St. Aloysius Church - புனித ஞானபிரகாசியார் ஆலயம்

Gnanapragasiarpatnam which was a substation to Pazhayakayal was made into a separate parish in 1930. The Church was built with the generous help of Philomigan Sisters of America and was blessed on 27th April 1958, when Rev. Fr. Antony S. Fernando was the Parish Priest. Rev. Fr. M. Irudayaraj built a mandapam, which was blessed by Bishop Peter Fernando on 23.03.2003. Rev. Fr. Jeyakumar renovated, changed the altar background and removed the tiles and converted central part of the roof into R.C terrace and it was blessed by Vicar General Msgr. V.P. Oswald on 15.06.2008. Substation with Chapel 1. Kothalarivilai – St. Antony (1932) 2. Manaloor – Our Lady of Rosary (1974) 3. Naduvaikurichi – Our Lady of Bon Secours (1928) 4. Rayappapuram – Sts Joackim and Anne (1941) 5. Sebathaiapuram – St. Dominic The Succession of Parish Priests: 1. Rev. Fr. Xavier Mel (1936-1937) 2. Rev. Fr. Venantius Fdo (1937-1938) 3. Rev. Fr. Aloysius Fdo (1938-1952) 4. Rev. Fr. Gnanapragasam (1952-1954) 5. Rev. Fr. Rosaria Corera (1954-1955) 6. Rev. Fr. Antony S. Fdo (1955-1958) 7. Rev. Fr. Charles Fdo (1958) 8. Rev. Fr. John Xavier (1958-1959) 9. Rev. Fr. Devasahayam (1959-1960) 10. Rev. Fr. Aloy Navamani (1960-1965) 11. Rev. Fr. Arthur James (1965-1969) 12. Rev. Fr. J.S. Lobo (1969-1970) 13. Rev. Fr. Methodius (1970) 14. Rev. Fr. Cruz Marian (1970-1972) 15. Rev. Fr. Ligouri Fdo (1972-1976) 16. Rev. Fr. S. Soosai Marian (1976-1981) 17. Rev. Fr. Karunakaran Gomez (1981-1983) 18. Rev. Fr. S. Jesu Arulappan S. (1983-1986) 19. Rev. Fr. U. William (1986-1991) 20. Rev. Fr. A. J. Christian (1991-1993) 21. Rev. Fr. G. Sekaran (1993-1998) 22. Rev. Fr. M. Irudayaraj (1998-2003) 23. Rev. Fr. Antony Pitchai (2003-2005) 24. Rev. Fr. Jeyakumar (2005-2010) 25. Rev. Fr. Heniston (2010-2011) 26. Rev. Fr. Mahizhan (2011-2014) 27. Rev. Fr. Bright Machado (2014-2016) 28. Rev. Fr. Amaladas S.M. (2016-)

Gnanapragasiarpattanam, Subramaniapuram, Sawyerpuram S.O. Tuticorin Dt - Tamil Nadu, 628 251 - India