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The '''Holy Cross Church''' is a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic church]] situated at Cordel in the [[Kulshekar]] locality of [[Mangalore]], India. It caters to nearly 6,500 people distributed in 32 ''Varados'' ([[Konkani language|Konkani]]: Wards). Although the church was not yet built then, the French missionary, [[Jean-Antoine Dubois|Fr. Jean-Antoine Dubois]] served as the first parish priest of the Cordel parish from 1873, until his death on 12 December 1877. <ref name="Fraadh"/> His service to the parishioners of Cordel gave him the nickname "Fraadh Saibh of Cordel".<ref>{{harvnb|D'Souza|2004|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=aAli0XqprNMC&pg=PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false 60]}}</ref>

The cross discreetly worshipped in the Cordel forest by the Catholics who escaped the [[Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam|Seringapatam captivity]] was ceremoniously brought by Fr. Dubois to the Cordel plateau, where the Cordel Church now stands. When his vision to raise a grand church at Milagres failed to fructify, he shifted his base to Cordel. He met the expenses of this work through 30,000 Francs given to him by his family and another 30,000 francs given by his godfather—which otherwise would have been utilized for Milagres.<ref name="daj">{{cite news
|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=1208
|title=Mangalore : Milagres Church Set For Century
|publisher=[[Daijiworld Media]]
|accessdate=2010-01-01
|date=2010-01-10
|first=John B.
|last=Monteiro}}</ref> He laid the foundation stone for the church on 14 September 1873. The church was eventually opened in 1904.<ref name="Fraadh">{{cite web
|url= http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=41291
|title= Mangalore: ‘Frad Saib’ of Cordel Church Remembered by All
|accessdate= 2008-01-15
|publisher= [[Daijiworld Media]]
|date=2007-02-11}}</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
*{{Citation
|last= D'Souza
|first= Edwin J. F.
|title= V.J.P. Saldanha (Makers of Indian literature)
|year= 2004
|publisher= Sahitya Akademi
|isbn= 978-81-260-2028-7}}.

==External links==
* {{Official website|cordelchurch.com/}}

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[[Category:Churches in Mangalore Diocese]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Mangalore]]

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