St. Francis' Grammar School

For the school of the same name in Hartlepool, England, see St Francis RC Grammar School.

St. Francis' Grammar School
Location
Zarghoon Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Pakistan
Coordinates	30°12′04″N 67°00′34″E
Information
Type	Private primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Patron saint(s)	Saint Francis of Assisi
Established	1936; 89 years ago (1936)
Oversight	Catholic Board of Education Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta
Principal	Sylvia Nathaniel
Number of students	2000 (2009)[1]

St. Francis' Grammar School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Baluchistan, Pakistan.[1] The school is situated on the Zarghoon Road (formerly known as Lytton Road). The school has playgrounds, hostel facilities (till the 80s), and a well stocked children's library.

History

The school was founded in 1936 by Msgr. Salesius Lemmens OFM, Apostolic Prefect to educate the children of British soldiers stationed in the area.[1][2] The school had the distinction of having Father Liberius Pieterse as Assistant Principal from 1937 to 1939 who translated the Bible into Urdu.

Alumni

• Major General Shakil Ahmed, Bangladesh Rifles[3]
• Air Commodore Sajad Haider, Pakistan Air Force official
• Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, former prime minister of Pakistan[4]
• Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistani diplomat
• Muzaffar Hussain Shah, former chief minister of Sindh and Speaker of Sindh Assembly

References

1. "Meet Quetta's 'Untouchable' Christians". The Diplomat.
2. "Msgr. S. Lemmens, OFM" New Venlo Courant, May 1, 1942
3. "thedailystar.net 6 March 2009".
4. "UCA News". UCA News.

External links

• School photograph by Dr Irfan Ahmed Khan, student (1961-1969)