Prior to 1937, Venur was part of Holy Cross church, taccode. Since the people from Venur were finding it very difficult to practice Christian life and to fulfil their spiritual obligation due to the far distance from Taccode, they were also requesting for an independent Parish from Taccode. The Parish Priest Rev. Fr. A. Piedade D’Souza began to focus on working on this project of making Venur an independent Parish. He began to travel to Venur with the help of a bullock cart along with the Taccode leaders for the construction of Venur Church. He toiled for eleven years to make Venur an independent parish and it was opened in 1937. Since Venur parish was an economically backward area, even after the inauguration of Venur parish, Rev. Fr. A. Piedade D’Souza supported Venur parish by donating Congrua to Venur Parish Priest.
Parish Priests who have served in the parish :
- Fr Benjamin D’Souza (1980 - 86)
- Fr Gregory Pereira (1990 - 97)
- Fr James D'Souza (Sr) (1997 - 2004)
- Fr James D'Souza (2004 - 2011)
- Fr Antony Vincent Lewis (2011 - 2018)
- Fr Stany Rodrigues (2018 - 2019)
- Fr Peter Aranha (from 2019 onwards)
(Complete list will be updated soon)
Compiled by Catholic Time Staff.
Last updated in Dec 2019
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