Rev. Fr. Wilson Fernandes
Parish Priest Of St. Joseph’s Church, Manaki - Kumta
St. Joseph’s ChurchManaki - Kumta
One cannot miss the beautiful facade of the St. Joseph’s Church, Manaki on the National Highway 17 as one draws close to Kumta town. Overlooking the river Aganashini, the Church is already a known and identified spot for the town of Kumta, as one proceeds towards Mangalore. For long, a faithful segment of St. John Baptist Church, Kumta, the old timers of Manaki and Divgi muse with pride that they were the first ones to occupy the front seats in the “Honmav Church” though they had to traverse not less than 5 kms on foot.
The Chapel dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, which existed at the present site of the Church, is supposed to have been built at least a hundred years ago, by the settlers who migrated from the Kumbal Kasarkod area of Honavar Taluk. Bifurcated from St. John Baptist Church as an independent unit in 1992, Fr. Augustine Lobo was appointed the first Priest-in-charge of the Church on 11th Feb. 1992. Though the building of the Church was an urgent task entrusted to Fr. Augustine, he saw to it that the community was formed first, before the building of the temple. After him Fr. Peter Carneiro, Fr. Britto D Silva, Fr. Joachim Furtado, have served the people. Presently Fr. Wilson Fernandes is the Parish Priest.
- St. Joseph’s Church MANAKI Kumta – 581 343
- 08382-226451
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