Alandur St. Antony's Church (Estd. 1984) 16, Railway Station Road, Chennai - 600 016. Tel: 044 - 223 46 422

A Brief History
St. Antony’s Church, Alandur had a humble begining 150 years ago. In 1885, it was a small chapel of 12 feet length, dedicated to St. Antony which pulled great crowds of all religions for worship and prayers. This small chapel was extended in 1919 to accommodate the faithful for Sunday worship. Thanks to the efforts and support of the Catholics of this vicinity, foundation for a new church was laid on September 1981 by the then Archbishop Most Rev. Dr. A. Arulappa considering the pastoral welfare of the people. In 1984 it was raised to the status of a parish church by bifurcating it from its mother parish St. Thomas Mount. The year 2009 marks the Silver Jubilee year of this parish.
Catholic Population : 3500
Succession of Parish Priests
S. No. Names Year Diocesan/religious 1. Rev. Fr. Mathew Vettical 1984 - 1992 Madras-Mylapore 2. Rev. Fr. Joseph Mangatt 1992 - 1998 Madras-Mylapore 3 Rev. Fr. Kanikairaj S. 1998 - 2000 Madras-Mylapore 4 Rev. Fr. Joseph. G.M. 2000 - 2005 Chingleput 5 Rev. Fr. George Stephen S. 2005 - 2008 Chingleput 6 Rev. Fr. Lucas Raj 2008 - Chingleput
Sub Stations with Chapel
01 Noble Street, Sacred Heart Chapel, 3 kms. (Estd.2008) 02 Maduvankarai, St.Sebastian’s Chapel, 2 kms.
Participatory Structures
01 Parish Council 02 Parish Finance Committee 03 Anpiam
Associations
01 Legion of Mary 02 Altar Servers 03 St.Vincent de Paul 04 Youth movement 05 Charismatic Renewal 06 Kolping Unit
Religious 01 Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel (SG). (Estd.1983) Tel: 044 - 223 44 8 91
Institutions under Religious
01 Montfort High School, Alandur. (Estd. 1983) Tel: 044 - 223 44 891 421