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Our Lady of Health ChurchMallapur

A Brief History of the Church

The Chapel of Our Lady of Health, Mallapur was a Mission unit of Our Lady of Piety Church, Halga. From 20.5.84 it was made an independent unit and Fr. Stany D’Cunha was appointed as Administrator of the Church from 20.5.84 to 13.6.88. It was the hard labour of Fr. Stany that saw the development of the Parish. Due to some misunderstandings the Mallapur Mission unit was vacant for some time and the Church was closed down.
After one and half years, the Redemptorist Fathers preached a Mission to prepare the hearts and minds of the people so that the Priests could once again serve the Mission unit. Meanwhile, Deacons Philip Roque D’Souza, Lancy Rodrigues and Philip Lopez served in the Mission unit till Fr. Balajoji K. was appointed Priest-in-charge from 22.01.90. After Fr. Balajoji, Fr. Philip Roque was appointed on 4-6-94 to serve the Parish along with Devalmakki as a sub-station, in 1996 Kadra and Gotegalli were also added as the sub-stations. Fr. Anthony Lopez, Fr. Alphie D Silva, Fr. Pascal Rodrigues, have served the parish. Fr.Benjamin D Souza is the present Parish Priest . The Kaiga Nuclear Power Project is in the vicinity of Mallapur and the Catholic employees who live in Kaiga Colony are served by this parish.

Rev. Fr. Benjamin D’Souza

Parish Priest of Our Lady of Health Church, Mallapur.
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