St. Patrick's Church, Chennai

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Saint Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic church located near St. Thomas Mount, in Chennai, India. From 1887, the church at the foot of St.Thomas Mount had been used as the Parish Church as it was convenient for the growing population. [1]

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This Church was actually built for the garrison in 1830 by Daniel O. L. Auig, the Vicar Apostolic of Madras. According to the records available the Parish of St. Thomas Mount was under San Thome till 1561 and it was made an independent Parish around 1575.

With the available records in 1791 Manoel de Virgem Maria had worked here in this Parish along with others succeeding him. In January 2008, John Bosco built a totally new and spacious Parish Church on the Roman model as the traditional Church was in a dilapidated condition. The Grotto of Our Lady is also modeled on that of Lourdes itself.

Shylock Stephen currently serves as the parish priest. This parish has more than 2000 Roman Catholic families.

History of Parish Priests

Parish Priest [2]
Succession of Parish Priests
1Jose Vaz Caetano Sebastiao Manoel Crastro1714-1788
2Antonio de Rozario Cardoza Vicar1817
3Ignacio Colho, 'cura'1819
4Antonio Vicente de Almeida1819
5Antonio da Costa1819-1824
6Antonio do Razario Bardozo1824
7Antonio Da Costa1824
8Victoino Nazr. De Farias1824
9Ceatana Salvador Pereira1846-1867
10F. R. A. D'Souza (vigario)1867-1868
11A. D'Souza1868-1880
12R. F. Barreto (Roque Francisco)1880-1889
13Miguel Jose Roquacim Carvelho1889-1890
14J. Beatty & A. C. D'Silva1896-1900
15D. Da Costa & I. Arputham1900-1903
16D. Da Costa1903-1904
17D. Da Costa & H. Costa1904-1905
18D. Da Costa & A. B. C. Druem1905-1911
19M. L. Cabral & A. B. C. Druem1911-1917
20M. L. Cabral & Peter1917-1918
21M. L. Cabral & Dias1918-1920
22M. L. Cabral1920-1922
23M. L. Cabral & J. B. X De Souza1922-1923
24M. Motha Vas & J. B. X De Souza1923-1924
25M. Motha Vas & R. De Souza1924-1927
26P. Justin Beon & R. De Souza1927-1928
27P. Justin Beon & Paul1928-1929
28P. Justin Beon & F. D. Silva1929-1931
29J. Fruytier & J. N. Mesquita1931-1933
30J. Fruytier & G. Rodrigues1933-1934
31J. Frutier & A. Louis Xavier1934-1938
32J. Fruytier & A. S. De Rosario & C. Nazareth1938-1939
33J. Fruytier & A. S. De Rosario & P. P. Lobo1939-1940
34Frutier1940-1948
35Louis Xavier A1949-1964
36Mathew Vettical1964-1984
37Arulappa P. T1984-1985
38Kanikairaj S.1985-1992
39Thomas J Mundakal1992-2000
40Vincent Chinnadurai2000-2004
41John Bosco P.2004-2009
42Backiya Regis G2009-

See also

Coordinates: 13°00′29″N80°11′43″E / 13.008099°N 80.195327°E / 13.008099; 80.195327


  1. "St. Patrick's Catholic Church". stpatrickschurch.in. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. "St. Patrick's Catholic Church". stpatrickschurch.in. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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