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St. Anthony's ChurchKadra

A Brief History of the Church

The birth and growth of the Kadra Mission (St. Anthony’s Chapel), strange to say, began with a way-side Cross erected by a few Catholics of the area, who would gather occasionally for reciting of prayers or rosary in the evenings. The Chapel of St. Anthony, Kadra, was constructed in 1983. Until then, Sunday Eucharist was celebrated in one of the houses of the Catholics.
The Mission unit of St. Anthony’s Church, Kadra was the oldest Mission unit of Our Lady of Piety Parish, Halga. In 1996 it was adjoined to the Parish of O.Lady of Health, Mallapur, and in consideration of the growing pastoral needs, a Priest began to reside in the adjacent room of the chapel and began to cater the needs of the people for the boundaries of the Mission Unit extend from Kodsalli, about 30 km away to the East of Gotegalli, which is about 9 km in the South. The advent of Hydro-electric project of Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd., at Kadra has changed the socio-economic and geographical situation of the area. Kadra, a small village with a dense forest has been cleared to accommodate the KPCL township and to rehabilitate the people from other nearby villages, who lost their land and property as a result of the construction of the dam by the KPCL. Most of the residents of the village are daily wage earners. Fr. Antony Dias, Fr. Lawrence D’ Silva, Fr. Antony Gonsalves, Fr Reginald Pinto, Fr. Nirmal Kumar Miranda have served the Parish. A New and a beautiful edifice was constructed under the leadership of Fr. Nirmal Kumar Mirand. Presently Fr. John Worth is the Parish Priest.

Rev. Fr. John Worth

Priest In-charge St. Anthony Church Kadra.
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