Parish Details

Area Name: GACHHIRAMPARA

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARISH,GACCHIRAMPARA

Established             : 2000

Patron                     : St. Francis of Assisi

Parish Priest           : Fr. Arun Fernandes, O.F.M. Cap.

Asst. Priest              : Fr., O.F.M. Cap.

Brief History: The Kumarghat Boarding included students from Kanchanpur, Dosda, Gacchirampara and Ananda Bazar areas of North Tripura. In 1994, Fr. Hormis John, C.S.C. visited Gacchirampara and met the people who requested him for a School. During this time, Fr. Lumen, C.S.C., the then Dean of Tripura, Fr. Harry D’ Silva and Fr. Hormis went to Dosda to locate a place for the School, which somehow did not materialize. Again in 1999 the people contacted the Priests in Kumarghat Parish to take care of their education and faith. Fr. Felix Pinto, a Capuchin Priest who had come to Tripura in 1999 made frequent visits to this village. From June 2000, he started living in Mr. Nabin Ham Reang's house. St. Francis of Assisi Parish was established on 1st September 2001 with Fr. Felix Pinto, O.F.M. Cap., as its first Parish Priest, bifurcating it from Kumarghat Parish. In 2001, a School was started in a bamboo house. The Parish, which was established with a few Catholics from one village, has now grown into 9 mondolis.

 

Substations of the Parish:

1.    Kompui: St. Antony, 2000

2.    Khodungsei: St. Peter, 2003

3.    Khasi thai: St. Thomas, 2016

4.    Phaikoua: St. Mary’s, 2017

5.    Johar Colony: St. Mary’s, 2017

6.    Manacherra: St. Thomas, 2017

7.    Saikar: St. Thomas, 2019

8.    Pifla: St. Francis Catholic Church 1997.

9.    Bahadurpara: St. Clare Church 1997.

 

ORDER OF THE PARISH PRIESTS

1.    Fr. Felix Pinto, O.F.M. Cap.               (2001 – 2011)

2.    Fr. Godwin George, O.F.M. Cap.       (2011 – 2013)

3.    Fr. Prasanna, O.F.M. Cap.                (2013 – 2018)

4.    Fr. Felix Pinto, O.F.M. Cap.               (2018 – 2024)

5.    Fr. Arun Fernandes O.F.M. Cap.       (2024 -

 

Assisi School

Established             : 2001

Principal                  : Fr. Arun Fernandes, O.F.M. Cap.

Address                  : Assisi School, Gachhirampara P.O.,

                                  Via. Dosda Kanchanpur,

  North Tripura -799271.

Assisi Hostel

Established             : 2001

Address                  : Assisi School, Gachhirampara P.O.,

  Via. Dosda Kanchanpur,

  North Tripura -799271.

Assisi Mission, Kanchanpur

Established             : 2010

Superior                  : Fr. Ajith Noronha, O.F.M. Cap.  

Address                  : Assisi Nivas, Kanchanpur P.O.,

                                  North Tripura -799270.

 

St. Francis Assisi School

Established             : 2010

Principal                  : Fr. Ajith Noronha, O.F.M. Cap.

Assistant                 : Fr. Lancy, O.F.M. Cap.

Address                  : St. Francis Assisi School

  Kanchanpur P.O., North Tripura - 799270.

 

Sisters of Our Lady of the Garden (OLG)

Established             : 2022

Superior                  : Sr. Jessy Allenchery, OLG

Address                  : Assisi School

                                 Gachirampara P.O.,

                                 Via Dosda Kanchanpur

                                 North Tripura