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-[[File:SEEPZ church 4.jpg|thumb|right|Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese in 1579]]
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 '''St. John the Baptist Church''' is an abandoned and ruined church presently located within the [[SEEPZ]] Industrial Area, in [[Andheri]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It was built by the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] in 1579 and opened to public worship on the feast of [[John the Baptist]] that year. It also had an attached [[graveyard]]. The church was abandoned in 1840 after an epidemic hit the village. Fr. José Lourenço Pais, the then Vicar of [[Kondivita]] transferred the church to the nearby [[Marol]] village. The [[baptismal font]], pillars and [[Altar (Catholicism)|altars]] were transferred to the new church.
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 * ''Roofless, but soul is intact'', Jeetha D'Silva, [[Times of India]], pg-5, 2005-07-10
 * {{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-st-john-s-opens-for-mass-1096878 | title=St. John's opens for mass | date=15 May 2007 | publisher=DNA | first=Deepa H | last=Sarna | access-date=13 June 2018 }}
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 [[Category:Portuguese structures in Mumbai]]
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{{short description|Ruined church in Mumbai}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
[[File:SEEPZ church 4.jpg|thumb|right|Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese in 1579]]

'''St. John the Baptist Church''' is an abandoned and ruined church presently located within the [[SEEPZ]] Industrial Area, in [[Andheri]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It was built by the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] in 1579 and opened to public worship on the feast of [[John the Baptist]] that year. It also had an attached [[graveyard]]. The church was abandoned in 1840 after an epidemic hit the village. Fr. José Lourenço Pais, the then Vicar of [[Kondivita]] transferred the church to the nearby [[Marol]] village. The [[baptismal font]], pillars and [[Altar (Catholicism)|altars]] were transferred to the new church.

After abandonment, the church fell into decay and vegetation started to take over the ruins. Despite being abandoned, the native [[Christianity|Christians]] visit the church once every year, as is traditional worldwide.

The church was handed back to Fr. Rodney Esperance of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Bombay Archdiocese]] in 2003 by the then [[Maharashtra]] [[Chief Minister]] [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130720083220/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-09-28/mumbai/27215539_1_seepz-church-shiv-sena CM gives SEEPZ church back to archdiocese]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ''Roofless, but soul is intact'', Jeetha D'Silva, [[Times of India]], pg-5, 2005-07-10
* {{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-st-john-s-opens-for-mass-1096878 | title=St. John's opens for mass | date=15 May 2007 | publisher=DNA | first=Deepa H | last=Sarna | access-date=13 June 2018 }}
{{coord missing|Maharashtra}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint John the Baptist Church, Mumbai}}
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1579]]
[[Category:Portuguese structures in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Church ruins in India]]
[[Category:Jesuit churches in India]]

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