26. KESAMUDRAM (2001)

St.John,s Mission Centre is situated at Dhanasari, Kesamudram to reach out to the Tribal People of the area. This Mission Centre covers three mandals, namely, Kesamudram, Nellikuduru and Nekkonda. This New Mission was started to mark the Golden Jubilee year 2002-03 of the Diocese. It is surrounded by many tribal villages and the inhabitants of these hamlets (Thandas) are very much interested to know about christianity. Protestant pastors came earlier and evangelised some “Thandas” .
Fr. Rachumalla Inna was appointed as the first Priest-incharge of this new Mission Centre. He took up one tribal village by name ‘Rangapuram Thanda’. It is 8 kms from the main Mission Centre. Now, there are 46 families in this villiage. Two Sisters from Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (MSI) Congregation are helping in this Mission Centre. They are staying in this village since September 2002. Their presence has really made a difference. Now many people, old, adults and children, are coming to learn about Jesus, prayers and songs. Bishop Thumma Bala blessed and inaugurated the newly constructed Parish House and St. John’s School building on 5th December, 2002. Fr .P. Prakash was appointed as the second parish priest ofd this mission in 2006. He has upgraded the school to high school. In the 2007 Fr. Pentareddy Kiran was appointed sa the 3rd parish priest of this mission and continuing the services in the parish and school. He has built the Camp thanda, the second sub-station Chapel in 2010 which was inaguarated by Bishop Thumma Bala on March 9,2010.
The Society of Sisters of Charity(SCCG) established their convent in 2003 as off shoot of St. Gerosa convent,Warangal. Bartholomea Nivas community of our sisters was started on 2nd June 2003 as off shoot of St.Gerosa Convent- Warangal, at the pressing invitation of the Bishop of Warangal,Most Rev.Thumma Bala. It was canonically erected on 7th June 2004. They started helping in the school and in the mission. They have started a small health center, tailoring center and a hostel for the girls studying in the St. John,s High School.

Sub-stations :

27. KORUTLA (1995)

Korutla, the madal headquarters, is anupcomingtown in the civil district of Karimnagar - Nizamabad Highway. It is 75 kms from Karimnagar and 150 km from Fatimanagar, the Warangal Diocesan Headquarters. It is a growing Town with a lot of business prospects. This distant town was erected as a Mission Centre in view of evangelization. It was bifurcated from Jagtial Parish by Most Rev. Thumma Bala and made a separate Mission Centre on 1st May, 1995. Fr. Thomas.P, MSFS, was the first Incharge-Priest. Though there were no Catholics in the beginning, a few catholics came here later, seeking employment. Now, there are ten catholic families of different language speaking setteled Korutla on employement reasons, in addition to many individuals working in schools and hospitals in and around Korutla. Efforts are on to contact the people and share the Good News of Christ. At present there are 3 priests available for the pastoral work. In 2004, Sisters of St. Joseph of Terbes of Mysore province have joined us to intensify the ministries to the rural areas.

28. KUMARAPALLI (1996)

Kumarapalli is a locality of Hanamkonda. It is just one 1km from Hanamkonda Centre. It is 7 kms from Bishop’ House, Fatimanagar. Catechist Sisters of St. Ann established their Convent at Kumarapally in the year 1957. From then onwards, it was an out-station of Fatimanagar. In the year 1972, their Generalate was shifted from Reddipalem to Kumarapalli. In the following year, their aspirantate was also shifted to Kumarapalli. With that, their spiritual needs also increased. At that time, it was given to Assisinagar Parish. For many years, it was under this Parish. Some of the catholics, who were employed as teachers in St. Joseph’s High School, stabilised themselves there in 1967 and together with other catholic employees of that locality, they used to attend Sunday Mass in Sisters’ chapel.
In 1984 when Waddepalli was erected as a Parish, Kumarpalli became a part of this Parish. From then onwards, the spiritual needs of the Sisters were taken care of by the Parish Priests of Waddepalli. Later on, Sisters had Fr. Fonseca, Fr. Udumala Anthiah and Fr. Y. Marreddy as their resident Chaplains consecutively for quite some time.
Gradually, catholic population in the Town area grew with migrants from neighbouring catholic villages either for employment or for business. To cater to the spiritual needs of the people and the religious, Kumarapalli was bifurcated from Waddepally Parish and was erected as a Parish with Mucherla and Peddammagadda as its out-stations, on 17th November, 1996 by Most Rev.Thumma Bala, D.D. Rev. Fr. Yeruva Sabastian was appointed as its first Parish Priest. 2000 Sq. Yards of land was donated by the Society of Catechist Sisters of St. Ann on 2-2-1994 for the Parish Church & Presbytery. The Presbytery was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 19th February 1995. Fr.Y.Sebastian built the Parish Church in the name of St. Joseph in gratitude to CSA Society for their donation of this land and it was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 17-11-1996.

