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primary and secondary school located in

, Sindh,

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. Founded by the

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. For the last 150 years, the school has produced well-known leaders and public figures, including two

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and two

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, two Chief Ministers of Sindh, one deputy prime minister (of India) two Cardinals of the Catholic Church, and several Mayors of Karachi. The school is owned by the

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and managed by the

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in Pakistan.

History

The school was established on 6 May 1861, began with just three students, and officially registered as a high school in 1867. Its founder was Reverend Joseph A. Willy of the

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(the "Jesuits"), who controlled the school until June 1935. It was then taken over by the

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order until 6 October 1950. Since 1950, it has had Pakistani principals belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi. Fr Stephen Raymond, a diocesan priest, became the first Pakistani principal of his alma mater in 1950. The era of Fr Raymond as principal from 1950 to 1974 is referred by many old students as the "golden era" of St Patrick's. Fr Raymond is credited with constructing the Cambridge Building (1950), St Patrick's College (1952), the Teachers' Training College (1959), the first School Auditorium (1972). The school celebrated its centenary in 1962 with the President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan as the Chief Guest. St Patrick's High School was one of the few private educational institutes that escaped nationalization in 1972.ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL CELEBRATES 130 YEARS OF EDUCATION IN KARACHI
Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) website, Published 10 April 1991, Retrieved 11 April 2020 On 6 May 2011, the former students of the school instituted the Father Stephen Raymond Gold Medal to be awarded to the top student from the Commerce Section, as part of the 150th anniversary of the school.

Former principals

* Fr. Joseph Willy SJ 1861-65 * Fr. Basilius Haefly SJ 1865-1867 * Fr. Anselm Leiter SJ 1867-68 * Fr. Nicolas Pagani SJ 1868-72 * Fr. George Bridges SJ 1872-74 * Fr. Joseph Nueckel SJ 1874-76 * Fr. Francis Belz SJ 1876-87 * Fr. A. Bruder SJ 1887-94 * Fr. H. Jurgens SJ 1894-97 * Fr. A. Martins SJ 1897-1901 * Fr. C. Flick SJ 1901-04 * Fr. J. Meyer SJ 1904-09 * Fr. S. Boswin SJ 1909-21 * Fr. Hoogewerf SJ 1921-26 * Fr. Vincent Gimenez SJ 1926-35 * Fr. Achilles Meersman OFM 1935–38 * Fr. Hermes Kersten OFM 1938-1939 * Fr. Modestine Pöttgens OFM 1939-1948 * Fr. Achilles Meersman OFM 1948-50 * Stephen Raymond -1950-1975 *

Anthony Theodore Lobo Anthony Theodore Felix Lobo (4 July 1937 – 18 February 2013) was a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop. On 8 June 1982 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi by Pope John Paul II. On 28 May 1993 he became Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi. ...

– principal 1975–1993 * Oswin Mascarenhas - 1993 to 2000 * Joseph Paul – principal 2000–2009 * Lawerence Manuel FSC 2016-17 * Sister Margaret Madden 2017-2020

Commermorative stamp

To commemorate the 150 years of the school, Pakistan Post office issued a special

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in the year 2011.

Notable teachers

* Patrick Mendes – Olympic hockey player; teacher for over 50 years * Jacob Harris * O. B. Nazareth *

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– translator of the Bible into Urdu *

Joseph Cordeiro Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (19 January 1918 – 11 February 1994) was the first Pakistani cardinal. Early life Cordeiro was born to a Goan family. He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, the University of Bombay and Oxford ...

– first Cardinal of Pakistan *

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, awarded

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Medal for 50 Years of Service in Catholic Education. * Fr J B Todd *

Norma Fernandes Norma Fernandes is a teacher from Karachi, Pakistan. Life Fernandes was educated at St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi. She started off her career teaching at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. She also was a sportswoman, a dramatist, and mu ...

– recipient,

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the P ...

for 50 years of service to education *

James deSouza James "Jimmy" deSouza (11 December 1925 – 28 January 2016) was a Catholic priest, teacher, school principal and humanitarian. Biography DeSouza was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He received his ...

– priest for over 50 years *

– former Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi * Joseph Paul – principal *

Yolande Henderson Yolande Henderson (14 January 1934 – 5 December 2015) was a high school teacher from Karachi, Pakistan.

– former headmistress of the O' Levels * Hilda Pereira, teacher for nearly 50 years

Notable alumni

Politicians

Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a longtime memb ...

– former

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; co-founder,

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in India * Shaukat Aziz – former

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* Nabil Gabol – Federal Minister and politician *

Manuel Misquita Manuel Misquita was a former Mayor of Karachi under the British India, British Raj and President of Karachi Goan Association.

