St. Antony's Church

Even though, Christianity was there for a few centuries by took years to become a separate parish. People were very faithful. It was only from 14th May 1960, Priest began to stay here. Fr. George Joseph S.J. took up his residence at Pettai. But the declaration on a separate parish was made by Arch Bishop J. Peter Leonard S.J. on 10.07.1961 and installation of Fr. George Joseph on the first Parish Priest took place on 10.08.1961. The Succession of the Priests 1. Rev. Fr. George Joseph 2. Rev. Fr. Maria Michael 3. Rev. Fr. I. Arul 4. Rev. Fr. M. Arul 5. Rev. Fr. I. Lourduraj 6. Rev. Fr. Santiago 7. Rev. Fr. A. Vianneyraj 8. Rev. Fr. A. Peter 9. Rev. Fr. Arulraj VKS 10. Rev. Fr. Susai Marian 11. Rev. Fr. Sahaya John 12. Rev. Fr. Selvaraj 13. Rev. Fr. F. Gnanapragasam Antony Selvan 14. Rev. Fr. Xavier Devasagayam 15. Rev. Fr. J. Amirtha Raja Sundar Substations With Churches Pazhaya Pettai Chidambarapuram Narasinganallur Bharathi Nagar Suthamallee Substations Without Churches Vilagam Kondanagaram

Bharathar North St., Pettai - Tirunelveli Dt. Tamil Nadu - 627 004 - India