Infant Jesus Church

RAICHUR - VIDHYANAGAR: INFANT JESUS CHURCH (2006) Parish : Infant Jesus Church Established : 2008 Patron : Infant Jesus Catholics : 190 Families : 45 Address : Vidhyanagar, Raichur - 584 103 Tel : 08532-240373 Deanery : Raichur Parish Priest :Fr. Arulaiah Mob : 9945776345 Resident Priests :Fr. Leo Michael,Manager, IJ School Mob : 9448268872 Fr.John Peter S,AssociateManager,IJ School Mob : 8762488612, 9483697913 Fr.Mari Joseph, Manager,IJColleges Mob: 9916895261 PPC Vice.President :Mr. Thomas Singh PPC Secretary :Ms. Kavitha Kumari Associations : Altar Servers Mass timings : 8:15am on Sundays, 6:30am on weekdays A brief history of the parish : Infant Jesus School was started in the year 1990-91 by Fr. Anthony Puthenkalam. His successor, Fr. Sebastian Kulathinal started primary school building work. It was completed by Fr. Bhagavanthraj.He also constructed the High School building, P.U.C. Block and Conference Hall. Fr.Arockiamstarted a D.Ed. College. Later, the Vidyanagar parish was carved from Raichur, St. Francis Xavier parish, in May 2006 by the then Bishop Joseph D'Silva, with Fr. Thomas Michael as the first parish priest. The process of erection of the parish was completed by Bishop Henry D'Souza in 2009. Fr. Thomas Michael started the Bala Yesu CBSE English Medium School. Fr. Jaya Raj Putti extended the Bala Yesu School buiding and built the dining hall block for students, which was blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souza on 5 Jannuary 2017. The first Diocesan Degree College was started when Fr. Robert Paul was the Manager and inaugurated by Bishop Henry D'Souza on 16 June 2015. The Infant Jesus Girls' Hostel built by the diocese was blessed by Bishop on 6 September 2017. Presently, Fr. Arulaiah is completing the church building started by Fr. Lourd Marianna. Sub stations and No. of families • Maddi Pete (16 families)

Vidhyanagar, Raichur - 584 103