Catholics in Kumarapalli Town: 115

Sub-stations:

29. MAHABUBABAD (1980)

Mahabubabad was formally bifurcated from Dornakal Parish and was erected as a Parish on 01-11-1980 by Rt.Rev. Alphonsus Beretta,PIME. Fr. Yeruva Sabastian was appointed as the first Parish Priest. Plans for the erection of this Mission were already clear, when Fr. Y. Sebastian, the then Parish Priest of Dornakal, was asked to acquire some land. In May 1978, he purchased enough of land at outskirts of Mahabubabad. He built the Presbytery which was blessed on 09-03-1979 by Bishop A. Beretta. Later, the Catechist Sisters of St. Ann opened a Convent and a School on 13-05-1979. Fr.Sebastian built the Parish Church, which was blessed by Rt. Rev. Alphonsus Beretta, PIME, on 19-01-1982.
The parishioners of Mahabubabad Town are migrants from different places as employees in various Government Offices and some as teachers. In the beginning, there were only two catholic families. At present, there are 20 families in the town. the sister celebrated the silver jubilee of Fatima High SChool in February, 2005

Sub-stations:

30. MALKAPUR (2002)

Malkapur is a big village on the main road between Chinna Pendial and Tarigoppala. It is a catechumenate village of Karunapuram Parish prior to its bifurcation. Taking four mission stations of Ghanpur Parish and three substations of Karunapuram Parish, the Parish was erected on 2nd June, 2002 on Corpus Christi Feast, making Malkapur as its Head-quarters. Fr. Golamari Rayappa was appointed as its first Parish Priest. There are 3 catholic families and 45 families are desirous of embracing catholic faith in Malkapur. There is no Church yet, neither Presbytery. Divya Jyothi Sisters started Jyothi Niketan Kindergarten here in June, 2002 in a rented house . The Parish Priest is also staying in a rented house.New parish and Church were built by Fr.P.Raja and they were blessed by Most.Rev.Thumma Bala.

Sub-stations :

31. MALLAKAPALLI(1994)

The Parish of Mallakapally was bifurcated from Karunapuram by Most Rev. Thumma Bala on 24-04-1994 with seven sub-stations which were hitherto a part of Karunapuram Parish. Fr. Thirumalareddy Rayappa was appointed as its first Parish Priest. From the moment of its erection, it has slowly developed into a good parochial structure. The present Church and Presbytery were built by Fr. T. Rayappa and they were blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 11th September, 1995. St. Joseph’s Cluny Sisters opened their Convent on 15-06-1996 to render catechetical,educational and health services at the invitation of Bishop Thumma Bala. They started here a health centre and a primary school in 1997.

Sub-stations:

32.MANTHANI (1996)

Manthani is a Town in the coal belt area of Singareni coal division. It is about 30 kms from Godavarikhani or from Peddapalli. It is 145 kms from Fatimanagar. It was under Godavarikhani Parish before it was erected as a New Mission Centre by Most. Rev. Thumma Bala on 31st of May 1996. Though there were hardly any Catholics in this Town, the purpose of erection of this Mission Centre was for extending the Mission Work in that area.
Before it was made into a Mission Centre, Fr. M.P. Joseph was sent there to construct the Parish Church and Presbytery, Convent and primary School buildings in 1994. Bishop Thumma Bala blessed and inaugurated the Church and the Presbytery on 16th June,1997. Evangelization is progressing as some people are regularly attending Church Services. Sisters of Mary Mediatrix opened a Convent in 1996 and in 1997 started an English Medium School to cater to the educational needs of the area, which is a means to establish contacts and create an atmostphere for further evangelization.Incource of time due to the needs of the Church parish was handed over to Precious Blood Missionaries on 10-05-2008 in the presence of Rev. Fr.Raja.(Karimnagar Deanary) , and Fr.Tharu.T(Bishop,s Secretary) by Fr.David Raju.C.pp.S. along with him Dn.Bro.Michael for his Diaconate Ministry, from the very day they started their Ministry in the Parish. He was transferred and Fr.Vara Kumar C.ppS was appointed as Parish Priest on 27-05-2009. And he got transferred and Fr.Michael C.pp.S who was Asst.Parish priest appointed as parish priest. On 02-05-2010 in the presence of IndianVicariate of the Precious Blood Missionaries Rev.Fr.Marianna CppS.

Sub-stations:

33.MANUGONDA (1954)

The catholic families of Allam Sleeva Reddy, Allam Inna Reddy, Gopu Marreddy and Duggimpudi Joji Reddy came from Patibandla of Guntur District and settled in Manugonda in 1925. The main reason for the migration was that cultivable land was available at a good price. Before Manugonda was erected as a Parish, it was a sub-station of Kazipet Parish and later on, of Thimmaraopet Parish. Till 1951, there was just a prayer hut. The present Parish Church was built by Bro. Sala and blessed on 16th December, 1951. On 29th October, 1954, Manugonda was made as a Parish by Bishop Alphonsus Beretta. Fr. Semplicetto, PIME, was its first Parish Priest. The Church was later renovated and blessed on 27th April, 1991 by Bishop Thumma Bala during the time of Fr. Beereddy Prakash. There are 27 catholic families in Manugonda.

Sub-stations:

34.MARIPEDA (1993)

Following the foot-prints of Most Rev. Alphonsus Beretta, his successor, Most Rev. Thumma Bala, continued to concentrate on extending and developing various Mission Centres. Maripeda is one of them. It is a small Town in the borders of Warangal District towards Khammam. Fr. M.P. Joseph was entrusted to establish the New Mission Centre. He acquired ten acres of land by the side of the Town. The generous financial contribution of Fr. Colombo, PIME, made it possible to purchase land here. In six months’ time, the Parish Church and the Presbytery were built and were blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 22nd April, 1993. On the same day, the new Mission Centre of Maripeda was erected by Bishop Thumma Bala and Fr. M.P. Joseph was appointed as its first Parish Priest. Within a year, Fr.Joseph also constructed a Convent and a School. In July1994, the Clarist Sisters from Nirmala Province, Vijayawada, took charge of Convent and School. Though there were no Catholics, Maripeda was under Thorrur Parish. Now there are 53 Catholics. There are a few villages surrounding this Mission Centre interested in embracing the faith. Efforts are made to evangelise them. Already some people are under catechetical instruction.
Fr. M.P. Joseph, who took up this Mission has given a good structural foundation and Fr. D. Sudhakar has worked there as a co-pastor with him. Fr. A. Prakash baptised a few families.Fr. Y. Joji Reddy constructed a chapel in Thalla Ookal on 24th November 2007. He also renovated parish church and presbytery in April 2010. Sisters built kindergarten building in February2010. Fr. P. Raja baptized some families in Thalla Ookal.

