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JEOLIKOTE
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ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH JEOLIKOTE
Phone No : 0123456789
Patron Name : ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
About Parish
JEOLIKOTE IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN THE KUMAON HILLS. THE LAND FOR THE MISSION HERE WAS DONATED BY AN ENGLISH ENGINEER IN 1895. BISHOP FRANCIS PESCI SENT A PRIEST AND A BROTHER TO OPEN A NEW MISSION. THE PRESENT ST. JOSEPH'S VILLA WAS THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1897. WHEN U.P WAS AFFECTED BY FAMINE, 75 ORPHANS WERE BROUGHT TO JEOLIKOTE AND THEN THE BUILDING WORK WAS STARTED WHICH IS KNOWN AS ST. ANTHONY'S ORPHANAGE. IBMV SISTER FROM NAINITAL WERE REQUESTED TO LOOK AFTER THE ORPHANAGE. LATER, WITH THE PERMISSION OF BISHOP ANGELO POLI, A SMALL CONVENT AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL WERE BUILT IN. IN 1935, THE SCHOOL WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS AN ANGLO-VERNACULAR MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS YEARS PASSED, NEED FOR A NEW BUILDING WAS KEENLY FELT. IN 1958, THE IMPOSING NEW STRUCTURE OF ST. ANTHONY'S SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED. THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF JEOLIKOTE ATTRACHED THE SALESIAN FATHERS (SDB) TO BEGIN A PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL CENTER KNOWN AS SUMEDHA CENTER IN 2007 WITH THE ABLE GUIDANCE OF FR. JOSE PARAPULLY. THE MISSIONARY SISTER OF IMMACULATE (MSI) HELP THE PARISH IN EVANGELICAL AND PASTORAL ACTIVITIES FROM 2009.
KASHIPUR
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OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CHURCH DARIYAL ROAD, KHOKRATAL, KASHIPUR
Phone No : 9412544533
Patron Name : OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION
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KASHIPUR MISSION WAS OPENED IN RESPONSE IN THE DEMAND OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE FOE A GOOD SCHOOL. LAND WAS PURCHASED AND THE SCHOOL WAS INAUGURATED IN JUNE 1988 AS A RESULT OF FATHER JEROME SALDANHA'S CONSTANT EFFORTS. CARMELITE MISSIONARY SISTER OF TRIVANDRUM HELPED THE PARISH PRIEST IN HIS EDUCATIONAL AND MISSIONARY SISTER OF ENDEAVOURS TILL APRIL1997. ADDITIONAL LAND WAS PURCHASED FOR THE EXTENSION OF SCHOOL IN 2015.
KATHGODAM
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ST. THERESA'S CHURCH KHATHGODAM
Phone No : 9927594744
Patron Name : ST. THERESA OF LISIEUX
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KATHGODAM, BEING A RAILWAY TERMINUS TO THE HILLS, NEEDED A RESIDENCE WHICH COULD BE USED BY VISITING PRIESTS AND TRAVELLING MISSIONARIES. A HOUSE AND A PLOT OF LAND WAS ACQUIRED IN 1947 AND A PART OF THE HOUSE WAS USED AS A CHAPEL. BECAUSE KATHGODAM WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A CENTRAL PLACE, NEED WAS FELT FOR A RESIDENT PRIEST THERE. PRIEST STATIONED HERE COULD VISIT MORE EASILY ALL THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHERE SOME CATHOLIC FAMILIES WERE SCATTERED. DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLACE AS A MISSIONARY CENTER, A PART OF THE "FONSECA ESTATE" WAS ACQUIRED IN 1961 IN ORDER TO BUILD A CHURCH AND A HOME FOR THE AGED.THE CHURCH WAS BUILT AND BLESSED ON THE 24 MAY 1964. IN 1967, URSULINES OF MARY IMMACULATE (UMI) WERE INVITED TO RENDER THEIR HELP IN KATHGODAM. IN 1968, HOME FOR THE AGED WAS OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED BY LATE BISHOP CONRAD DE VITO. IN 1968 UMI SISTER OPENED A SCHOOL AT KATHGODAM ( NIRMALA SCHOOL). IN 1986, THE DIOCESE SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER WAS SHIFTED TO THE PRESENT SITE AND IN 1989 A NEW SCHOOL (ST. TERESA'S) WAS OPENED BY THE DIOCESE WITH FR. J.B MASCARENHAS AS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL. IN 1991 MISSIONARY SISTER OF IMMACULATE WERE INVITED TO CENTER TO THE NEEDS OF THE LEPROSY PATIENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. A PIECE OF LAND WAS PURCHASED AT MOTINAGAR AND A HOSPITAL ( JEEVAN DAAN) WAS BULIT TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE LEPROSY PATIENTS. SISTER OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY (MC) HAVE OPENED THEIR HOUSE AT MOTINAGAR TO RENDER THEIR SERVICES TO THE POOR AND DESTITUTE. IN THE YEAR 2008 MEDICAL SISTER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (OSF) WERE INVITED TO RENDER THE SERVICE IN PASTAROL EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK.
