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SHAKTHINAGAR- ST. ALPHONSA CHURCH (1984)

Parish : St. Alphonsa Church
Established : 1984
Patron : St. Alphonsa
Catholics : 269
Families : 60
Address : St. Alphonsa Church, Shakthi Nagar - 584 170, Raichur Dt
Tel : 08532-246 236
Deanery : Raichur
Parish Priest : Fr. Leo Michael YS
Mob :9448268872
PPC Vice.President : Mr. John Fernandez
PPC Secretary : Mr. V.Babu
Associations : Altar Servers

Mass timings : 8:15 am on Sundays, 6:30 pm on Weekdays

A brief history of the parish :
A large Thermal Power Station was started in Deosugur, now called Shakthinagarin 1984-85. There were many Catholic officers, their families and others tookup residence at Shaktinagar. So, Bishop Ambrose P. Yeddanapalliofm, carved out Shaktinagar parish from Raichur parish,with Fr. Thomas Michael as the first parish priest in the year 1984. During that time, around 4 acres of land was bought. The Church and the presbytery were constructed and donated by Mr.G.J. Fernandes in memory of his late mother.The patron of the church was Blessed Alphonsa then, now a saint. This was first church outside Kerala, dedicated to Blessed Alphonsa. To offer good Catholic education to the Catholic community, a small school was started in the year 1989-1990 with LKG and UKG simultaneously with the name 'Blessed Alphonsa English Medium School' by Fr. Thomas Michael. It was upgraded to high school in the year 1999-2000. The Bethlemites Sisters arrived in 2015 to service both in the parish and school.

Names of the Priests / Religious from the Parish : Fr. Victor Mundargi

Institutions
• St. Alphonsa Nursery School
• St. Alphonsa Higher Primary School( English Medium)
• St. Alphonsa High School( English Medium)

Hostel
• St. Alphonsa Hostel