St. John the Baptist Church is an abandoned and ruined church presently located within the SEEPZ Industrial Area, in Andheri, Mumbai, India. It was built by the PortugueseJesuits in 1579 and opened to public worship on the feast of John the Baptist that year. It also had an attached graveyard. The church was abandoned in 1840 after an epidemic hit the village. Fr. José Lourenço Pais, the then Vicar of Kondivita transferred the church to the nearby Marol village. The baptismal font, pillars and altars were transferred to the new church.
Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese in 1579
After abandonment, the church fell into decay and vegetation started to take over the ruins. Despite being abandoned, the native Christians visit the church once every year, as is traditional worldwide.
Roofless, but soul is intact, Jeetha D'Silva, Times of India, pg-5, 2005-07-10
Sarna, Deepa H (15 May 2007). "St. John's opens for mass". DNA. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
January 01, 1970
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