St. Joseph Shrine, Panagudi is a shrine dedicated to
Saint Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...
under the
Diocese of Tuticorin in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
.
History
A church of
Saint Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...
was built in the 1870s
About Shrine
and renovated in 1891 and 1892, when the church was in the Kaavalkinaru parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
. Panagudi was established as an independent parish on 24 December 1939. During the period from 1972 to 1981 the current church was built and consecrated.
References
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Churches in Thoothukudi district
Roman Catholic shrines in India
Roman Catholic churches in Tamil Nadu
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1976
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India