Prior to 1955, Miyapadavu was part of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Vorkady.
Moved by the difficulties of the faithful of Miyapadavu, Fr Louis Furtado (1957-1965), the parish priest of Vorkady together with parishioners held serious discussions in 1955 to plan for a separate center to meet the spiritual needs of people of Miyapadavu. It took three to four years to get a concrete shape to their planning. Mr Baptist Monteiro and his family of Kolchappu ward donated 4.98 acres of land to build a new church. In 1959, the then Vicar General Msgr W.A. Lewis laid the foundation stone for the new church. It took a number of years to complete the church building mainly because of the scarcity of economic resources. The Vorkady parishioners tried all possible means to contribute towards the Church building. Still it was a very hard and slow process.
In 1965, Fr Louis Furtado blessed the church and celebrated the first Mass. The walls had not been plastered. In 1969, parish priest of Vorkady Fr Peter Paul Crasta took the initiative and put up a presbytery which was completed in 1972.
Fr Andrew Rodrigues (1977-1985), parish priest of Vorkady, who was jovial and kind hearted was successful in making Miyapadavu as an independent parish. On 27th of September 1983, the independent parish of Miyapadavu was established with demarcation of boundaries of the parish. Fr Cyril Pinto was appointed first parish priest who resided in Vorkady for some time to complete the pending works. The Vorkady Parish (Mother Parish) gave to the newborn parish Rs 5000/- as its share to the daughter. The amount was spent on plastering and furnishing the presbytery. The plastering and electrification of the Church was taken up later. The local people of Miyapadavu were extra generous and creative to develop the independent parish of Miyapadavu.
Parish Priests who have served in the parish :
- Fr Cyril Pinto (1983 - 90)
- Fr Sylvester D'Costa (1996 - 2003)
- Fr Anil D'Souza (2004 - 08)
- Fr Wilfred Gonsalves (2008 - 15)
- Fr Anil Joel D'Souza (2015 - 21)
- Fr Edwin Vincent Correa (from 2021 onwards)
(Complete list will be updated soon)
Compiled by Catholic Time Staff with inputs from vorkadychurch.com
Last updated in Dec 2021.
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