– former

Mayor of Karachi Mayor of Karachi (Urdu: ) is the executive of the Karachi metropolitan corporation and the Karachi local government system of the city of Karachi which is the third tier of governance in Pakistan after Federal and provincial governments. Pre ...

Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari ( ur, ; sd, ; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th president of Pakist ...

– former President of Pakistan; co-chairman, of Pakistan Peoples Party *

Muhammad Khan Junejo Mohammad Khan Junejo (Urdu: ; Sindhi: ; 18 August 193216 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and an agriculturist who served as the tenth prime minister of Pakistan, having elected in this capacity in 1985 until being dismissed in 1988. Junejo ...

– former

* Muhammad Ayub Khuhro – Chief Minister of Sindh *

Yusuf Haroon Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon (1916 – 12 February 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 5th Governor of West Pakistan and 3rd Chief Minister of Sindh.Generals and politicians of last 150 years
Dawn (newspaper), Published 8 May 2011, Retrieved 12 April 2020 – former Chief Minister of Sindh *

Jam Sadiq Ali Nawab Jam Sadiq Ali ( ur, جام صادق علی ) (ca. 1934– 5 March 1992) was a politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was the Sardar and Nawab of Samaat and Junejo tribes and belonged to the ruling dynasty of Samaa Ja'ams who ruled Sind ...

– former Chief Minister of Sindh * Pir Mazhar Ul Haq – senior minister of education *

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (Urdu: خورشيد محمود قصورى; born 18 June 1941), is a Pakistani politician and writer who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan between November 2002 until November 2007. He is the Senior Ad ...

–

Foreign Minister of Pakistan The Minister of Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal government's foreign policy and International re ...

from 2002 to 2007 *

Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...

– former President of Pakistan, founder of All Pakistan Muslim League *

Syed Murad Ali Shah Syed Murad Ali Shah ( ur, , ; born 8 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who is the 29th and current Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan and has been a member of the Sindh Assembly. Early life and educa ...

– Chief Minister of Sindh (since 2016) *

Shah Nawaz Bhutto Shah Nawaz Bhutto ( sd, ; ur, ) (8 March 1888 – 19 November 1957), was a politician and a member of Bhutto family hailing from Larkana in the Sind region of the Bombay Presidency of British India, which is now Sindh, Pakistan. Early l ...

- former chief minister of India's Junagadh State and father of

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

Academics and researchers

* Prof.

Adil Najam Adil Najam ( ur, ) is a Pakistani academic who serves as the inaugural dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and previously served as vice-chancellor of the LUMS. Life In 2011, Najam returned to Pakistan to head ...

– international relations, environment and diplomacy scholar * Eng. Izhar Haider – founder, Shiekh Khalifa Bin Zayed Arab Pakistani School, Abu Dhabi * Dr Adil Haider –

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and

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scientist in the United States * Prof.

Haroon Ahmed Haroon Ahmed FREng (born 2 March 1936), is a British Pakistanis, British Pakistani scientist in specialising the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering. He is Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the ...

– Professor of Micro-electronics,

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and former Master Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Military

– former Chief of Army Staff; President of Pakistan * Rashid Minhas – Nishan-i-Haider recipient * Azim Daudpota – former Governor of Sindh; former managing director,

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines ( ur, ; abbreviated PIA, ur, ) is an international airline that serves as the national flag carrier of Pakistan under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation. It ...

Jehangir Karamat General Jehangir Karamat ( ur, ; born 20 February 1941) best known as JK, is a senior Pakistan Army officer who served as the 6th Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, from 12 January 1996 to 6 October 1998. ...

– former Chief of Army Staff *

Farooq Feroze Khan Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan ( ur, ; born: 17 August 1939 – 9 October 2021), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the 6th four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and also served as the ...

– former Chief of Air Staff * Brigadier

Mervyn Cardoza Mervyn Adrian Cardoza (1922 – 2010, Toronto) was a one star general in the Pakistan Army. In 1965 Brig. Mervyn Cardoza was awarded the Tamgha-e-Khidmat by President Ayub Khan. Background and family He was first educated at St Patrick's ...

– Tamgha-e-Khidmat recipient

Sportsmen

John Permal John Permal (May 31, 1946 – March 27, 2019) was a Pakistani sprinter, who, for a decade, held the distinction of being the fastest human in Pakistan. Early years Born in Karachi, British India, Permal obtained his primary education from St. An ...

– fastest human in Pakistan (1964 to 1974) *

Michael Rodrigues Michael Rodrigues may refer to: * Michael Rodrigues (politician) Michael J. Rodrigues (born May 30, 1959) is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate representing the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol an ...

– five-time national table tennis champion ;Hockey *

Peter Paul Fernandes Peter Paul Fernandes M.B.E (15 September 1916 – 24 January 1981) was an Indian field hockey player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. His selection made him the first Goan to represent India in hockey at the ...

