{"id":1749,"date":"2024-07-12T06:26:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T05:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/?page_id=1749"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:58:11","slug":"st-francis-xavier-church-camp-pune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/?page_id=1749","title":{"rendered":"St. Francis Xavier Church, Camp, Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When in 1846 a separate Military Chaplain was appointed for the Cantonment, Fr. Leitao continued in charge of the Civil Catholic population not only of\u00a0 Poona but of Kirkee. Those who were subject to Padroado had their City Chapel and St. Anne\u2019s to attend, while the Propaganda subjects continued to hear Mass at Fr. Leitao\u2019s bungalow \u2013 situated,at the corner of East Street and Exhibition Road. The need of a proper church was badly felt, especially since 1850, when St. Patrick\u2019s was opened nearly three miles away, so that only those that could afford a conveyance were able to go there. Accordingly on December 9th, 1859 (with the assistance of Mr. Loughnan) Father Steins applied for a plot of ground \u201con Malcolm Tank Road\u201d to be laid out for a Roman Catholic chapel and school.<\/p>

The request was favourably received and soon granted. From January 9th to August 25th, 1860 there were several exchanges of correspondence, in course of which the land was described as destined \u201cfor a Roman Catholic chapel, school, priest\u2019s quarters, etc.Thedesigns of the church were made by Br. Schmidt and the foundation stone was blessed on October 14th, 1860 by Mgr. Bonnand, Vicar-Apostolic of Pondicherry and Visitator Apostolic, who happened to be in Pune just at that time. His Lordship was supported by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Alexius Canoz, SJ, Vicar-Apostolic of Madura, but acting for the time being as Vicar-Apostolic of Bombay, Sede Vacante, and Administrator of Poona; and by the Very Rev. Walter Steins, SJ, Vicar-General and Superior of the Jesuits.<\/p>

While the building of St. Xavier\u2019s Church was in progress Fr. Leitao died (Dec. 1861) and the care of the civil population fell to the Military Chaplain of St. Patrick\u2019s. Fr. Leitao\u2019s bungalow was sold, and Mass had to be said within the bare walls of St. Xavier\u2019s Church till the roof was put on. The edifice seems to have been finished only in 1864, owing partly to the death of the Architect, Br. Schmidt.<\/p>

St. Xavier Parish is the oldest Parish, a beacon of Poona Mission. Having completed almost 158 years of her existence, the Parish is very alive and active with vibrant parishioners. Presently, the Parish Priest is Fr. Joseph D’Souza SJ, residing at St. Vincent’s Jesuit Community, Pune.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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St. Francis Xavier Church, Camp, Pune When in 1846 a separate Military Chaplain was appointed for the Cantonment, Fr. Leitao continued in charge of the Civil Catholic population not only of\u00a0 Poona but of Kirkee. Those who were subject to Padroado had their City Chapel and St. Anne\u2019s to attend, while the Propaganda subjects continued to hear Mass at Fr. Leitao\u2019s bungalow \u2013 situated,at the corner of East Street and Exhibition Road. The need of a proper church was badly felt, especially since 1850, when St. Patrick\u2019s was opened nearly three miles away, so that only those that could afford a conveyance were able to go there. Accordingly on December 9th, 1859 (with the assistance of Mr. Loughnan) Father Steins applied for a plot of ground \u201con Malcolm Tank Road\u201d to be laid out for a Roman Catholic chapel and school. The request was favourably received and soon granted. From January 9th to August 25th, 1860 there were several exchanges of correspondence, in course of which the land was described as destined \u201cfor a Roman Catholic chapel, school, priest\u2019s quarters, etc.Thedesigns of the church were made by Br. Schmidt and the foundation stone was blessed on October 14th, 1860 by Mgr. Bonnand, Vicar-Apostolic of Pondicherry and Visitator Apostolic, who happened to be in Pune just at that time. His Lordship was supported by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Alexius Canoz, SJ, Vicar-Apostolic of Madura, but acting for the time being as Vicar-Apostolic of Bombay, Sede Vacante, and Administrator of Poona; and by the Very Rev. Walter Steins, SJ, Vicar-General and Superior of the Jesuits. While the building of St. Xavier\u2019s Church was in progress Fr. Leitao died (Dec. 1861) and the care of the civil population fell to the Military Chaplain of St. Patrick\u2019s. Fr. Leitao\u2019s bungalow was sold, and Mass had to be said within the bare walls of St. Xavier\u2019s Church till the roof was put on. The edifice seems to have been finished only in 1864, owing partly to the death of the Architect, Br. Schmidt. St. Xavier Parish is the oldest Parish, a beacon of Poona Mission. Having completed almost 158 years of her existence, the Parish is very alive and active with vibrant parishioners. Presently, the Parish Priest is Fr. Joseph D’Souza SJ, residing at St. Vincent’s Jesuit Community, Pune. Address St Francis Xavier’s Church,\u00a0Camp, Pune\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1749","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1749\/revisions\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punejesuits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}