PARISH LIST

FARIDPUR

• Address
  SHANTI DHAM GAUSGANJ ROAD, SHANTI NAGAR
  Phone No : 9219559511
  Patron Name : ST. PAUL
  

About Parish

FARIDPUR IS A TAHSIL IN BAREILLY DISTRICT ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO LUCKNOW, TWENTY KILOMETERS AWAY FROM BAREILLY CITY TOWARDS SHAHJHANPUR. A PLOT OF LAND WAS PURCHASED IN 2002. THOUGH THERE IS ALREADY CHRISTIAN PRESENCE, BISHOP ANTHONY FERNANDES WANTED TO ESTABLISH A CATHOLIC MISSION TO CARRY ON THE EVANELIZING ACTIVITY IN THE RURAL AREAS. BON SECOURS SISTER FROM CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU ARRIVED ON 1ST JULY 2006, WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING IN BIHAR. INITIALLY THEY WERE STAYING IN A RENTED HOUSE VISITING THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. A NEW CONVENT WAS BUILT AND BLESSED BY BISHOP ANTHONY FERNANDES ON 29TH AUGUST 2008. FR. DEENBANDHU BELONGING TO THE INDIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, DELHI PROVINCE WAS THE FIRST RESIDENT PRIEST APPOINTED IN JULY 2007. SHANTI DHAM PRESBYTERY AND A MULTIPURPOSE HALL WERE CONSTRUCTED AND INAUGURATED ON 16TH APRIL 2009. PERMANJALI NIWAS, PARATASPUR WHICH WAS SPIRITUALLY CATERED FOR FROM BAREILLY WAS ATTACHED TO THIS PARISH FROM 2008. EXPERIENCING THE FELT NEED OF THE LOCALITY AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF LAND WAS PURCHASED AND A SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2009-10. A SOCIAL WORK CENTRE WAS BUILT AND BLESSED BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS D'SOUZA. FBS SISTER ARE REACHING OUT TO VILLAGES THROUGH SOCIAL WORK. A MULTIPURPOSE HALL FOR SOCIAL WORK WAS INAUGURATED AND BLESSED BY MOST REV. IGNATIUS D'SOUZA ON 16TH JUNE 2015.