St. Vincent’s Church Velpur – 521 104 Nidamanuru Krishna Dt. , A.P.

01. Fr. John Pottankuzhiyil, C.M., Parish Priest, Superior

Velpur parish had its beginning in the year 1928 when a few families of Velpur were baptized by Fr. A. Testa, a P.I.M.E Missionary on 21st November 1928. Later on many P.I.M.E missionaries and native missionaries have strived for the spiritual growth of the community. The present church was built by Msgr. Jacob Kanjirthinkal, in 1991. Velpur was raised into a Quasi-parish on the 4th December 1999 and was entrusted to the care of the Palotine missionaries.

At present it is a full pledged parish. It was entrusted to the care of the Vincentians (Congregation of the mission) on 30th May 2004. In the beginning the parish priest resided at Enikepadu which about 8.5kms away from the station and went to attend the spiritual needs of the people from there. Later on the parish priest moved to the little presbytery in the church compound.

The parish today has 141 catholic families. The parish is divided into 11 family units for the better coordination.