St. Mary's Church is a Syro-Malabar parish church in Cheloor/Edathirinji, Kerala, India (in diocesan records Mary Immaculate Church, Cheloor). The church is part of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda.
Overview Parish : Cheloor Forane : Irinjalakuda Patron : Mary Immaculate First Church : 1879 Consecration of First Church : 1880 Cemetery : 1915 Parish Priest Home : 1917 Consecration New Church : 22 December 1996 Religious Houses : 2 Priests : 1 Male Religious : 2 Female Religious : 10 Catholic Population : 2800 Catholic Families : 525 Family Units : 18
Neighbour parishes St. Thomas Cathedral Irinjalakuda Our Lady of Dollars Irinjalakuda West (Thanisserry) St Antony's Church Paduva Nagar (Ikkarakunnu) St Sebastian Church Edakkulam St Marys's Church Padiyoor St Joseph's Syrian Church Mathilakam St Joseph's Latin Church Mathilakam St Joseph's Church Kaipamangalam Our Lady of Carmel Church Aripalam
Chapels Mary Immaculate Grotto (inside compound) Mary Immaculate Grotto (main road view) Fathima Matha Chapel, Kandeswaram St. George Chapel, near Church Road St. Antony's Chappel, Edathirinji St. Joseph Chapel, Americankettu North West Sacred Heart Chapel, Chelookavu St. Sebastian Chapel, Kattikulam St. Antony's Chapel, Edakulam Road St. Alphonsa Chapel, Pothany Road
Governance Edavaka Prathinidhi Yogam Kudumbasammelana Kendra Samithi
Kudumbasammelana units Little Flower St. Sebastian Dollars Lourd Matha St. John Holy Angels Don Bosco St. James St. Mathew St. Alphonsa Pavanathma St. Vincent De Paul St. Mary's St. George
Catholic organisations C.L.C Altar Boys Gayaka Sangham (Choir) Catholic Youth Movement C.Y.M Catholic Movement Jesus Youth St. Vincent De Paul Society Franciscan Almaya Sabha Mathru Sangam Vanitha Commission
Institutions St Mary's L.P. School Edathirinji: Lower Primary School under CMC Sisters. Here learning in both Malayalam and English medium in Kerala State Syllabus
Religious houses in the parish Jayamatha Convent: Monastery of CMC Sisters Bethsaida Bhavan: Old aged home in the boundary of St Mary's Church Cheloor. Malabar Missionary Brothers (MMB) doing this job.
Fathers, brothers and sisters from parish Fr. Joseph Cheruvathur Br.Paulose Arimbuparambil MMB Sr.Stephin CMC
Former vicars After New Church Building Fr.Joseph Maliyekal Dr. Antony Manjaly Fr.Raphel Puthenveettil Fr.Varghese Perinjeril V.C Fr. Johny Menachery Fr.Martin Payyappilly CMI (Acting) Dr. Joji Palamattah Fr. Joy Puthenveettil Fr.Benny Kizhakkeyil CST (Acting) Fr. Joby Kachappilly CMI (Acting) Fr.Dr. Davis Chenginiyadan
References
http://www.sahrdayatech.com/irdiocese/parishes.php?&thisrow=1
https://web.archive.org/web/20100412112326/http://www.irinjalakudadiocese.com/parishes.htm
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