Sub-stations:

35.NARIMETTA (1907)

In the very beginning of the twentieth century, a few catholic families from Guntur District migrated to Telangana and settled near Narimetta village. We come to know the exact date of the establisment of this settlement from the foundation stone of the village (Boddu Rai). As inscribed on it, this settlement took place on 1st June 1907 and it indicates that it was first called “Pompa”, perhaps named after ‘Pompai’ near Naples, South Italy.The local people called this new settlement as Gunturpalli. It is said that a few families came a little earlier and started living in huts even before 1907. It is also said that after Mattampalli , Nalgonda Diocese now, Narimetta is the second place in whole of Telangana, where people came and settled from Guntur & Anantapur Districts. Later on, this settlement was identified as a part of Narimetta village. The first families settled there were : Mekala Inna Reddy, Mekala Show Reddy and Gade Abraham Reddy from Podapadu of Guntur District. In the biginning, the local people did not want the Cathollics to settle down there. There was a big confrontation between two groups. The Catholics over-came the local people with their courage and God’s help. Then the Catholics began to be feared very much under the leadership of Mekala Innareddy. For want of land, people started going out and established the present Mariapuram (Addabata), Raghunathapalli, Mallakapalli, Jogaiahpalli ( Mariapuram).
The Higher Education level is high in this catholic community. It may not be an exaggeration to say that it may be the first & only catholic village to have a number of doctors, engineers and educated people, village-wise, in whole of Andhra Pradesh.There was a land mark in the history of Narimetta village. It has celebrated 125 years its birth on 28-4-2008. Several Bishops and people from all over Andhra Pradesh have witnessed to this great event. There was a blessing of Arch at road and a stage in the church campus. Due to cultural programme on St. Peter and Holy Mass,people,s faith had increased tremendously.

Sub-stations:

36. OOKAL (1981)

Ookal Haveli was an out-station of Manugonda Parish. It was erected as a fullpledged Parish on 29-08-1981 with Rev. Fr. Boyapati Anthony as its first Parish Priest. The Catholics are migrant farmers from Guntur Dt with small land holdings. About 16 families came from Phirangipuram, Siripuram, Patibandla and Dogupathi in 1943 and settled in this village.
The main reason for the migration was the low cost of land when compared with that of Guntur District. The first Church was built by Fr. Gade Peter, when it was under Thimmaraopet Parish. Later, when Manugonda was erected as a Parish, it was given to Manugonda Parish. Fr. Semplicetto, PIME, constructed the present Church in 1956. Fr. B. Anthony renovated it in 1983 and once again it was renovated and extended by Fr. Gopu Chinnappa and Fr. Govindu Joji consecutively.The present church is the rebuilding in 2007 by Rev .Fr.Allam Inna. New Church was built by Fr.Allam Inna and it was blessed and inaugurated by Most.Rev. Thumma Bala on 25th Feb 2007.

Sub-stations:

37. PASARA (1995)

Pasara is a small Town on the Warangal - Eturnagaram Road. It is 80 kms away from Fatimanagar with a population of 10,000; but only a handful of catholics live here. They migrated to this area from 1956 onwards for livelihood. The earliest catholics who settled at Pasara were: Yarla Satyanarayan from Krishna District (1956) and Pentareddy Stephen Reddy from Madras (1992). Samarthapu Prakash and Bala Raju came from Patha Suryapet of Nalgonda District. Shantamma and Pala- Pati Jojappa came from Chennaram of Khammam (1995).
On 7th April 1995, Pasara was bifurcated from Devagiripatnam Parish and was erected as a Parish with 5 sub-stations: Govindaraopet, Chelvai, Chelvai Gadda, Narlapuram and Matchapur Fr. Arlagadda Prakash, who has been insturmental in purchase of land, and also in starting of this Parish, was appointed as its first Parish Priest. He built the Priest’s Residence in November 1996 and it was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 19th November 1996. The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians came to this Parish in 1995 and constructed the Convent in 1996 at the invitation of Bishop Thumma Bala. Later, Parish Church was built by Fr. Bala Martin and was blessed by Most Rev. Thumma Bala on 29th December, 1998. The primary school building was completed by December, 2001.

Sub-stations:

38.St. PETER’S COLONY (2002)

Three catholic families : Gopu Joji Reddy, Thumma Bala Reddy and Narra Joseph Paul Narayan Reddy started St. Peter’s School under the Management of St. Peter’s Educational Society near old Bus Depot of Hanamkonda Town. At the request of Msgr. K. Joseph, 400 yards of land was donated by St. Peter’s Management in the year 1991 for the construction of a Church and a Priest’s Residence. Due to the good reputation of the school, in course of time, the area came to be known as St. Peter’s Colony as the school’s Management desired.
These three and other catholic families, residing in the area, were going to Immaculate Convent chapel, Subedari, for their spiritual needs. When the number of famililes had risen to 15, at their request, the Diocese helped to constuct the present Parish Church. Fr. K. Vijay Kumar, the then Parish Priest of Waddepalli, built the Church and dedicated to “Infant Jesus (Bala Yesu)”. It was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on May 3, 1992.
Gradually, the catholic community increased to 30 families. Even though St. Peter’s Colony was a sub-station of Waddepalli Parish, the Diocese appointed Fr. S. Balashowry, the then Director of Lodi MSSS, as the Priest in-charge at St. Peter’s Colony to cater to the growing population’s spiritual needs. Hence, the present Priest’s Residence was built and was blessed on January 1, 1993.

