St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Breda bell tower resembles a Greek temple. The church was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1853, in 1876 its official name became church of Saint Barbara, and in 1968 church of San Michael and finally from 1 January 2001, the church of St. Anthony, once again it has become the cathedral, at the request of bishop Muskens. St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Breda The St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral () or Cathedral of St. Anthony, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Breda, located in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. The church of Sint Antonius
Michiel van Breda Michiel van Breda Michiel van Breda, a South African, was a Merino farmer, founder of Bredasdorp, Mayor of Cape Town and a South African Freemason. Van Breda was born on 12 August 1775 in Cape Town. His parents were Pieter van Breda and Catharina Sophia Myburg. He married three times. Out of his marriages with Gesina van Reenen, Beatrix Elizabeth Lategan and Maria Adriana Smalberger he became the father of nine children. He died in Cape Town on 12 August 1847. In 1817 van Breda was farming on Zoetendals Vallei farm in the region which is today called Overberg. He