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St Anthony of Padua

Parishes & Convents

KOPPAL- ST. FRANCIS DE SALES CHURCH (1994)

Parish : St. Francis De Sales Church
Established : 1994
Patron : St. Francis De Sales
Catholics : 85
Families : 20
Address : St. Francis De Sales Church, B.T.Patil Nagar, Koppal- 583231
Tel : 08539-220862
Deanery: Koppal
Parish Priest : Fr Sebastin Cornad msfs
Mob : 9620249308
Email : sebicon@gmail.com
PPC Vice President : Mr. Chowrappa Dandavathi
PPC Secretary : Mr. Anandraja Dandavathi
Associations : Youth Association, Altar Servers

Mass timings : 8:00 am Sundays, 7:00 am on Week days

A brief history of the parish
Koppal Mission was entrusted to MSFS Fathers. MSFS priests worked in the diocese of Bellary in the seventies. Koppal Mission was formally inaugurated on 9August 1994, by Fr. Vincent Rodrigues, the then Vicar General. The MSFS established a community home and a school and a boarding. On 25November 1995, The Superior General of MSFS blessed the newly built multipurpose hall. An English medium school was started in June 1995. On 24 August 1997, a presbytery and 8 houses for the poor Catholic families were blessed by Bishop Joseph D'Silva and Fr. Sebastian Cornad msfswas appointed as the first parish priest. The present beautiful church was constructed under the leadership of Fr. Tomy Mullacherril msfs and blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souzaand inaugurated by Provincial Fr.Benny msfson 28 Jan. 2016.

Religious House
MSFS House, Koppal

Institutions
• St. Francis De Sales Nursery
• St. Francis De Sales Higher Primary School( English Medium)
• St. Francis De Sales High School (State- English Medium)
• St. Francis De Sales High School (ICSE- English Medium)