Santa María de la Vieja Delhi - The oldest church in the capital
St. Mary’s Church, en el recinto del Presentation Convent de la Vieja Delhi, es considerada la iglesia más antigua de la ciudad: la levantó en 1723 el jesuita italiano Ippolito Desideri, llegado de su misión en el Tíbet, con contribución del emperador mogol Muhammad Shah. El edificio actual, de estilo románico italiano, fue bendecido el 10 de diciembre de 1865.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- First church in Delhi (1723), the work of Jesuit Ippolito Desideri, a missionary from Tibet; the Mogol emperor himself contributed to his foundation.
- It was destroyed during the attacks of Nadir Shah and rebuilt as a small church in 1746; it also suffered the riot of the 1857 Cipayos.
- The present temple (1864-1865), designed by Crawford Campbell, was blessed on December 10, 1865; Father William Keegan was his parish priest for more than 26 years.
- In 1911 it was renewed by the cappuccino Luke Vannucci, the same one who would then raise the cathedral of the Sacred Heart of New Delhi; it continues to open for Sunday Mass.
Santa María (Delhi)
Dean of the churches of Delhi and cradle of the Catholic community of the Indian capital, has gone through looting, riots and reconstructions while congregating the faithful under the protection of St. Mary.
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