Fr. Agnel School, is a private co-educational English medium school run by the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar in New Delhi, India. It was established by Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues, an

Agnel Ashram The Father Agnel Ashram is a charitable institution in India. Founded under the inspiration and guidance of the Father Conceicao Rodrigues, the movement started with an orphanage and a trade school in carpentry. Today, under the guidance of Agnel As ...

priest in 1979. The school is situated in Gautam Nagar,

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History

The school was established in 1979 in

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, New Delhi, and subsequently shifted to its present campus in Gautam Nagar, which was inaugurated on 3 April 1985. It received recognition from Delhi Government on 1 May 1981. The school is named after Fr.

Agnelo de Souza Agnelo de Souza (born Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza; 21 January 1869 – 20 November 1927), was a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in the province of Goa, then p ...

(1869 - 1927), a

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priest of the

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who performed missionary work in

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. In 2012, it was rated by the ''

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'', as amongst leading schools of South Delhi. The school also runs drug de-addiction service.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Father Agnel School (New Delhi) Catholic secondary schools in India Christian schools in Delhi South Delhi district Educational institutions established in 1979 1979 establishments in Delhi