Sub-stations:

1. LASKAR SINGARAM - HANAMKONDA

39.RANIPURAM (1996)

On May 31st 1996, Ranipuram was bifurcated from Karimnagar Parish by Bishop Thumma Bala. It has three substations, namely Kothapalli, Konerupalli and Vedira. The first incharge Priest was Fr. P. Batha Raju and later, he was appointed as its first Parish Priest on1st May, 1997.
Ranipuram was founded with five families who migrated in 1959. The people came here as early as 1957 & lived in their own fields. It is only from 1959 onwards that the actual formation of the village took place. Most of the families are those who lost their property in their former places and migrated to this place. Eventually, they bought land for cultivation. With the building of irrigation canal in 1980, the economy of the people improved a lot. As a result, many other families came to this village. Presently, there are more than 80 catholic families. Of these, 70% live on cultivation and the others live on daily wages. The present Parish Church was built in 1982 by Fr. G.Tirinzoni, PIME, the then Parish Priest of Karimnagar. The Priests who looked after the spiritual needs of the people were : Frs. Pasqualino, Leeno Dal Balcon, G. Tirinzoni, PIME, Frs. Thumma Bala, E. Raphael, Elias Sj, Christu Raj, Sj, Yeruva Inna Sj. I. Abraham, Dodda Raja and Msgr. K. Joseph. A Grotto was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 11th May 1994. The Parish House was built by Fr. Baltha Raj in the year 1999 and was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 6th September, 2000.Then the church was renovated in the year 2007 by the parish priest Fr P.Chinnaiah on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Church. The Silver Jubilee of the church was celebrated on 22nd June 2007 and the renovated church was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on the same day. Then the year 2010 the Golden Jubilee of the erection of the Ranipuram villiage was celebrated and for the remembrance of the Jubilee, Maria Rani Arch was erected across the Ranipuram road which is near main road. And the wall around the cemetery was built and an altar was also built in the cemetry campus. then once again the church was renovated on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee.

Sub-stations:

40. REDDIPALEM - 1929

In the year 1918, some catholic families of Reddy community from Patibandla, Tallacheruvu and Siripuram of Guntur District migrated and setlled in this village. In the course of time, some more catholic families arrived from Guntur District to the nearby villages such as Jaggyagundla, Nallabelli, Sagaram, Singaram, Thammadapalli, Himayatnagar, Garnepalli and Guntur-Mallakpalli, as well. The pastoral care for these communities was rendered by Frs. Gino Pazzaglini, Semplicetto and Ambrogio from Kazipet Parish.
Reddipalem was initially known as Nandanam, as the catholic community settled near Nandanam village. Grouping together all the above said catholic hamlets, Reddipalem was erected as a Parish in 1929 with Fr. Angelo Mariani, PIME, as the first Parish Priest. During Fr. Angelo Mariani’s tenure, the Catechist Sisters of St. Ann established their Convent and also shifted their Novitiate from Mattampally to this village in 1932. Later in 1954, they established their Generalate here. For this reason, they were once known as Reddipalem or Nandanam Sisters. The Generalate was later shifted to Hanamkonda (Kumarapally) in 1974 and the Novitiate to Tarnaka, Secunderabad.
From 1954 to 2000, 13 Parish Priests and many assistant parish priests rendered their services. Fr. Giovanni Farina, PIME, extended the Church and built the Church towers. During this long period, Reddipalem Parish became a Mother Parish to new Parishes of Singaram and Sagaram.
Reddipalem Parish fostered many religious vocations, resulting in the ordination of a number of Priests and committed Nuns for Mission Work. Late Bishop Thanugondla Balashowry, Bishop of Guntur, hailed from Reddipalem. Fr.Gopu Chinnappa renovated the Parish Church during his tenure as Parish Priest. Fr. Yeruva Inna built new Presbytery in 1999 and it was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 24th April 1999.Wardhannapet, the sub station of Reddipalem parishis divided from Reddipalem parish and was made as a new parish in April 2010. Wardhanapet sub station are Nallabelli,Kothapalli,Kothuru,Kadarigudem and Kakkiralapalli.

Sub-stations:

