Our Lady of Snows Church

Satankulam was a Mission Parish with 53 substations and Chinthamani was one among them. According to the Missionary catalogue of 1914, Sathanathaperi was bifurcated from Sathankulam and made into a Parish, Chinthamani came Somanathaperi. In 1950 Chinthamani became a separate parish with 27 substations. 1999 Saveriarpuram which was one of the substations of Chinthamani was made into a parish. At present, there are 7 substations attached to Chinthamani. Rev. Fr. Sekaran built the presbytery and was blessed by Bishop Amalnather on 16th June 1992. The side wings of the Church at Chinthamani were extended when Rev. Fr. Jerald S. Ravi was the parish priest (1992-1995). And the Mandapam in front of the Church was built by Rev. Fr. Johnson and was blessed by Bishop Amalnather on 18th August 2000. On May 11th 2011 the Church was completely demolished and on May 14th 2011, the foundation stone was laid for the Church with Rev. Fr. Saleth Jerald as the parish priest. Grottos in the parish: 1. St. Antony’s - Chinthamani 2. St. Micheal’s - Chinthamani 3. St. Micheal’s - Nagalgulam Sub – Stations 1. Kallathi - St. Antony’s 2. Magizchipuram - Jeyamatha 3. Maravangulam - St. Michael 4. Moolaikaraipatti - Holy Family 5. Nagalgulam - Arockianather 6. Pazhaniappapuram - Annai Velankanni 7. Serakulam - St. Thomas The Succession of parish priests: 1. Rev. Fr. Gnanapragasam - 1950 – 1952 2. Rev. Fr. S.Antony - 1952 – 1953 3. Rev. Fr. Augustin Fdo - 1953 - 1956 4. Rev. Fr. Stanislaus Pandian - 1956 – 1959 5. Rev. Fr. M. Lourdumani - 1959 – 1961 6. Rev. Fr. T.M. Ambroise - 1961 – 1968 7. Rev. Fr. Sengol S.Mani - 1968 – 1970 8. Rev. Fr. Vladmir Rayen - 1970 – 1972 9. Rev. Fr. M.J. Irudayaraj - 1972 – 1974 10. Rev .Fr. M.G. Pragasam - 1974 – 1977 11. Rev. Fr. Y. Devaraj - 1977 – 1979 12. Rev. Fr. Jebanathan - 1979 – 1982 13. Rev. Fr. M. Pancras - 1982 – 1984 14. Rev. Fr. K. Stanislaus - 1984 – 1987 15. Rev. Fr. S. Sekaran - 1987 – 1992 16. Rev. Fr. Jerald S. Ravi - 1992 – 1995 17. Rev. Fr. J. Edward - 1995 – 1999 18. Rev. Fr. Johnson - 1999 – 2004 19. Rev. Fr. Jesu Nazerene - 2004 - 2005 20. Rev. Fr. Selvarayer - 2005 - 2006 21. Rev. Fr. William - 2006 – 2007 22. Rev. Fr. Thomas - 2007 - 2008 23. Rev. Fr. Renald - 2008 – 2009 24. Rev. Fr. Saleth Jerald - 2009 - 2014 25. Rev. Fr. Kulandai Rajan - 2014 - 2019 26. Rev. Fr. Arputha Xavier 2019 - 2021 27. Rev. Fr. Meris Leo 2021 -

Chinthamani B.O. Nanguneri Tk. - Tirunelveli Dt. Tamil Nadu - 627 355 - India