Holy Family Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located at Maulana Azad Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was established in 1896 by Msgr. Winkley MHM.[1][2][3] Before the Curia moved to Jammu on 23 December 1986, the parish served as a cathedral when the Curia was in Srinagar.[4] Holy Family Catholic Church and All Saints Protestant Church are the two main churches for the minority Christian community in the city.[2]
Arson and reconstruction
The church was set on fire on 7 June 1967 by protestors demonstrating against the Arab-Israeli war.[5][6][7] During the arson, the belfry was destroyed.[5][6][7] The church was rebuilt,[7] and in 2017 a new church bell, which was donated by a Kashmiri Indian Christian family and made in the Indian city of Moradabad, was installed at Holy Family Catholic Church.[6] This occurred in an interfaith service, in which Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh clergymen assembled “to jointly ring the new bell for the first time in the past 50 years”.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Bell Rings in Kashmir Church After 50 Years, Bringing Together People of All Faiths. The Wire. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J&K polls: Invisible native Christians, least talked about and most neglected, Satish, DP. CNN-IBN(9 December 2014).
- ↑ Christians celebrate Christmas in Indian-controlled Kashmir(25 December 2013).
- ↑ Diocese of Jammu - Srinagar | A diocese was erected on September 7, 1986, with St. Mary's Jammu Cantt, as Cathedral. www.jammusrinagardiocese.org. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Church bell rings in Kashmir church after 5 decades. Daijiworld Media(30 August 2017).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bell Rings in Kashmir Church After 50 Years, Bringing Together People of All Faiths. The Wire. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 After 50 years, bell rings in harmony at Kashmir’s 120-year-old church. The Hindu(2017-10-29). Retrieved 2018-09-06.