St Patrick's High School is a Catholic primary and secondary school located in Saddar Town, Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan. Founded by the Jesuits in 1861, the school is the second-oldest school in Karachi. Since 1950, it has been run by the diocesan clergy of the Archdiocese of Karachi. For the last 150 years, the school has produced well-known leaders and public figures, including two Presidents and two Prime Ministers of Pakistan, two Chief Ministers of Sindh, one deputy prime minister (of India) two Cardinals of the Catholic Church, and several Mayors of Karachi. The school is owned by the Roman Catholic Church and managed by the Catholic Board of Education in Pakistan. History The school was established on 6 May 1861, began with just three students, and officially registered as a high school in 1867. Its founder was Reverend Joseph A. Willy of the Society of Jesus (the "Jesuits"), who controlled the school until June 1935. It was then taken over by the Franciscan order until 6 October 1950. Since 1950, it has had Pakistani principals belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi. Fr Stephen Raymond, a diocesan priest, became the first Pakistani principal of his alma mater in 1950. The era of Fr Raymond as principal from 1950 to 1974 is referred by many old students as the "golden era" of St Patrick's. Fr Raymond is credited with constructing the Cambridge Building (1950), St Patrick's College (1952), the Teachers' Training College (1959), the first School Auditorium (1972). The school celebrated its centenary in 1962 with the President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan as the Chief Guest. St Patrick's High School was one of the few private educational institutes that escaped nationalization in 1972. On 6 May 2011, the former students of the school instituted the Father Stephen Raymond Gold Medal to be awarded to the top student from the Commerce Section, as part of the 150th anniversary of the school. Former principals Fr. Joseph Willy SJ 1861-65 Fr. Basilius Haefly SJ 1865-1867 Fr. Anselm Leiter SJ 1867-68 Fr. Nicolas Pagani SJ 1868-72 Fr. George Bridges SJ 1872-74 Fr. Joseph Nueckel SJ 1874-76 Fr. Francis Belz SJ 1876-87 Fr. A. Bruder SJ 1887-94 Fr. H. Jurgens SJ 1894-97 Fr. A. Martins SJ 1897-1901 Fr. C. Flick SJ 1901-04 Fr. J. Meyer SJ 1904-09 Fr. S. Boswin SJ 1909-21 Fr. Hoogewerf SJ 1921-26 Fr. Vincent Gimenez SJ 1926-35 Fr.