St. Patrick's Church, Bangalore, Photographs - 100 Years ago!!
During the term of the previous Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Pat Digby, lots of encouragement was
given to us researchers, and we did come across a fantastic collection of photographs. These were
being hidden for over 75 years, as they were the collection of late Rev. Fr. Maria Antoine Tabard,
one of the former Parish Priests of St. Patricks, who passed away in 1925. The album also contains original
flower decorations, and probably prepared for Fr. Tabard by the Good Shepherd nuns. This album was presented
to the late Rt. Rev. E.L. Kleiner, DD, Bishop of Mysore, on the occassion of the re-opening of St. Patrick's Church
after rennovation in 1899. The album also contained pictures of the Altar at St. Joseph's Boys School Chapel, and
some of the Priests Cemetery at Sacred Heart's Church, and the Catholic Cemetery on Hosur Road.
St. Patrick's was called the Cathedral, as the Bishop found it more convienent than St. Mary's
at Blackpally, Shivijinagar. There are more than 7 Bishops buried in this church, but with the number of
alterations down the years, there are no proper markings to indicate the spot of each grave.
- Cover of the Album of Photographs of St. Patrick's Church
- Introduction to the Album
- The Rt. Rev. E.L. Kleiner, Bishop of Mysore
- Rev. Fr. Maria Antoine Tabard, Parish Priest
- Fr. John Mascarenhas, Asst. Parish Priest
- The Original Main Altar, this was further built up down the years
- Left side of Main altar, a niche for St. Antony's altar
- Right side of Main altar, a niche for St. Joseph's altar
- Our Lady of Refuge, main altar - right wing
- St. Patrick's altar, main altar - left wing
- Facing the main altar, right side chapel in main body, altar of the Sacred Heart, with the dead Jesus lying below the altar
- Facing the main altar, left side chapel in main body, altar of St. Francis
- Church interior view, note Bishop's seat (left) and Pulpit (right)
- Church interior view, taken from Pipe Organ, Choir loft, note the chandelers
- Church front view, 1899
- Church front another view, 1899 (the 4 bells can be seen)
- Church side view, from the school field
- The Cathedral Priests House
- Original Church under construction 1841 - 1894
- Church under construction, note the belfry is over main altar (larger view from Markam Road)
- Statue of St. Agnes (location not known)
- Statue of St. Mary Magdalene (location not known)
- View of the incomplete church (no steeple),the School & Boys' Home (Orphanage) in foreground
- View of the complete church, the School & Boys' Home (Orphanage) in foreground, Priests house in background
- View of the school, the Boys' Home (Orphanage)
- View of east side Hosur Road Catholic Cemetery, 1899
- View of west side Hosur Road Catholic Cemetery, 1899
- View of Hosur Road Catholic Cemetery entrance, 1899
- The Priests Cemetery, Church of the Sacred Heart,Richmond Road, 1899 (note the little girls' grave has already been moved to this cemetery from the public cemetery)
- St. Joseph's EH School Chapel, 1899
- St. Joseph's EH School playgournds, with school in background, 1899
The changed in the Altars of St. Patrick's Church after 1899, and present status
About 2 years ago, Fr. Pat Digby took up the task of reconditoning St. Patrick's Church and replasting
the walls. A few alterations were made like some windows were closed and the colour of the brown stained
glasses of all the windows were replaced, changing the ambiance. The overall job has been very successful, and he needs to be
congratulated on the work. There are no sweepages from the roof, and other places.
- St Patrick's altar, 2003
- The new Main altar, 2000
- The new Sacred Heart's altar, replacing St. Francis's altar
- Our Lady from the main altar, moved to the west center niche, replacing
the Sacred Heart's altar
- St. Joseph's altar, replacing Our Lady of Refuge altar
- Photograph of the so called veil of Veronica with Christ's impression
- Last Supper scene from base of old altar, now moved to Sacred Hearts's altar
- The niche in the original front wall of the church before the bellfrys were built
- The memorial plaque fo the meeting of all the Bishops of India, held in this Cathedral
- Our Lady of Refuge, new location in westr wing
- Paint of Christ at Gethsemane, one of 2 paintings gifted by Roberts in 1937, the painting of Christ
carried to the tomb has been successfully destroyed
- View of the Parocial house from the church balcony
- Bell engraving bell 1
- Bell engraving bell 2
- Original Clay Tile with the Crown, used on the roof
- View of the New School and Complex, the Boys' Home (Orphanage) has been moved adjacent across the compound
- A view of the spires from behind
- A view of the left spire from balcony
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Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are
you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you,
and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven,
Fon in the manner their fathers did to the prophets.
But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.
Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
For so did they fathers to the false prophets."
Holy Bible: Luke 6:20-26
