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Fathima Church

Madras Mylapore Diocese • Tamil Nadu, India

Church History

In 1940 the Church of Fathima had its humble beginning in a garage. In 1946, the Bishop of Mylapore purchased four acres of land and a small chapel was erected with the funds raised by the Catholics there. This Church was a sub-station of Nungambakkam Parish. His Excellency Rt Rev M Guerreira who was the last Bishop of Mylapore blessed the foundation stone for the present church. This Church was erected as a Parish on the 10th April 1951and the first Parish Priest was Fr Joseph Thamby. On 21st October 1956 the Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, Dr Louis Mathias SDB blessed and inaugurated the Divine Worship for the parishioners. Sub-station with Chapel Varadarajpet - St. Antony's Church

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3, 4th Cross Street, United India Colony, Kodambakkam - Chennai 600 024 - India

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Diocese
Madras Mylapore
Country
India

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