St. Anthony's Church, Teluk Intan

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.

Church of St. Anthony of Padua
Malay: Gereja St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony's Church, Teluk Intan
04°01′37.5658″N 101°01′23.5828″E
LocationJalan Mah Pooi Soo, Teluk Intan
CountryMalaysia
Language(s)Tamil, English, Mandarin and Malay
DenominationRoman Catholic
TraditionLatin rite
WebsiteWebsite
History
Founded1894
Founder(s)René-Michel-Marie Fée, MEP
Consecrated1923
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeNeo-Gothic
Specifications
Materialsbrick
Administration
DivisionPerak State Deanery
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
DioceseDiocese of Penang
Clergy
Priest in chargeDavid Lourdes

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 in a 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]

From Until Pastor Notes
1894 1896 René-Michel-Marie Fée, MEP Later Bishop of Malacca (1896) [2]
1896 1900 Pierre-Louis Perrichon, MEP Later Coadjutor Bishop of Malacca (1920) [6]
1900 1901 Louis Duvelle, MEP Established the Church of St. Anthony, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur in 1913 [7]
1901 1905 Emile Marie Henri Sausseau, MEP Established the parish of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh in 1905 [8]
1906 1909 Jean Passail, MEP
1909 1914 Donat Perrissoud, MEP
1914 1920 Emile Marie Henri Sausseau, MEP
1929 1931 Jean Paul Baloche, MEP
1931 1933 Michel Bonamy, MEP Established St. Anthony's School in 1931 [9]
1934 1936 Ignatius John Aloysius An 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]
1936 1947 John Edmond Oversaw the transfer of St. Anthony's School to the De La Salle Brothers. [12]
1947 1949 Arokianathan
1949 1950 Finian De Silva
1950 1951 Dominic Vendargon First Bishop (1955) and Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur (1972) [13]
1951 1953 Arokianathan
1953 1959 R. Brossard, MEP
1959 1970 Mathias Ki Established St. Anthony's Branch Primary School in Langkap in 1968 to provide education opportunities for the Orang Asli community [14] [15]
1970 1978 Maurice Surmon, MEP
1978 1980 Felix Michael
1980 1990 Anthony Chong
1990 1996 Pierre Gauthier, MEP
1996 2005 Arulnathan Joseph
2005 2008 Vincent Paul
2008 2012 Francis Andrew
2012 2018 Francis Xavier Selvarajoo
2018 present David Lourdes

St. Anthony's School
See also: St. Anthony's School, Teluk Intan

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]

See also

References
  1. "About Us". St. Anthony's Church, Teluk Intan. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  2. "Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée". History of the Catholic Church in Singapore. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  3. Khoo, Kay Kim (1995). "Teluk Anson: 1882–1941: Port, Agriculture and Erosion". Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 68 (269): 32–52. doi:10.2307/41493644. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  4. Law, Anthony (28 Jun 2011). "An Act Of Faith". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  5. "Bishop Jean-Marie Mérel, M.E.P. †". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 1 Dec 2021.
  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. "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. "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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