KHATIMA
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SARAF PUBLIC SCHOOL POLPLEX COMPLEX, HOHIA HEAD ROAD, KHATIMA
Phone No : 9411344838
Patron Name : ST. DOMINIC SAVIO
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IT WAS FELT THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE CHURCH IN KHATIMA. AT THIS JUNCTURE, DIOCESE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION OF THE POLYPLEX GROUP OF INDUSTRIES IN 1992 TO MANAGE AND ADMINISTER THEIR NEW ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL KNOWN AS SARAF PUBLIC SCHOOL. NOW THE CHRISTIAN PRESENCE IS STRONGLY FELT THERE AND IT HAS OPENED A WAY FOR EVANGELIZING ACTIVITIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. LATE FR. VALERIAN D'SOUZA WAS THE PIONEER OF THIS MISSION STATION. CARMELITE SISTER OF TRIVENDRUM HELPED IN THE SCHOOL FROM 1992 TO 2011 HOLY CROSS OF CHAVANOD SISTER TOOK UP THE PASTORAL AND EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY IN KHATIMA. A NEW PLOT WAS PURCHASED BY THE DIOCESE IN 2014 FOR EDUCATIONAL APOSTOLATE.
KICHHA
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ST.PETER'S CHURCH KISHANPUR KICHHA POST
Phone No : 9412318309
Patron Name : ST.PETER,THE APOSTLE
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KICHHA IS SITUATED AT A STRATEGIC LOCATION ON THE BAREILLY - NAINITAL ROAD.THEREFORE,IT WAS A LONG CHERISHED DESIRE TO OPEN MISSION HERE. BUT,DUE TO NON-AVAILABILITY OF LAND , IT WAS NOT REALIZED. HOWEVER, IN 1991 KICHHA MISSION WAS ESTABLISHED AND FR. BONAVENTURE MENEZES, THE PRIEST IN -CHARGE INITIATED THE WORK BY STAYING IN A RENTED ROOM. A SMALL PLOT OF LAND WAS PURCHASED IN THE AVAS VIKAS COLONY ,AND A CONVENT AND A SCHOOL WERE BUILT AND INAUGURATED IN JUNE 1992. HOLY CROSS SISTERS OF CALCUTTA PROVINCE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE OF SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM IN THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THEIR PRESENCE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
MEERGANJ
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PRABHU DHAM ASHRAM CHURAI ROAD MEERGANJ
Phone No : 9411424193
Patron Name : ST. THERAESA OF LISIEUX
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MEERGANJ TAHSIL IS A GROWING TOWN ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO DELHI. THE VINCENTIAN CONGREGATION WAS REQUESTED TO BEGIN A MISSION STATION. THE CONGREGATION PURCHASED THE LAND AND BUILT A PRAYER CENTRE WHICH WAS BLESSED ON 2ND OCTOBER 1999 .THE CENTRE CATERS TO THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE PRIESTS RELIGIOUS AND THE LAITY IN THE DIOCESE.THE FCC SISTERS ALSO JOINED THE TEAM IN THE SPIRITUAL AND PASTORAL MINISTRY.
