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JAGIR PANNUR- ST. PETER'S CHURCH (1994)

Parish : St. Peter's Church
Established : 1994
Patron : St. Peter the Apostle
Catholics : 459
Families : 90
Address : St. Peter's Church, Jagir Pannur, Chikkalaparvi- 584123, Manvi Tq.Raichur Dt.
Deanery: Raichur
Parish Priest : Fr.Anil D Souza, SJ
Mob : 9448527684, 8792408684
Asst. Parish Priest : Fr. Rayappa, SJ
Mob : 8748878303
PPC Vice President : Mr.Subhas
PPC Secretary : Mr.Mariswamy
AssociationsAltar Servers, youth Association

Mass timings : 8:30 am Sundays, 6:45 am on Week days, 6:30 pm on Friday - Adoration and Mass

A brief history of the parish
The Jagir Pannu mission station was bifurcated from Manvi parish in the year 1994 and Fr. Augustine P. R. was appointed as its first parish priest.He renovated the presbytery and the church. The Jesuits took over the Mission in the year 2002. They have built a boarding home for the village children. They have started several Self-Help Groups for women, and opened a Medical Centre to serve 38 remote villages. Through their NGO (Centre for Non-Formal and Continuing Education), they have built 300 houses for the flood victims in various villages. They have been educating Dalit children from various villages. Sisters of St. Joseph's of Tarbes were invited to run the Medical Centre in Pannur. The Jesuits have been doing evangelization work ever since they took over, according to the agreement made between the Diocese and Karnataka Jesuit Province in June 2005.A non-formal school was started in 2012 in a small shed. A newly built large church was blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souza on 19 Jan. 2013. Loyala Kapepalady School building was blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souzaon 12 Dec.2015. The newpresbyterywas declared open by the Karnataka Jesuit Provincial Fr. Stany D'Souza SJ and blessed by Bishop Henry D'Souzaon 25 April 2016.

Sub stations and Mass timings and no. of families:
• Hulgunchi( 9 families): Mass Tue: 7:00 pm
• Yaddala Doddi( 15 Families) Mass Sat: 7 pm

Convent
Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes

Institutions
• Loyala Kapepaladi School
• Loyala Health Centre

Boarding
Arrupe Children's Boarding