1. AMBEDKARNAGAR,
2. JAGGAIGUNDLA,
3. DHAMMANNAPET

41. REDDIPURAM (1981)

Reddipuram, generally known as Vangapadu, was established on May 24th, 1922. The Catholics of this village were one of the early groups of migrants from Guntur District. In the beginning, this community was looked after from Kazipet by PIME Fathers and later on, by the Capuchin Priests from Assisinagar, Warangal. Fr. Gino Pazzaglini, PIME, looked after the spiritual needs of these people from Kazipet for a long time. He began the construction of the present Church with the supervision of Bro. Sala, PIME. It was blessed in 1959 by Bishop A. Beretta. It was dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, the Patron of Missionaries. This Church was renovated by Fr.I.Abraham and blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on May 14th, 2002.
When for the first time the Capuchins were invited to Warangal, they were given Warangal Town Parish. But as there was no Church, Fr.Adolf OFM Cap resided from 1968 to 1970 at Reddipuram, though it was not yet erected as a Parish. When Capuchins opened their House at Assisinagar, Warangal in 1971, Reddipuram remained as an out- station of Assisinagar. Fr. Oswald Pratap, OFM Cap built the Presbytery in 1974 with the donation given by Most. Rev. Thumma Showry, the former Bishop of Nellore, whose family and relations settled in this village. On 15-07-1981, Reddipuram became an independent Parish with Fr. Prashant, OFM Cap as its first Parish Priest. There are 55 families. They are farmers but today the ownership of land is dwindling. A few families migrated to Hyderabad in search of other occupations.
In the beginning, the Sisters of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) established their Convent here at the request of late Bishop Alphonsus Beretta. Later, the Catechist Sisters of St.Ann of Reddipalem replaced FMM Sisters. After a few years, when the Sisters of St. Ann of Reddipalem left this place, Sisters of St. Ann of Phirangipuram (SSA) established their Convent at a special request Bishop Thumma Showry in addition to that of Bishop Beretta. Till date, the Sisters are running a primary school with an attached boardingf for the education of rural village boys and girls in vernacular language (Telugu Medium). The present Convent, School building and the Hostel are constructed with the help of the diocese.

Sub-stations:

1. PEGADAPALLY,
2. Vangapahad:

42.SAGARAM (1983)

In 1918, a few catholic families from Thallacheruvu, Rentachinthala and Patibandla of Guntur District came to Sagaram and settled there. The first families that settled there were : Allam Pedda Inna Reddy, Allam Showreddy, Allam Lourdu Reddy, Allam Chinna Inna Reddy. Thumma Marreddy, Thumma Pedda Rayapareddy, Thumma Chinna Rayapureddy. Salibindla Lourdu Reddy and Kasu Konda Reddy. They were from Patibandla. Vatti Stanislaus Reddy, Vatti Kireeti Reddy and others came from Mattampalli of Nalgonda District. Pentareddy Inna reddy, Amrutha Reddy, Gali Joji Reddy, Aduri Inna Reddy, Aduri Joji reddy Yeruva Joji Reddy and Yeruva Inna Reddy also came from Patibandla. Dodda Showreddy and Gali Inna Reddy families came from Rentachintala.The Agricultural land was found to be good at price. This attracted the people to come & settle in this locality. PIME Missionaries helped the people in their settlement and nurtured their faith. Presently, there are about 76 traditional catholic families.
Sagaram was under the Kazipet Parish in the beginning. Later, when Reddipalem was erected as a Parish in 1929, it was transferred to Reddipalem as a sub-station. Fr. Tinti built a chapel here in 1934. later, Rev. Fr. Leeno Dal Balcon, PIME, the then Parish Priest of Reddipalem, built a Church at Sagaram in 1955.
Sagaram Parish was erected on 19-07-1983 with Fr. Beereddy Prakash as its first Parish Priest. It was formed with four sub-stations, which were formerly under Reddipalem and Ghanpur Parishes. The present Parish Church & Presbytery of Sagaram were built by Rev. Fr. Yeruva Inna, the then Parish Priest of Sagaram. Most Rev. Thumma Bala blessed them on 12th May, 1994.

Sub-stations:

1. HIMMATHNAGAR,
2. THAMMADAPALLI,
3. ZAFFER GADDA,
4. GARNEPALLI

43. SHANTHINAGAR (1974)

Shanthinagar, a catholic village, is located on the Karimnagar- Vemulawada or Sircilla main Road. It is just 4 kms from Vemulawada Town. It was bifurcated by Msgr.Alphonsus Beretta from Karimnagar Parish on 24-11-1974. It was given to the Jesuits of Andhra Province. Fr. P.S. Amalraj S.J. was its first Parish Priest.
The Catholics of Shantinagar migrated from Mahabubnagar and Warangal Districts. About 30 families settled down in this village between 1965 and 1975. In its inception, the village was called “Gunturu Gudisalu”. Indeed at that time, these Catholics were economically very poor. However, it was generally known as Vemulawada as it is very close to Vemulawada Town. In 1974, when Jesuits took over this Parish, they named it Shanthinagar. Besides these 30 families, along the road on the eastern side of this village a furlong away, there are six families living in Nampalli. A new Church was constructed in 1997 at Shantinagar and was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 26th April 1997, dedicating it to St. Thomas the Apostle. To commemorate this event, the village feast is being celebrated on 26th April, every year. The Nirmala Sisters opened a Convent, a School & Health Centre in the Parish to give catechtical, medical and educational services.

Sub-stations:

