Archbishop’s Appeal: As a result of his recent appeal, Archbishop Mar Ivanios has received from an anonymous donor £130 to build one of the many churches he and his brother Bishop, Mar Theophilos, need for their many converts from the Jacobite Church.
Dedication to St. Patrick: Mar Ivanios has decided to dedicate the church to St. Patrick, as he vowed he would do while he was attending the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin.
Expansion Plans: The convert Archbishop hopes to build another church with the same dedication this year so that India may have 15 churches dedicated to St. Patrick to correspond with the 15th centenary of St. Patrick’s apostleship. Mar Ivanios is able to build a church for £130, equip it for £10, and add a priest’s hut for £60. Altogether he needs 46 new churches.
Global Comparison: The church dedicated to St. Patrick which Mar Ivanios is to build on the Malabar coast will be India’s 14th named after the Apostle of Ireland, and the world’s 987th. The U.S.A. leads the way with 461 churches under this dedication. Ireland has 168, closely followed by Australia, which has 164. The others are in Great Britain (82), Canada (65), Africa (13—and probably more), India (13), British West Indies (5), New Zealand (5), China and Korea (4), Italy (2), South America (2), and one each in Newfoundland, Malta, and Hawaii. No fewer than 19 out of the 986 are Cathedrals.
Copyright: The Newcastle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel : the official organ of the diocese of Maitland. (1 October, 1932)
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