THE HOLY ROSARY PARISH, BASAR

The Holy Rosary Parish was established in April 2005. In 2005, Fr Lukose Kavunkal was appointed to begin the Mission at Basar. He stayed in the house of Mr Gumrik Basar, engaging himself in caring for the catholics in Basar Town and surrounding villages and at the same time building up the school and mission. The centre, permanently entrusted to the MSFS, is situated at Gori village, one kilometer away from town. At the time of his arrival, there were only 10 catholic families in Basar area. This has grown up to 40 at present. Besides, there are Catholics in 13 villages. As of now, there are close to 1000 faithful from 125 families, spread out in 13 villages and Basar town. Besides Basar town, the villages with Catholic population are: Dali, Kamdak, Kamdak II, Pagi, Lipunamchi, Nyorak, Sododoke, Gadimeshi, Angu, Liromoba, Kapen, Kayi, and Ligo. Before the establishment of Basar parish, the spiritual needs of the people of these villages were cared by Kaying Parish. After the establishment of Likaballi Parish in 2014, some villages of the Parish went with Likaballi Parish. The parish church was built and inaugurated in 2007.

Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC)

The MSMHC sisters of St Joseph’s Province, Tezpur, joined the MSFS priests at Basar on April 24, 2008. They began residing in a building rented to the parish by Mr Gumrik Basar. The pioneers were Srs Elsa Joseph, Aganta Guria and JaramYajo. Theycollaborate with the MSFS in all their undertakings, especially in the parish and school: two of them engage in parish activities while two others work in the school as teachers. The sisters also take care of the hostel for girls.

SL. NO	PARISH PRIEST	YEAR
1	Lukose Kavunkal	2005-2011
2	Thomas Paul Varapadavil	2011-2015
3	Stephen Pou	2016-

 

 

SL. NO	ASST. PARISH PRIEST	YEAR
1	Aji Mathirampallil	2006-2007
2	Sudhir Kullu	2006- 2007
3	Mathew Muriyankariyil	2007-2009
4	Abraham Ponvelil	2009-2011
5	Rijesh Thalayinakandathil	2012-2013
6	Francis Belo	2013-2015
7	Napolian Mark	2020
8	Rojin Joseph Pullattuvaliyaparambil	2021-