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GURUGUNTA - OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH (2011)

Parish: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Established: 2011
Patron: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Catholics: 72
Families: 20
Address: Carmel Nagar, Gurugunta - 584139, Lingsgur Tq, Raichur Dt
Deanery: Lingsugur
Parish Priest: Fr. Martin Joseph Kumar
Mob: 7760457881
Email: martinkjm@rediffmail.com
PPC Vice President: Mr. Prakashappa
PPC Secretary: Mr. Mariswamy
Associations: St. Anthony's Assosiation, Altar Servers & Youth Association

Mass timings: 8:30 am on Sundays at Yeradona, 7:00 am on week days

A brief history of the parish :
Gurgunta is a small town, 18 kms. from Lingsugur and 90 kms. from Raichur. Three religious sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny opened a community in the year 1993at Gurugunta to carry out social developmentworks for the marginalized and a hostel for rural girls. The diocese purchased 13.5 acres of land in 2010. Fr. Sunder Raj was appointed as the Mission in-charge in 2011. For some time he resided at Hutti and served the new mission. Later he moved to Gurgunta and as a pioneer, he built the Mount Carmel School and the new presbytery which was blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souza on 8 December 2015. A sister from the local Cluny Convent is serving in the school as Headmistress. The new school building financed by Manos Unidas, started by Fr. Sunder Raj was completed by Fr. Yagappa and was blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souza on 14 Aug. 2017. The new mission is making considerable progress.

Substation : Yeradona (9 families)
Institutions : Mount Carmel School
Convent : Nava Chaithanya Convent of Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
Boarding : Nava Chaithanya Boarding Home