Church Of Nativity Of Our Lady

Ilayarasanendal Parish is one of the age-old parishes in the diocese of Palayamkottai. It was a substation of Kalugumalai parish till the year 1929. It was created a new parish in October 1930. Rev. Fr. L. Keller S.J. as its first Parish Priest. He was a missionary par excellence. So to say he travelled by bullock-cart to cater for the spiritual needs in the newly converted people of this village. Due to conversion, catholic has to face a lot of opposition from other religions. People withstood all the persecution and suffering. Fr. Soosaimanikam worked hard to enkindle the faith among the people and made them preserve Christianity amidst trials and tribulations. As a parish priest for fourteen years, he has done Marvelous works both in spiritual and temporal fields. His successors followed his way and work with great zeal to improve the life of the people. Substations With Churches Puliankulam Venkatachalapuram Melapatty Nakkalamuthanpatti Substations Without Churches Kudaparai Sippiparai Mukkudumalai Myparai Pillaiyanatham The Succession of the Priests 1. Rev. Fr. Louis Keller SJ. 2. Rev. Fr. Sebastian Arikatt SJ. 3. Rev. Fr. Louis Keller SJ. 4. Rev. Fr. Leo Marty SJ. 5. Rev. Fr. M. Susai Manickam 6. Rev. Fr. A. Arulrayan 7. Rev. Fr. P. Francis Xavier SJ. 8. Rev. Fr. John Meembillikavil SJ. 9. Rev. Fr. R.S. Peter 10. Rev. Fr. Louis Xavier SJ. 11. Rev. Fr. Andrews SJ. 12. Rev. Fr. N.A. Manuvel 13. Rev. Fr. A. Simo 14. Rev. Fr. David SJ. 15. Rev. Fr. Joseph Nedunkatt SJ. 16. Rev. Fr. V.D. Arulanandam 17. Rev. Fr. Peter Monto SJ. 18. Rev. Fr. Singarayar SJ. 19. Rev. Fr. Robert Ponnaiah 20. Rev. Fr. A.P. Rajarathinam 21. Rev. Fr. Vitalis Dias SJ. 22. Rev. Fr. F. Gnanapragasam 23. Rev. Fr. S.L. Stephen 24. Rev. Fr. J. Aloysius 25. Rev. Fr. Alphonse Arulanandam 26. Rev. Fr. S. Bernard 27. Rev. Fr. A. Antony Xavier 28. Rev. Fr. M.A. Saleth Jeyabalan 29. Rev. Fr. Amirtharaja Sundar 30. Rev. Fr. Vinod Paulraj S. 31. Rev. Fr. Xavier Devasagayam 32. Rev. Fr. Sahaya Chinnappan L

Ilayarasanendal, Tirunelveli - Tamil Nadu 627713 - India