The church was consecrated in 1899. It was formerly called the "Railway Church."
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Father Andrew Francis was the pastor of St. Anthony's Parish until becoming Bishop of Multan in 2000,[2] followed by Father Emmanuel Asi, one of the country's leading theologians.[3] Father George Daniel was parish priest from 2004 from 2012[4] when Father Emmanuel Yousaf Manni replaced him.
To improve relations between Christians and Muslims, the officials at St. Anthony's Church organized a Christian-Muslim meeting on November 19, 2005, and formed Christian-Muslim Rabita (cooperation) Society in Lahore.[5]
The parish has other important ministries, including visiting and teaching prisoners. On May 29, 1990, the Inspector General of prisons in Punjab granted permission to church organizations to hold Bible studies with Christian prisoners. Statistics from 1990 indicate that the 28 jails hosted 35,000 inmates.[6]
On June 12, 2007, more than one thousand Catholics attended the blessing of the expanded wing of St. Anthony's Church. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore conducted the blessing. The construction took two years and was made with contributions collected largely from locals, with additional help from a few foreign donors. The enlargement raised the church's capacity from 900 to 1,500.
On May 11, 2018, Father Emmanuel Yousaf Mani, national director of the Pakistani Catholic bishops' National Commission for Justice and Peace, distributed financial assistance to each of the relatives of the 39 Christians in prison, at St. Anthony's Church.[7]
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^Van den Broucke, F and Suply, D. CAPUCHINS MISSIONARIES IN THE PUNJAB 1888 – 2011 St. Mary’s Friary, Lahore, 2011.
^"Catholics Protest Against Police For Tearing Down Parish Wall". UCANews.com. August 17, 1992.[permanent dead link]
^"Newly Appointed Bishop Will Focus On Team Building With Presbyterium". UCANews.com. February 8, 2000.
^"'Railway Church' Extension Blessed". UCANews.com. October 2007.[permanent dead link]
^"Christians Express Their Concerns About Sangla Hill Desecration". UCANews.com. November 29, 2005.[permanent dead link]
^"Claims Made About Discrimination Against Christians In Punjab Jails". UCANews.com. June 20, 1990.
anthony, church, lahore, located, kilometers, southeast, islamabad, oldest, churches, roman, catholic, archdiocese, lahore, pakistan, locationempress, road, lahorecountrypakistanlanguage, urdu, englishdenominationroman, catholictraditionlatinhistoryfounder, bi. St Anthony s Church Lahore located 270 kilometers southeast of Islamabad is one of the oldest churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore in Pakistan St Anthony s Church LahoreSt Anthony s Church LahoreLocationEmpress Road LahoreCountryPakistanLanguage s Urdu and EnglishDenominationRoman CatholicTraditionLatinHistoryFounder s Bishop Godfrey Pelckmans Bishop of Lahore 1 Consecrated1899ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitectural typeNeo GothicSpecificationsCapacity1 500MaterialsbrickAdministrationArchdioceseArchdiocese of LahoreClergyPriest in chargeRev Fr Irshad IlyasHistory EditThe church was consecrated in 1899 It was formerly called the Railway Church nbsp St Anthony s Church Lahore nbsp St Anthony s Church LahoreFather Andrew Francis was the pastor of St Anthony s Parish until becoming Bishop of Multan in 2000 2 followed by Father Emmanuel Asi one of the country s leading theologians 3 Father George Daniel was parish priest from 2004 from 2012 4 when Father Emmanuel Yousaf Manni replaced him To improve relations between Christians and Muslims the officials at St Anthony s Church organized a Christian Muslim meeting on November 19 2005 and formed Christian Muslim Rabita cooperation Society in Lahore 5 The parish has other important ministries including visiting and teaching prisoners On May 29 1990 the Inspector General of prisons in Punjab granted permission to church organizations to hold Bible studies with Christian prisoners Statistics from 1990 indicate that the 28 jails hosted 35 000 inmates 6 On June 12 2007 more than one thousand Catholics attended the blessing of the expanded wing of St Anthony s Church Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore conducted the blessing The construction took two years and was made with contributions collected largely from locals with additional help from a few foreign donors The enlargement raised the church s capacity from 900 to 1 500 On May 11 2018 Father Emmanuel Yousaf Mani national director of the Pakistani Catholic bishops National Commission for Justice and Peace distributed financial assistance to each of the relatives of the 39 Christians in prison at St Anthony s Church 7 References Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Anthony s Church Lahore Van den Broucke F and Suply D CAPUCHINS MISSIONARIES IN THE PUNJAB 1888 2011 St Mary s Friary Lahore 2011 Catholics Protest Against Police For Tearing Down Parish Wall UCANews com August 17 1992 permanent dead link Newly Appointed Bishop Will Focus On Team Building With Presbyterium UCANews com February 8 2000 Railway Church Extension Blessed UCANews com October 2007 permanent dead link Christians Express Their Concerns About Sangla Hill Desecration UCANews com November 29 2005 permanent dead link Claims Made About Discrimination Against Christians In Punjab Jails UCANews com June 20 1990 UCANews May 15 2018 31 33 51 75 N 74 19 35 28 E 31 5643750 N 74 3264667 E 31 5643750 74 3264667 nbsp This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in Pakistan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a Catholic church building is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Anthony 27s Church Lahore amp oldid 1084705396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
