Construction of the Church of Saint Anthony 

(today’s Chapel of Saint Anthony)

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Expansion into a large neo-Gothic church 

Reestablishment of the Kirchbauverein

Separation of the Basilica of Saint Mary from the Mother Parish of Saint Anthony

New planning and reconstruction according to plans by architect

Prof. Dieter G. Baumewerdt 

Elevation to Kevelaer’s first parish church

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Consecration by Bishop Hermann Dingelstad

Reconstruction of the parish church 

Complete interior renovation

Consecration of the church building as it is today by Bishop Reinhard Lettmann

Placing of the Kevelaer miraculous image of Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted by the Parish Priest of Saint Anthony’s 

Destruction during

World War II

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Consecration by Dean Heinrich Maria Janssen

The church is destroyed by a major fire 

Establishment of the new Parish of Saint Anthony in Kevelaer with the merger of the Kevelaer (Saint Anthony), Twisteden (Saint Quirinus), Wetten (Saint Peter), Winnekendonk (Saint Urban) and Kervenheim (Saint Anthony) municipalities