ST. JUDE’S CHURCH

In the year 1991-92, the Fathers of the Society of Pilar were invited by late Archbishop the Most Rev. Dr. Cecil DeSa to reside at St. Mary's Church, Pratappura, Agra, with a view to establishing a new Parish at Rajpur Chungi, Agra. However, owing to some reasons, this plan did not materialize. Rev. Fr. Joe Vadakkekara, the then Parish Priest of St. Patrick's Church, Agra, purchased a plot of land between Rajpur Chungi and Deori Road at Kaulakha Village in 2008. Later on Fr. Paul Thannickal, the then Principal of St. Clare's Senior Secondary School, purchased another plot of land adjacent to the main plot, on which the present Pre-Primary School, namely St. Clare's School Unit II, Nirmalalaya Convent and the Church of St. Jude are built. Rev. Fr. Philip Correia got the Pre-Primary block, the Convent and the Church built. The School was blessed and inaugurated on April 9, 2014, and the Nirmalalaya Convent on June 24, 2014 by the Most Rev. Dr. Albert D'Souza, the Archbishop of Agra. St. Jude's Church was blessed on November 1, 2015. Inauguration and blessing of the presbytery was on August 16, 2019. The following Priests served the Parish: Fr. Philip Correia 2015 - 2017 Fr. Shiju Pallipadan 2017 – 2021 Fr. Raphy Vallachira 2021 – Address C/o St. Clare's School, Unit II Deori Road, Kaulakha Agra - 282 001 Mobile 8755984402 Patron St. Jude Annual Feast Day October 28 Estd 2014 Catholics 322 Clergy Fr. Raphy Vallachira (PP) Fr. Shiju Pallipadan Religious Houses Holy Family Convent (CHF) M. 9412250312 Nirmalalaya (SHM) M. 8859613945 Institutions St. Clare's School, Unit II M. 7248661781 St. Mary's Convent School M. 9457656054

C/o St. Clare's School, Unit II Deori Road, Kaulakha Agra - 282 001