1. BALANAGAR,
2. PUSHPANAGAR,
3. REDDIPURAM,
4. SIRICILLA,
5. THIPPAPURAM

44. SINGARAM (1976)

The Village of Singaram was founded in 1921 with the catholic families of Gopu Rayapu Reddy from Narimetta, PentaReddy ShowReddy, Gopu Joji Reddy from Phirangipuram, and Pentareddy InnaReddy from Thallacheruvu. Initially, it was under Kazipet Parish.
Fr. Gino Pazzaglini, the then Parish Priest of Kazipet, used to visit them occasionally. Later, when Reddipalem was made a Parish in 1929, it was transferred to Reddipalem. Fr.A. Mazzola, PIME, built the first chapel. Later, as the community was growing, a new Church was built. The existing Church was built by Fr. Farina, PIME, the then Parish Priest of Reddipalem, in 1975. It was inaugurated and blessed by Most Rev. Alphonsus Beretta, PIME. Afterwards, Singaram was bifurcated from Reddipalem and made into an independent Parish with 6 sub-stations in 1976 and it was given to Franciscan Capuchin Missionaries. Fr. Oswald Prathap OFM Cap, the then Parish Priest of Assisinagar, was put in charge till 1976. Fr. Avito OFM Cap served in this Parish for long time from 1984 to 1992. In 1992, He was built compound wall around church premises. Afterwards this parish was given to the care of salesians of Donbosco. Fr Chacko,SDB was put in charge from 1992 to 1997. When salesians moved to mariapuram, the diocesan clergy was put incharge for thepastoral care of singaram parish with 4 substations. Fr.A.Prakash was put in charge from 1998 to 2001. He was built water tank from sopar Bala Vikasa, stage,for gatherings and sacred Heart statue in village entrance in the year of Jubilee 2000. Fr.A.Vincent was put incharge from 2002 to 206. He was built kitchen in 2004. Fr.G.Sudhakar was put incharge in 2007. He was built the Lourdu Matha Grotto and statue of St.Anthony in 2008.It was blessed by Most Rev Thumma Bala on 5-5-2008.Fr.P.Chinnaiah is taken charge from 2008 onwards. He has built cemetry compound wall in 2010.

Sub-Stations:

1. INAVOLU (ILONI),
2. LAKSHMIPURAM (PENSIONPUR),
3. NARASIMHULAGUDEM KONDAPARTHY

45. SHANTIPURAM (1974)

Shantipuram is one km from Kothulanaduma village on the High-way between Warangal and Karimnagar. It is about 30 kms from Fatimanagar. The catholic community of shanthipuram was founded in 1960 as five catholic families and a few non-catholic families from different villages migrated & settled here. Allam Kaspareddy’s family from Kalvakolu (Rangareddy Dt.) and a few more families like Basani (Gadiaram) Showreddy from Thatikonda in Guntur District and some from Kundaram and Jaggayagundla in Warangal District, came to this area in search of black soil and settled down. In 1966 and 1967, some more families from Ailoni, Kota Venkatapuram and Basani Bala reddy from Mogilicherla joined them. Likewise in 1970, a few more catholic families settled here. As the drinking water had high flouride contents, some of the initial migrants left the village. Of these, a few families settled in Elukaturthy. Yet some stayed back as the cost of land was good.
Fr. Leeno Dal Balcon from Kazipet used to visit this village till 1966. When Karimnagar was made a new Parish in 1966, Shantipuram came under Karimnagar Parish. Fr. G. Tirinzoni, PIME, took care of this village from 1-7-1966. On 27th January 1974 Shantipuram (Kothulanaduma) was bifurcated from Karimnagar Parish and was erected as an independent Parish in 1974 by Most Rev. A. Beretta, with six substations: Jammikunta, Valbapur, Damera, Chinthalpalli, Elukaturthy, Kotapalli. The new Parish was entrusted to OFM (Cap). Fr.Avito OFM Cap was its first Parish Priest. Already by 1977, about 50 catholic families had settled down permanently in this place. Fr. Yeruva Sebastian built the present Parish Church and it was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 1st May, 1990. Shantipuram Parish was divided and Elukaturthy was made into a new Parish and given to MSFS Priests. Subsequently, only two sub-stations of Jammikunta and Valbapur are left for Shantipuram.

Sub-stations :

1. JAMMIKUNTA,
2. VALBAPUR,
3. Huzurabad,

46.SUBEDARI (1996)

Subedari, a locality in Hanamkonda Town about 4 kms from Fatimanagar, is a newly erected Parish Head-quarters by Bishop Thumma Bala on 1st March 1996 with three sub-stations: Prakashreddipeta, Deendayalnagar and Jaya School of Nursing. Before it was made into a Parish, there used to be regular eucharistic celebration on Sundays in the Immaculate Convent chapel of FMM Sisters. Few catholics, who settled around Subedari, used to come here to satisfy their spiritual needs. Though Subedari was under the Jurisdiction of Waddepalli Parish, it was looked after by Priests in the Bishop’s House for a long time. As the catholic population in the Town area gradually increased, Subedari was made a separate Parish, as the Franciscan Missionary Sisters generously offered 2061 square yards of land freely for the Parish Church and Presbytery. Rev. Sr. Thelma, the then Provincial and her successor Rev. Sr. Dulcine and Rev. Sr. Susan, the present Provincial, made all arrangements for the land to be given to the Diocese. Fr. Boyapati Anthony was appointed as the first Parish Priest of Subedari on 1st March 1996. The Diocese, as a token of gratitude to the FMM Institute, has dedicated this new Parish to the Immaculate Conception of Mary and named it as St. Mary’s Parish.
Fr. B. Anthony built the Presbytery and the Church. They were blessed by Most Rev. Thumma Bala on 20th April 1997 and 13th December 1998 respectively.

Sub-stations:

1. PRAKASHREDDIPETA,
2. DEENDAYALNAGAR

47.THIMMARAOPET (1952)

Thimmarayannapahad (Thimmaraopet) catholic community is a traditional kamma catholic community. These families migrated between 1922-1926 from the District of Guntur and settled down at Thimmaraopet in Warangal District. It is about 55 kms from Fatimanagar. It was looked after by Fr. G. Pazzaglini from Kazipet until it was bifurcated from Kazipet and was erected as a Parish on the 3rd July, 1952. The present Parishes, Manugonda and Ookal with their sub-stations, were a part of Thimmarao pet Parish in 1950. Fr. Gade Peter was appointed as the first Parish Priest. He built a small chapel at Thimmaraopet.
As the community grew in numbers, Fr. Joseph Romano, PIME, planned for a new Church. The foundation for the same was laid in 1956 and it was completed by Fr. Francis Aureo in 1967. In the mean time, they constructed the Presbytery. Catechist Sisters of St. Ann opened their Convent and an upper primary school in 1950, Rev. Fr. I. Abraham built the Church towers and renovated the Parish House 1992. Fr. A. Bala built a Shrine at the cross road of Thimmaropet and it was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 2nd Jan. 1994. Fr. A. Bala built Infant Jesus Shrine in the Church Campus and lift irrigation project for the benefit of many farming catholic families. Infant Jesus Shrine was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 28th February 1998. The village, being a traditional catholic village, had given a number of Priests and Nuns for the service of the Lord. So far, 20 Priests are there from here and many Sisters.

