During the Vicarship of Very. Rev Fr. Aloysius S.L. Fernandes of Our Lady of Miracles Cathedral, Milagres , Kallianpur that followed in 1901, a chapel was built by a certain Mr. Minguel Vaz in Thottam, in 1904- 1910 endowed with property. It was served from Milagres, Kallianpur Church for many years. It catered to the Catholics of that neighborhood. The Thottam parish was formed when Msgr. Denis Jerome D’Souza of Milagres, Kallianpur built the Thottam Church dedicated to St. Anne. in 1938.
Inauguration of Newly renovated St Anne’s Church Thottam :
Inauguration and blessing of the newly renovated St Anne’s Church Thottam was held on May 28, 2019. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, bishop, Diocese of Udupi blessed the renovated church building and celebrated the thanksgiving mass.
Fr Francis Cornelio, parish priest, Oswald Vaz, donor, and others were present during the inauguration. Fr Stephen D’Souza compeered the ritual ceremony.
After the Eucharistic celebrations, a felicitation programme was held.
Oswald Jude Vaz, Lewis Janet D’Souza, Pascal Colaco, Agnel D’Souza, Nanu Moral on behalf of Shakth Thottam, Dubai and other prime donors were felicitated by the bishop on the occasion.
Raghupathi Bhat, MLA of Udupi was the chief guest for the function. He addressed the gathering and was honoured on the occasion by the bishop.
Fr Lewis Cutinho, first parish priest of the Thottam church was honoured on the occasion for his notable service in building the church since its inception.
To mark the inauguration celebration, the church donated Rs 50,000 to the Roshan D’souza to be used as part of the causes taken up by Humanity Trust (R).
Donors Deepak Fernandes, contractor and all the workers were honoured for their selfless services in completing the church renovation.
Fr. Francis Cornelio, parish priest and Agnel Fernandes, vice-president parish pastoral committee were also honoured on the occasion for their notable service.
Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo delivered the presidential address.
Fr. Francis Cornelio, parish priest, Fr Lawrence D’souza, rector of Udupi diocese, Fr Lewis Cutinho, former parish priest, Sr Rita Vaz, provincial Ursuline congregation, and others were present on the occasion.
Parish Priests who have served the Parish :
- Fr Louis Cutinha (1986 - 89)
- Fr Jerome A. Monteiro (1995 - 2002)
- Fr Francis Louis D'Sa (2002 - 2009)
- Fr Frederick D'Souza (2009 - 2016)
- Fr Francis Cornelio (2016 - 2022)
- Fr Denis D'Sa (from 2022 onwards)
(Complete list will be updated soon)
Compiled by Catholic Time Staff
Last updated in Dec 2022.
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