Thachanallur Pastorate: Difference between revisions

'''[[Thachanallur]] Pastorate''' is a [[pastorate]] which belongs to the [[Tirunelveli]] Diocese.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csitirunelveli.org/pastorate/pastorate_links.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106145026/http://www.csitirunelveli.org/pastorate/Pastorate_links.htm |archivedate=2010-01-06 }}</ref> [[Thachanallur]] Pastorate was previously affiliated with the [[Tirunelveli]] Junction Pastorate.<ref>http://www.csitirunelveli.org/pastorate/t_v/tirunelvely_jn.htm</ref> It was separated in 2009 and emerged as a new pastorate.

The Christian people who lived in the small town "[[Thachanallur]]" started gathering in the [[TDTA primary school, Thachanallur|TDTA primary school]], which belonged to the Tirunelveli Junction Pastorate. The church was named "The Christ Church" by Rev. Clement Duraisingh. The first Catechist of this was Mr. P. Koilpillai. Having contributed much to the church he still stands as one of its pillars.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

Praying members of the congregation had a vision of building a new church for themselves. The land for the church was brought near the southern bypass road; however, the members of the church were not rich enough to support the construction of the church building. At that time Mr. Thangadurai Dhanaraj took charge of catechist. Finally the church was built and opened for worship on 18 February 1996. Rev. Clement Duraisingh renamed it as "Good Shepherd Church".<ref name="wikimapia">{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/#lat=8.7513007&lon=77.703284&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9&#124;title=http://wikimapia.org/#lat=8.7513007&lon=77.703284&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9&#124;publisher=wikimapia.org&#124;accessdate=2014-06-06|title=Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!|publisher=wikimapia.org|accessdate=2014-06-06}}</ref> In the year 2006, Mr. Andrew became the catechist of the congregation and he is continuing till now. Currently{{when?|date=July 2020}} there are about 104 families in this congregation.{{fact|date=July 2020}}