St. Antony's Church, Kanjiracode , Kundara 4.28

HISTORY OF PARISH:
St. Thomas Christians migrated to areas around Kundara in the ninth century. The Parish was officially erected in 1502. St. Antony's Latin Catholic Forane Church, Kanjiracode was originally built and blessed in the name of St. Lucia by the administrator of Cochin diocese and the construction was financed by one Lakshmi Ammal (Mary Ammal) a Brahmin convert. . The foundation stone was laid on 27-01-1609 and blessed the church on 30-04-1609. The church was reconstructed and named after St. Antony of Padua in 1633 AD.then the new church was built in 1986.