Country India District Poona Named for Fatima Convent Elevation 8 m | State Maharashtra Taluka Havelli Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area code 020 | |
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Fatimanagar (also Fatima Nagar or Fathima Nagar) is situated in Pune near the Pune Cantonment area. The neighbourhood derives its name from the Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima Convent. It is one of the fastest developing areas in Pune.
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Map of Fatima Nagar, Wanowrie, Pune, Maharashtra 411040
It is bordered by Bhairoba Nala and Pune Cantonment to the west, Poona-Solapur Highway to the north, a Christian graveyard and State Reserve Police Force (S.R.P.F.) to the east and Shivarkar garden to the south.
Fatima Convent
The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima was founded by Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM, on 8 February 1893 at Bellary in Karnataka, then under the archdiocese of Madras, by Msgr Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM. Born on 7 December 1854, in Holland, Francis Kroot joined the Mill Hill Missionary Society of St Joseph,was ordained a priest on 8 June 1878 and reached India on 8 August 1878. He served in the capacity of a military chaplain in Poonamallee, Madras and Bellary.