Our Lady Help of Christians Church - Vepada Catholic Church
Published date: 23/11/2022
- Location: Vepada - 535 281, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
As a parish priest of Kothavalasa, VEPADA (1982) Fr Xavier Dias began his contacts of villages in and around. Sompuram and Vepada were the villages very often visited and attended by Fr Xavier Dias. All most all the people irrespective of caste became interested in Fr. Xavier Dias which paved the way to Fr. Dias to baptize the people from all castes prevailing then. Thus Fr. Xavier Dias stands as the founder of Vepada Mission. A small house was bought in 1940. It was in 1942 a plot of land was acquired and a shed was erected. Fr. Dias began to stay at Vepada to cater to the spiritual needs of the faithful and continued to contact the villages from there since 1943. It was in the year 1964 the church was built during the time of Fr. Jacob Arayathinal. For a long time Vepada was a substation of S.Kota. 1982 it was erected as an independent parish with Fr. Luckose Kallakat as the first Parish Priest.
Nearby Churches
-
Mother of God Church - Saluru (Pedda Veedhi) Catholic ChurchIndia Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) 23/11/2022he Original Saluru Parish was divided into two in 2003. Thus we have Saluru (Peddaveedhi) Parish. -
Koduru Matha Church - Koduru Catholic ChurchIndia Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) 23/11/2022A new parish is created as a Christu Jayanthi Maha Jubilee Memorial. Villages taken from Bobbili, Manapuram, and Uttaravalli comprise this new parish. Presbytery is under construc- tion beside the Rajam-Rambadrapuram main road at Badangi in the land ... -
Jai Jesu Church - Draksharama Catholic ChurchIndia Kākināda (Andhra Pradesh) 23/11/2022Draksharama and the surrounding villages belonged to Yanam Mission and they got the light of Faith through Fr. Mathai Mappilakunnel. The land was bought in 1974 and the Church and the Presbytery were built and in 1976 and it was made an autonomous pa...
Comments
Leave your comment (spam and offensive messages will be removed)