St Vincent De Paul Church, Katapady

The story of St Vincent De Paul Church, Katapady

St Vincent De Paul Church in Katapady is a Roman Catholic church, and the key thing to notice is its life as a parish building that was established on 18 May 1948.

Rev. Fr. Rosario Fernades established the church on that date, and the present church building was built by Rev. Fr. John A P Miranda in 1957. Since the year 2000, priests from Congregation of Holy Cross have run the church, so the place you’re standing in has moved through different phases of clergy while remaining the same church in Katapady.

As a church building, its importance is straightforward: it is a working place of worship, not just a historic shell. The building around you is the result of that mid-20th-century development, with the congregation’s later care continuing into the present.

If you pause here, look at it as part of the church’s own timeline: founded first, rebuilt in its present form later, and then entrusted to a new religious congregation in 2000. That sequence is the story of this place.