Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Vailankanni Matha Church (2012) - Balaji Nagar Parish

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Vailankanni Matha Church (2012) - Balaji Nagar Parish

Patron

Vailankanni Matha

Feast Day

8th September

Parish Celebration on

Sunday after 8th September

Pastoral Care

Archdiocesan Priest

Catholics

650

Sub-station

-

Address

Vailankanni Matha Church (Mary Matha Church)
St. Mary’s Colony, Balaji Nagar Yapral P.O., Sec’bad-500 087, T.S.

Former Priests In-Charge / Parish Priests

Archdiocesan Priests: Fr. Yemparala Vijay Shekar (2012 - 2014), Fr. Victor Emmanuel Tharigopala (2014 - 2019), Fr. Yeruva Showreddy (June 2019 - September 2019), Fr. Madanu Joseph (Sr.) (October 2019 - June 2020), Fr. Gorantla Dhanraj (June 2020 - 2022), Fr. Madanu Joseph(Sr) (2022 - 2023), Fr. Pasala Jose Paul (2023 - 2024), Fr. M. H. Wilson Davis (2024 - till date).

Lay Ministries: Legion of Mary

Brief History Of Balaji Nagar Parish

Balaji Nagar is located about 15 kms away from Archbishop’s House. The first Holy Mass was celebrated in the campus on 15th August, 1998 and later a small Chapel was built. In May 2012, Balaji Nagar was bifurcated from Yapral Parish and raised to the status of Quasi-Parish and Fr. Vijay Shekar was appointed Priest In-charge of the Parish. And in May 2014, Fr. Tharigopala Victor Emmanuel was appointed as the Priest In-charge. The Feast is celebrated on the third Sunday of September. Fr. T. Victor Emmanuel took initiative for the construction of a new Vailankanni Mata Church at Balaji Nagar and Archbishop Thumma Bala blessed & laid foundation stone for it on 25th January, 2018. Fr. T. Victor Emmanuel completed the new Church and also partially completed the Presbytery in the Cellar and Archbishop Thumma Bala blessed and inaugurated new Vailankanni Mata Church at Balaji Nagar on 06th April, 2019.

Valerian Play School at Balajinagar was started by Fr. Thumma Arla in 2009 with the help of Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society (HAES). This School was started as an extension of Valerian Grammar High School, Yapral. Later HAES entrusted it to Hyderabad Archdiocese Social Service Society (HASSS) under the leadership of Fr. Kurapati Jaya Prathap, the Executive Director of HASSS. He made all the efforts to raise the funds and to extend the School building. The name of the School was changed from Valerian Primary School to Fatima Mata School and recognition of Telangana Government for the same was obtained. More land was purchased and School building was extended as the number of the Children was increasing. The extended School building was constructed by Fr. Kurapati Jaya Prathap & was inagurated by Archbishop Thumma Bala on 22nd February, 2018. After the completion of the construction & inaguration of the Schoool building, the school was handed over to Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society (HAES) by HASSS. The present Principal of the School is Fr. Madanu Joseph (Sr.). From October 2019 upto May 2020 he also took care of Balaji Nagar Quasi-Parish.

In the Archdiocesan Consulters’ Body Meetings held on 12th June, 2020 and 14th July, 2020 a point was discussed with regard to raising Balaji Nagar Quasi-Parish to the status of a Parish and after due discussion the Archdiocesan Consulters’ Body in the light of Canon Law recommended that this matter be discussed in the Priests’ Senate Body Meeting. Accordingly in the Priests’ Senate Body Meeting held on 06th August, 2020 it was discussed and after due discussion recommended the same. This recommendation of the Priests’ Senate Body was further discussed in the Archdiocesan Consulters’ Body Meeting held on 31st August, 2020 and after due discussion the Archdiocesan Consulters’ Body resolved to raise Balaji Nagar Quasi-Parish to the status of a Parish with effect from 08th December, 2020 on the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the light of the above-mentioned matters Archbishop Thumma Bala, raised Balaij Nagar Quasi-Parish to the status of a Parish with effect from 08th December, 2020.