Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ipoh

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes was officially established by Father Emile Marie Henri Sausseau (MEP) in 1905 at Ipoh, Malaysia.

Priests

Numerous priests from Paris foreign missions (MEP) and from Malaysia have served as parish priests and assistant parish priests at this church.

No.	Parish Priest	Year	Assistant Priest	Year
1.	Fr. Emile Marie Henrie Sausseau (MEP)	1905 - September 1920	Fr. Noel Joseph Deredec (MEP)	1920
2.	Fr. Noel Joseph Deredec (MEP)	September 1921 - 1930	Fr. Joseph Arcand @ Ulric Arcand (MEP)	May 1928 - December 1928
3.	Fr. John Edmund	1930 - January 1936
4.	Fr. Finian De Silva	20 April 1936 - September 1949
5.	Fr. Xavier Anthony Dass	27 September 1949 - 1961	Fr. Henri Vetter (MEP) Fr. Anthony Dorett Fr. Louis Stanislaus Fr. Lionel Stanislaus Norris	- November 1952 - May 1955 1960 - 1962 February 1961 - June 1961
6.	Fr. Lionel Stanislaus Norris (was awarded Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (PJK) on 19 January 1971 by Sultan of Kedah who was also the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah)	June 1961 - March 1963	Fr. Jean Caset (MEP)	1962 - 1963
7.	Fr. Arsene Rigottier (MEP)	1963 - 1970	Fr. Lucien Catel (MEP) Fr. Emile Grandgirard (MEP) Fr. Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	June 1963 - 1965 / 1966 April 1964 - October 1966 April 1967 - 1970
8.	Fr. Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (Archbishop Emeritus Tan Sri Datuk Murphy Pakiam PSM., PJN., DD., became the 3rd Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (29 May 2003 – 13 December 2013) )	1970 - 1971	Fr. Emile Grandgirard (MEP) Fr. Joseph Victor Fr. Francis Anthony	- April 1967 - 1970 21 June 1970
9.	Fr. Francis Anthony	August 1972 - 24 May 1975	Fr. Francis Regis
10.	Fr. Francis Regis	June 1975 - 1977
11.	Fr. Anthony Dorett	January 1978 - 1984	Fr. Maiccal Sinnappan Fr. Marshall Fernandez
12.	Fr. Alexander Joseph Edwin	1984 - 1999	Fr. Martin Lam Fr. Francis Xavier Selvarajoo Fr. Anthony Pillai Fr. Gregory Hwatt Fr. Fabian Felix Dicom	1984-1985 1990-1991 1993 1996-1998
13.	Fr. Vincent Clement Pereira	1999 - 2002	Fr. Eugene Jude Miranda
14.	Fr. Anthony Pillai	2002 - 2005	Fr. Vincent Clement Pereira
15.	Fr. Anthony Bernard Gnanapragasam Paul (Currently the Bishop of Malacca Johore Diocese. He was as appointed as Vicar General II in September 2012 by Sebastian Francis, Fifth Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang, Malaysia, and has the title Monseigneur Bernard Paul)	2005 - October 2010	Fr. Dominic Santhiyagu Fr. Stanley Antoni	2005-2006 2009-20 June 2010
16.	Fr. Francis Anthony	October 2010 - 2012
17.	Fr. Francis Andrew	2012 - 31 December 2014	Fr. Andrew Stephen
18.	Fr. Robert Daniel Francis	1 January 2015	Fr. Simon Anand Marthamuthu	1 January 2015

Vocations from the Parish

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes has created numerous priests, sisters, brothers, and deacons.

Catholic Priests

No.	Priest	Year Ordained
1.	Fr. Anthony Xavier Roch	1928
2.	Fr. Andrew Francis	8 December 1934
3.	Fr. Noel Clement	3 December 1936
4.	Fr. Anthony Michael	1944
5.	Fr. Joseph Victor Anthony	11 April 1947 / 1948
6.	Fr. Ryappan Lourdes	10 March 1951
7.	Fr. Benedict Michael	1949 / 1950
8.	Fr. Xavier Emile Manikam	1958
9.	Fr. Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	10 May 1964
10.	Fr. Xavier David Anthony CSSR	19 December 1966
11.	Fr. Pathinathan Kolandasamy	22 October 1980
12.	Fr. Alexander Joseph Edwin	7 April 1976
13.	Fr. Ravi Alexander OFM	18 May 1988
14.	Fr. Anthony Pillai	14 February 1990
15.	Fr. Fabian Felix Dicom	12 June 1996
16.	Fr. Vincent Paul	7 October 1998
17.	Fr. Joe Matthews OFM	7 October 1998
18.	Fr. Michael Dass	8 September 1999
19.	Fr. Robert Daniel	8 September 1999
20.	Fr. Francis Andrew	24 May 2006

La Salle Brother

No.	Name	Post
1.	Rev. Bro. Leo Manicasami	Sub-Director of St. George Institution, Taiping, Perak

Religious Sisters

No.	Name	Congregation	Final Profession
1.	Sr Catherine of Sienna	Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM)	5 November 1959
2.	Sr Rita Andrew Almeida	Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM)	7 February 1982
3.	Sr Bernice D'Silva	Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM)	13 December 1980
4.	Sr. Margaret Mary of Sacred Heart, O.C.D. (Mary Rosalene)	Carmelite Sister (O.C.D)
5.	Sr. St. Nicholas Dicom (Tessie Margeret)	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)
6.	Sr. Aloysius Manikam (Annie Therese)	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)	4 January 1958
7.	Sr. Marie Joseph Francis (Antoniammal)	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)	4 January 1958
8.	Sr. Clement Samuel (Mariann Samuel)	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)	6 January 1960
9.	Sr. Betty Andrew Almeida	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)	30 December 1995
10.	Sr. Bertha Antoni (Regina)	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)	4 January 1970
11.	Sr. Clara Antoni (Mary)	Sisters of the Infant Jesus (I.J.S)	8 September 1966
12.	Sr. Mary Anne Jacqueline Sandanasamy	Little Sisters of the Poor (L.S.P)	20 August 1995
13.	Sr. Marie Antoinette	Little Sisters of the Poor (L.S.P)	28 July 1981
14.	Sr. Martha	Little Sisters of the Poor (L.S.P)	8 September 1981
15.	Sr. Elizabeth Jhon Jothee	Daughters of St. Paul (FSP)	15 July 2006

Permanent Deacon

No.	Name	Diaconate	Location
1.	Deacon James Anthony	2006	United Kingdom

Papal Gold Medal "Bene Merenti"

The recipient of Papal Gold Medal "Bene Merenti". A meritorious medal awarded by Pope.

No.	Name	Year	Pinned
1.	Mr. A. Anthony Samy	18 November 1951	Mgr. M. Olcomendy
2.	Mr. Victor Manikam	1959	Msgr. John Gordon D.D., The Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia
3.	Mr. M. A. Arulappu	May 1972	Mgr. Gregory Yong
4.	Mr. John Emmanuel A.M.N. @ Sambasivam	16 March 1974
5.	Mr. A. Amaladess	16 February 1975	Mgr. Gregory Yong
6.	Mr. Robert Stephen	1980

Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice "Cross of Honour"

The recipient of Cross of Honour "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice". The highest medal that can be awarded to the laity by the Pope.

No.	Name	Year	Pinned
1.	Mr. Victor Manikam	1980