Sub-stations:

1. ADAVINALLABELLI,
2. JOJIPET

48.THORRUR (1985)

Thorrur Parish had its beginning with the purchase of seven acres of land in 1981 by Fr. Y. Sebastian, the then Parish Priest of Mahabubabad. It is located outside Thorrur Town on Warangal- Khammam high way. It is 60 kms from Fatimanagar. The Mission was entrusted to the Indian Missionary Society (Varanasi) by Most Rev. Alphonsus Beretta. Fr. Augustine Prabhakar, IMS, was the Pioneer. Fr.Prasanna Raj joined him shortly. Thorrur was erected into a Parish on 18th September 1985 by Most Rev. A. Beretta, PIME and Fr.Prabhakar was appointed as its first Parish Priest. Initially, Thorrur Mission comprised Maripeda, Narsimhulapeta, Nellikuduru mandals and parts of Parvathagiri, Rayaparthy and Kodakandla mandals.
There was only one baptised catholic village called Kumarikuntla in 1985. They were baptized by the Parish Priest of Nuthanackal Parish of Nalgonda Diocese in 1984.
In 1993, Thorrur Parish was bifurcated and Maripeda was made as an independent Parish. Fr. Jyotish has built the Parish Church which was blessed on April 2nd, 2001. Presently, Thorrur Parish has 4 sub-stations, with a catholic population of 663 and 2 catechumenate villages.

Sub-stations:

49. VELERU (1989)

Veleru was bifurcated from Dharmasagar Parish and was erected into a Parish Headquarters on 10-06-1989 with five sub-stations, namely Mupparam, Janakipuram, Kathampally, Sodishapally and Peesara. Rev. Fr. Annapureddy Raja was appointed as its first Parish Priest. The present site of six acres was purchased by Fr.S. Bala Showry, when he was the Parish Priest of Dharmasagar and paved the way for the erection of this new Parish. Veleru is an interior village in Dharmasagar mandal. It is about 30 kms from Fatimanagar. Fr. Goa Showraiah, the then Parish Priest and his assistant Fr. Kasu Rayappa, baptized about 174 people on 26th Oct. 1984. Mr. Israel, the catechist, assisted them. Many more embraced catholic faith in the subsequent years. At present, there are 200 catholic families.
Fr. A. Raja, the Pioneer of Veleru Parish, built the Parish Church and it was blessed on 16th July1990 by Bishop Thumma Bala.  Fr. A.Raja also built St. George’s Boys’ Parish boarding. It wa inaugurated on 4th July 1991 by Bishop Thumma Bala. It was extended by Fr. T. Augustine, his successor. In the same year, Fr. A. Raja also built the tailoring school with the help of Swiss league of catholic Women. The present Parish House was built by Fr. Dasari Joseph and was blessed on 23rd April 1994 by Bishop Thumma Bala. In 1998, the Presentation Sisters established their Convent at the invitation of Bishop Thumma Bala. They opened a Dispensary and St. Mary’s Orphanage for Girls. A new Parish Church was built Fr. Y. Papireddy and it was blessed by Bishop Thumma Bala on 4th May, 2001. In the year 2002, St. Francis school (EM) was started by the Diocese in co-operation with Presentation Sisters on experimental basis. Fr.G.Prakash took initiative to start the school and after him,Fr.D.Prathap took over the parish and school.He has laboured for the growth of the school.Now the school is flourishing well with 484 children up to classes 1 to 7.

Sub-stations:

50. PALAKURTHY

Bishop Rt.Rev.Thumma Bala, as a visionary, purchased six acres of land on the outskirts of Palakurthty, on the way to Jangaon. When the situation was ripe, steps were taken to initiate proper action in the fields of Evangelization, Education and Social development. Plakurthy Catholic Parish began as a Mission Centre in a rented house on 1st May 2005. There were then only three Catholic families in Palakurthy, one by business and two by medical profession. Bishop invited the religious sisters belonging to the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) to begin educational services in the new Mission Centre. They arrived in March 2005 and started Lheir life in a rented house. Aided by the Diocesan Pastoral Centre and A.P.Jyothirmai Society, Mission work was initiated in five villages.
School building was inaugurated on 16n July 2006 with 250 students. New parish house came into being in September 2005, Convent building for the residence of CMC Sisters came into being the following year with its inauguration on ....... The school, named as Carmel Convent School has very quickly won the appreciation of the general public. Need was felt for a Parish church. Foundation stone was laid on 15lh Aug. 2006. It took nearly three years to complete it and it was blessed on 16M July 2009 as Mary Maata Catholic Church. Work of evangelization was going on hand in hand with the development of infrastructure. Four families of Sirisannegudem village and another four families of Dardepally village received the sacrament of Baptism. With the addition of Kolukonda (Turkagudem) and Ramachandrapuram, old Catholic villages of Kanchanapally parish, Palakurthy Mission Centre was given the status of a Catholic Parish on 1st May 2007. New families also began to come and settle in Palakurthy, In the meanwhile a new construction also came up as a hostel building for girls, known as Carmel Student Home. Now the Palakurthy Catholic Parish serves Catholics in five villages. Chronology is as under:

