May 1922. [3] The new church building was consecrated on 6 May 1923 by Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel, Vicar-Apostolic Emeritus of Canton. [4] [5]

Today, weekly masses are held in Tamil and English while masses in Mandarin and Malaysian are held once a month.

Pastors

The following have served as pastors of the parish since its formation in 1894: [1]

FromUntilPastorNotes
18941896René-Michel-Marie Fée, MEP Later Bishop of Malacca (1896) [2]
18961900Pierre-Louis Perrichon, MEPLater Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca (1920) [6]
19001901Louis Duvelle, MEPEstablished the Church of St. Anthony, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur in 1913 [7]
19011905Emile Marie Henri Sausseau, MEPEstablished the parish of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh in 1905 [8]
19061909Jean Passail, MEP
19091914Donat Perrissoud, MEP
19141920Emile Marie Henri Sausseau, MEP
19291931Jean Paul Baloche, MEP
19311933Michel Bonamy, MEPEstablished St. Anthony's School in 1931 [9]
19341936Ignatius John AloysiusAn alumnus of St. John's Institution and the first local Malayan parish priest. [10] Later first Vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang (1955). [11]
19361947John EdmondOversaw the transfer of St. Anthony's School to the De La Salle Brothers. [12]
19471949Arokianathan
19491950Finian De Silva
19501951 Dominic Vendargon First Bishop (1955) and Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur (1972) [13]
19511953Arokianathan
19531959R. Brossard, MEP
19591970Mathias KiEstablished St. Anthony's Branch Primary School in Langkap in 1968 to provide education opportunities for the Orang Asli community [14] [15]
19701978Maurice Surmon, MEP
19781980Felix Michael
19801990Anthony Chong
19901996Pierre Gauthier, MEP
19962005Arulnathan Joseph
20052008Vincent Paul
20082012Francis Andrew
20122018Francis Xavier Selvarajoo
2018presentDavid Lourdes

St. Anthony's School

The tenth parish priest, the Rev. Father Michel Bonamy, established a school known as St. Anthony's School in a wooden hut adjacent to the church. [9] His successor, the Rev. Father John Edmond, acquired a piece of land opposite the church for the school and the first block of six classrooms was built on this land and officially opened by the British Resident of Perak, Marcus Rex, on 27 January 1941. [12]

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  2. 1 2 "Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée". History of the Catholic Church in Singapore. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
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  6. ↑ "Bishop Pierre Louis Perrichon, M.E.P. †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  7. ↑ "The Church". Church of St. Anthony, Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mosaic Mural of the Lord's Supper". Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Father Bonamy Dies Aged 54". The Straits Times. 15 May 1957. Retrieved 1 Dec 2011.
  10. ↑ "Notes of the Day". The Straits Times. 19 Dec 1928. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  11. ↑ "Msgr IJ Aloysius fondly remembered after 25 years". The Herald. 28 Feb 2019. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  12. 1 2 "e-Lasallian Network – St. Anthony's School" . Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  13. ↑ "Archbishop Dominic Aloysius Vendargon †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  14. ↑ "Sejarah". SK St. Anthony, Langkap (in Malay). Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  15. ↑ "Memories of St Anthony's, Teluk Intan – Mr Anthony Kee". St. Anthony Teluk Intan Through The Years. 18 Apr 2019. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.

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