– 1936 Olympic hockey gold medallist * Patrick Mendes – Olympic hockey player; teacher for over 50 years ;Cricket * Wallis Mathias – Test cricketer *

Danish Kaneria Danish Parabha Shankar Kaneria ( ur, ; ), (born 16 December 1980) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2000 and 2010. A right-arm leg spinner known for his well-disguised googly. He is fourth ...

– Test cricketer *

Javed Miandad Mohammad Javed Miandad PP SI (Urdu: ; born 12 June 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad (Urdu: ), is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting. ESPNcricinfo desc ...

– Test cricketer *

Antao D'Souza Antao D'Souza (born 17 January 1939) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in six Tests for the Pakistan cricket team, from 1959 to 1962. He was the second Christian from four Christians to play Test cricket for Pakistan. He was a medium pac ...

– Test cricketer, made his debut against West Indies in 1959 at Karachi *

Wasim Bari Wasim Bari ( ur, ; born 23 March 1948) is a former Pakistani international cricketer who played in 81 Test matches and 51 One Day Internationals from 1967 to 1984. Bari was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. At the end of his 17-year c ...

– Test cricketer * Faisal Iqbal – Test cricketer

Judiciary

Wajihuddin Ahmed Wajihuddin Ahmed ( ur, ; born 1 December 1938) is a retired senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, human rights activist, and former professor of law at the Sindh Muslim Law College. Prior to be elevated as Senior Justice of the ...

– Chief Justice of the

Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in ...

* Justice Ajmal Mian – former Chief Justice of Pakistan

Civil service

* Irfan Husain - newspaper columnist and former civil servant. *

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- M.B.B.S Doctor and current civil servant.

Clergy

* Cardinal

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† – former

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and first Asian cardinal * Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro† – First Cardinal of Pakistan * Simeon Anthony Pereira† – Archbishop of Karachi (1994–2002) *

† – Bishop emeritus of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi The Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (Lat: ''Dioecesis Islamabadensis-Ravalpindensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan. There is anecdotal evidence that St. Thomas the Apostle passed through Ta ...

* Bonaventure Patrick Paul OFM† - Bishop of Hyderabad, Pakistan. *

Armando Trindade Armando Trindade (born 25 October 1927 in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan)) studied at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary, Kandy, Sri Lanka and was ordained a priest on 6 May 1950. ...

† - Archbishop of Lahore (1975-2001) *

† - Catholic priest, teacher, school principal and humanitarian. *

Robert D'Silva Robert D'Silva (7 June 1925 – 15 October 2015) was a Pakistani Roman Catholic priest. Biography He was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He attended St Patrick's High School, Karachi, where he was a classmate of BJP President L.K. Advani. He st ...

† - Catholic priest 1952-2015 * Benny Mario Travas - Archbishop-elect of Karachi

Businessmen

Cincinnatus Fabian D'Abreo Cincinnatus Fabian D’Abreo was an administrator and politician in Karachi, British India. Biography He was born on 24 September 1862. His father, Manuel D’Abreo had migrated to Sindh in 1846. Cincinnatus was married to Maggie Gomes with who ...

, founder of Cincinnatus Town *

Sikandar Sultan Sikandar Sultan is a Pakistani entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the Organizational founder, founder and now Chairman of Shan Food Industries. In 1981, Sultan was the first person to recognize and take advantage of the potential of launching ...

– managing director, Shan Food Industries * Nadeem Hussain – Founder & CEO, Tameer Bank, Tameer Bank *

Quentin D'Silva Quentin D'Silva is a Pakistani Christian business executive. Life D'Silva was born in Karachi, Pakistan and studied at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He gained an MBA from the University of Karachi. After graduating he worked in marketing ...

– former chairman and chief executive, Shell Pakistan Limited * Omar Janjua - CEO Taco Bueno, USA

Educationists

* Father Stephen Raymond * Dr

Asif Farrukhi Asif Aslam Farrukhi ( ur, ; 16 September 1959 1 June 2020) was a Pakistani writer, translator, and literary critic active in both Urdu and English. He was also a public health expert and polyglot. He translated books from English into Urdu, ...

– writer, editor, translator, and a physician by training; Passed away on June 1, 2020

Other

* Khadim Hussain Baloch, cricket observer, author, and memorabilia collectorKhadim Hussain Baloch - one of a kind
Cricket World website, Published 13 September 2019, Retrieved 12 April 2020 * O. B. Nazareth * Ishaq Ibrahim

Photo gallery

References

External links

The school's official website

St. Patrick's High School, Karachi on Encyclopædia Britannica
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History

Former principals

Commermorative stamp

Notable teachers

Notable alumni

Politicians

Academics and researchers

Military

Sportsmen

Judiciary

Civil service

Clergy

Businessmen

Educationists

Other

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See also

References

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