Feast of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception
08-Dec-2019
Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Goa
History
The Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Goa is called ‘Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceicao Igreja em Paroda, Goa’ in Portuguese. The Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Goa is popularly called ‘The Paroda Church’ locally in Goa. The Paroda Church was originally a chapel, founded by the Jesuits and built around 1762. The Paroda Chapel was elevated into a Mission Church in 1776. The Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda was elevated into a parish in 1817. The new Paroda church building was built in 1886. The Church building of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Goa was entirely reconstructed in 1994.
The Religious Order present in the Parish of Our lady of Immaculate Conception Church in Paroda, Goa is The Religious women orders of The Presentation Sisters (PBVM) and the Carmelite Religious of Trivandrum. (CCR). The Presentation Sisters are based at Kushdan, Avedem Naikavaddo, Quepem, Goa and the Carmelite Religious of Trivandrum (CCR) are based at Veronica Villa, Copremoddi, Assolda, Chandor, Goa.
The Educational Institution located in the Parish of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Goa is The Immaculate Conception High School.
The Number of Parishioners in the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Goa parish are around 6,600.
The Feast of the Patron saint, Our Lady of Immaculate Conception is celebrated by the parishioners of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church at Paroda, Goa on the second Sunday of May every year.
The address of the Paroda Church is Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Paroda, Quepem, Goa 403705