Parishes
Sholinganallur
Sholinganallur ,
Infant Jesus Church (Estd. 1998)
Parameshwaran Nagar
Sholinganallur, Chennai - 600 119
Tel: 044 - 297 83 030
A Brief History |
 This Parish was once a sub station to the Parish of Covelong. When Fr. K.M. Joseph was the Parish Priest of Covelong , he had purchased the land for the church and constructed a small thatched shed for the chapel. In 1989 when Fr. P.K.Mathew was the Parish Priest of Covelong, the Servite Fathers who were at that time residing at Perungudi running a formation house were invited to help the people for their spiritual needs. The Servite Fathers shifted their formation house in 1990 to Okkiampet. Seeing the fast improvement of the area, the then Archbishop requested the Servite Fathers to make a study of the place and to erect it as a quasi parish. On the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle on 3rd July 1998, the Sholinganallur Parish was entrusted to the Servite Fathers. On February 2nd in the Jubilee year 2000, a new church was dedicated to Infant Jesus. |
| Catholic Population : 2500 |
| Succession of Parish Priests |
| S. No. |
Names |
Year |
Diocesan/religious |
| 1. |
Rev. Fr. Uvari Antony |
1998 - 2001 |
OSM |
| 2. |
Rev. Fr. Susaimani |
2001 - 2004 |
OSM |
| 3 |
Rev. Fr. Michael |
2004 - 2007 |
OSM |
| 34 |
Rev. Fr. Jeganathan |
2007 - |
OSM |
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Sub Station with Chapel
01 Kannagi Nagar, Arockiya Annai Chapel, 5 kms. (Estd. 2005) |
Participatory Structures
01 Parish Council
02 Anpiam |
Associations
01 Youth Movement
02 Legion of Mary
03 Altar Servers
04 Women Movement
05 Order of Secular Servants of Mary |
Religious
01 Servite Vicar Provincialate (OSM). (Estd. 1990) Tel: 044 - 249 60 532
249 61314
02 Carmel Cloistered Convent (OCD). (Estd. 1991) Tel: 044 - 245 01 656
03 Servite Fathers (OSM), Okkiampet. (Estd. 1990) Tel: 044 - 249 60 532
04 Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of Immaculate Conception (FHIC),
Kannagi Nagar (Estd. 2008) Mob: 944 51 83 470 |
Institutions under the Religious
01Jeeva Matha Tailoring Institute for Women (OSM), Sholinganallur.
02 Jyothi Matha Formation House (OSM), Okkiampet. Tel: 044 - 249 60 532
03 Arockiya Nilayam, Dispensary (FHIC), Kannagi Nagar . |