St. Antony’s Church
Church History
Established : 2004
Patron : St. Anthony of Padua
Address : St. Antony’s Church, 184-A/A Block, Near FCI Chandari, Kanpur – 208 004
Telephone : 09307195377
Religious : Missionaries of Charity (MC)
A Brief History:
St.Anthony’s Church was blessed and inaugurated by His Lordship Rt. Rev. Isidore Fernandes, Bishop of Allahabad on 26th September 2004. It was towards the end of 2002 Bishop Isidore encouraged Fr. Herald Tauro to look for a plot for the church at Sujatganj. After looking in several places for a plot at Shyamanagar, finally one place was found to be good for church and bishop bought a plot. Fr. Herald was appointed as priest incharge of St. Anthony’s church in July 2004.
Former Pastors:
Rev. Fr. Herald Tauro 2003 - 2007
Rev. Fr. Henry Suares 2007 - 2012
Rev. Fr. Sunil Noronha
2012 -2014
Rev. Fr. Sebastian D’Cruz 2014-2017
Rev. Fr. Valerian D’Souza 2017 – to date
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St. Antony?s Church, 184-A/A Block, Near FCI Chandari, Kanpur ? 208 004