51. PARKAL-2008

Parkal is 40 km.away from Bishop's house,situated in between Hanamkonda and Bhupalpally. It is a politically historical town with more than 40,000 population.As a village it was Established more than 100 years ago.lt was a mini centre for civil war in 1960's, during which Nearly 45 people lost their lives.
Rev.Fr.Avito.P.OFM Cap.took initiative to open a new mission station. He evengelised this area from Atmakur parish.Our bishop bought 7 1/2 acres of land for missionary activities toward Bhupalpally road in the out skirts of the town. Fr.Avito baptied 30 families in December 2002.Some more baptisms were administered by Mm later. Fr.dasari Joseph also baptized 82 people till date.A temporary prayer shed was existing until 2008.A new church was built and inaugurated on 15/11/2008 by his Lordship Most Rev.Thumrna Bala. Our bishop erected it a parish on 1st of may 2008.Now there is also a new parish house blessed and inaugurated on 03/01/2010 by the bishop.
The sisters of the Destitute came forward to start mission work. The bishop donated 4 1/2 acres of land. Initially they opened a school for the mentally challenged children on 1st of May 2002.Their new building for convent and school was blessed by bishop Thumma Bala in July 2006.This year(2010) they opened also Jyothi E/M Convent school.
Vellampally:

52. Rampur Parish (2005)

The parish of Rampur was bifurcated from Karunapuram Parish by Most. Rev. Thumma Bala, , on 10th April 2005 with four substations, which were part of Karunapuram Parish. Fr. Yeruva Inna Reddy was appointed as First Parish Priest. When Gnanpuram Parish was erected in 2007, two substations of this Parish were given to that Parish. Now there are only two substations in this Parish.
This Parish is located adjacent to the Highway of Warangal - Hyderabad. The faithful of the Parish are staying both sides of the Church. One part of Parish community lives in a location half kilometer towards Warangal and the other half lives quarter kilometer towards Hyderabad. Fr. A. Colombo, PIME built a chapel and it was blessed by His Lordship Thumma Bala on 251'1 December, 1999.
In the beginning Fr. A. Colombo started a school for Kindergarten with the help of sisters of Mary Mediatrix on experimental basis. But they could not run the school further due to lack of strength of the pupil. At this time the Parish was given to Fr. Christuraj and Fr Cyril on their request to organi/e weekly prayers and Retreats to fulfill the spiritual needs of the faithful of diocese and the other dioceses of the State.
The present prayer hall in this Centre and the residential rooms were built by Fr. Cyril in 2008 with the help of Bishop and the generous contribution of the faithful and inaugurated by His Lordship Thumma Bala on 11th April, 2010.

Sub- stations:

53. THEEGARAJUPALLI (2007)

Theegalapalli Parish with its outstations, is spreading in two mandals namely sangem and parvathagiri. Theegalapalli is a big village, which is about 20 Km from Warangal, on the road to station Nekkonda. It is at the same distane from Ookal Parish.Fr. Allam Inna is appointed the 1st Parish Priest of this new mission Parish of Theegarajupalli.

Sub – station

1. Srinagar,
2. Kakatiyanagar,
3. Saireddypalli,
4. Konkapaka,
5. Enugallu

54. MADHAPURAM THURPU THANDA

Lakavath Mukunda Naik was the first person to have come to Madhapuram village and settled down here in the vicinity. His 5th and 6th generation heirs claim that he had come here in the year 1805. These people are ethnic tribal said to have migrated from Rajasthan. Desya Naik a 5th generation heir of Mukunda naik, and his 4 brothers are alive and live in Thurpu Thanda.
Subsequent to Mukunda Naik?s settlement more tribals belonging to the community settled down here and Thurpu Thanda is now a recognized tribal hamlet.
Lakavath Bhagya Naik a 6th generation heir of Mukunda Naik, and his wife salamma and their 2 children are the first family to take baptism in the year 2000 (31-03-2000). The exemplary Christian way of living courage shown by Bhagya?s family inspired 4 more families to take baptism. They are (1). Lakavath Bitchia Naik and Soni and their 3 children (2). Lakavath hatcha and lakmi and their 4 children 93) lakavath Amarsingh and Verramma and their 3 children (4). Lakavath lakku and mary kanthi and their 4 children. Fr. A. Antony Samy SVD, the then Parish Priest of Kadavendi constructed a Church in the year 2007. Now, there are 24 catholic families in this Thanda.
Madhapuram Thurpu Thanda became a sub-station under Kadavendi parish. All the conversion and the baptism to the people in this village were / are exclusively done by Fr. A. Antony Samy SVD.
On seeing the good Evangelization work done by SVD missionaries, The Rt. Rev. Thuma Bala D.D. the Bishop of Warangal erected it as a separate new Parish on 2nd June 2011 and appointed Fr. A. Antony Samy SVD as the first Parish Priest.
St. John De Britto Feeder School was started in the year 2006 under the able guidance of Rev. Fr. A. Antony Samy SVD the then parish priest of Kadavendi and in the year 2010, it was handed over to JMJ sisters who were invited to collaborate with SVD missionaries. Now, the sisters have constructed primary school of their own. Sr. Annama Palagiri JMJ is the first superior of the JMJ convent at Madhapuram.
NALLAKUNTA THANDA
LASSU THANDA
DESYA THANDA
B. R. THANDA
DEVARUPPULA
Palivelpula