Holy Cross Church, Cordel

The Holy Cross Church is a Roman Catholic church situated at Cordel in the Kulshekar locality of Mangalore, India. It caters to nearly 6,500 people distributed in 32 Varados (Konkani: Wards). Although the church was not yet built then, the French missionary, Fr. Jean-Antoine Dubois served as the first parish priest of the Cordel parish from 1873, until his death on 12 December 1877. [1] His service to the parishioners of Cordel gave him the nickname "Fraadh Saibh of Cordel".[2]

The cross discreetly worshipped in the Cordel forest by the Catholics who escaped the Seringapatam captivity was ceremoniously brought by Fr. Dubois to the Cordel plateau, where the Cordel Church now stands. When his vision to raise a grand church at Milagres failed to fructify, he shifted his base to Cordel. He met the expenses of this work through 30,000 Francs given to him by his family and another 30,000 francs given by his godfather—which otherwise would have been utilized for Milagres.[3] He laid the foundation stone for the church on 14 September 1873. The church was eventually opened in 1904.[1]

Citations
  1. "Mangalore: 'Frad Saib' of Cordel Church Remembered by All". Daijiworld Media. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  2. D'Souza 2004, p. 60
  3. Monteiro, John B. (10 January 2010). "Mangalore : Milagres Church Set For Century". Daijiworld Media. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

References
  • D'Souza, Edwin J. F. (2004), V.J.P. Saldanha (Makers of Indian literature), Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-260-2028-7.

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