MOTINAGAR
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA HATHIKAL,MOTINAGER ARJUNPUR POST
Phone No : 94572811841
Patron Name : OUR LADY OF FATIMA
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MISSION AT MOTINAGAR WAS OPENED IN 1991, WHEN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF IMMACULATE WERE INVITED TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE LEPROSY PATIENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA .A PIECE OF LAND WAS PURCHASED AND A HOSPITAL (JEEVAN DAAN) WAS BUILT TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF LEPROSY PATIENTS . SISTERS OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY (MC) HAVE OPENED THEIR HOUSE IN 2003 TO RENDER THEIR SERVICES TO THE POOR AND DESTITUTE. A PIECE OF LAND FOR THE PARISH HOUSE WAS PURCHASED IN 1997 AND FR.GREGORY FRANK IS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST POSTED IN THE YEAR 2005 AND A PRIEST HOUSE AND A CHURCH WERE BUILT IN THE SAME YEAR AND BLESSED BY MOST.REV. ANTHONY FERNANDES ON 4TH SEPTEMBER 2005
NAINITAL
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ST.FRANCIS CHURCH MALL ROAD NAINITAL
Phone No : 9837228905
Patron Name : ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
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NAINITAL IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HILL STATION IN INDIA ABOUT 6346FT. ABOVE SEA LEVEL . SINCE 1842 NAINITAL WAS VISITED BY THE CHAPLAIN OF BAREILLY AS IT WAS APART OF AGRA VICARIATE . IN 1878 , IT WAS DETACHED FROM AGRA AND ATTACHED TO THE DIOCESE OF ALLAHABAD . THE "LAKE CHAPEL" WAS FIRST BUILT IN 1868 AND THEN ENLARGED IN 1882-1884. FR.ENGELBERT, OFM .CAP. FOUNDED ST. JOSEPH'S SEMINARY(NOW ST.JOSEPH'S COLLEGE)IN1887.IN 1878, SISTERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (IBMV)NOW KNOWN AS CONGREGATION OF JESUS (C.J) BOUGHT 26 ACRES OF LAND (RAMNEE PARK)AND BEGAN A SCHOOL THERE . ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE AT NAINITAL WAS OPENED IN 1988 BY THE CAPUCHINS AND HANDED OVER TO IRISH CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ON 22ND APRIL 1892 .IN THE COURSE OF TIME CATHOLICS LIVING AND SERVING THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN AND AROUND RAMNEE PARK FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO ATTEND THE SUNDAY SERVICE AT ST.FRANCIS CHURCH , MALL ROAD ,HENCE THE NEED AROSE OF HAVING A SEPARATE PARISH ,i.e. ST.FRANCIS HOME PARISH .THIS WAS DECREED IN THE YEAR 1994.
NAUSAR
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OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH , NAUSAR POST,KHATIMA TAHSIL
Phone No : 8979711799
Patron Name : OUR LADY OF LOURDES
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THE FARM AT NAUSAR WAS BOUGHT IN 1963 AND A FEW PUNJABI CHRISTIAN FAMILIES WERE SETTLED IN THE FARM. A THATCHED ROOF SCHOOL WAS STARTED ON 20 TH JULY 1968 BY FR. J.B MASCARENHAS AS IT’S IN CHARGE. A SMALL CHAPEL WAS BLESSED IN 1969. TILL 1972, NAUSAR WAS LOOKED AFTER FROM POLIGANJ. FR. JEROME SALDANHA BECOMES THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST AT NAUSAR IN 1979 WHO THROUGH HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS CONSTRUCTED THE CHURCH. PRIEST'S RESIDENCE AND THE SCHOOL. INSTITUTE OF MAIDS OF POOR (IMP) OPENED THEIR CONVENT IN NAUSAR IN 1980 TO HELP THE PRIEST IN EDUCATIONAL AND PASTORAL MINISTRY .THE NEW BLOCK OF NIRMALA SCHOOL WAS INAUGURATED AND BLESSED BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS D' SOUZA IN 2015
NAWABGANJ
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ST,THOMAS CHURCH NAWABGANJ POST ,INDJAGIR VILLEGE,
Phone No : 9837707477
Patron Name : ST.THOMAS ,THE APOSTLE
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NAWABGANJ IS A TAHSIL ON THE BAREILLY - PILIBHIT ROAD ABOUT 30 KM FROM BAREILLY CITY . IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE PRESENCE OF THE CHURCH AND TO BEGIN THE EVANGELIZING MISSION IN THE RURAL AREA,THE NEED FOR OPENING A MISSION STATION HERE WAS STRONGLY FELT. HENCE, A PLOT OF LAND WAS BOUGHT IN 1993. FR.ELIAS MARK D'SOUZA WAS APPOINTED IN 1995 AS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST TO INITIATE THE WORK .AS AN ENTRY POINT TO THE LOCALITY, FOUNDATION FOR A SCHOOL WAS LAID ON THE 23RD OF JANUARY,1996.IT WAS BLESSED AND INAUGURATED ON THE 3 RD OF JULY 1996 BY BISHOP ANTHONY FERNANDES . SISTERS OF HOLY CROSS OF IGNENBOL HELPED THE PRIESTS IN PASTORAL, SOCIAL,EDUCATIONAL AND EVANGELICAL ACTIVITIES FROM 1997 TO MAY 2009 .IN JUNE 2010 URSULINE SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS(UFS) JOINED THE PARISH TO CONTINUE THE SAME MINISTERY
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