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ST. PAUL'S PARISH

:St. Paul’s parish, Jengraimukh, Majuli island

The parish is situated in the river island of Brahmaputra, in the district of Jorhat. The parish was established by Fr.Jose Varghese in the year 1987.

History of the parish. With the intention of working among the Mising tribals, the parish was opened in 1987. Fr. Jose Varghese spotted the present land at Jengraimukh and started the work in a humble way. In the following year an English medium school was started. Together with the education work, Fr. Jose initiated various developmental works as well in order to uplift them. Constant floods increase the misery of the people every year. In 1989 the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians opened a convent there to assist in all the works.

At present there are about 865 Mising Catholics spread over in 15 substations. They are:

1	Borpomua	3 km
2	Baghmara	7 km
3	Cherpai Major	2 km
4	Cherpai Namoni	3 km
5	Cherpai Ujoni	5 km
6	Jengrai Gaon	3 km
7	Jengrai Sapori	5 km
8	Kekuri	10 km
9	Kumarbari	1 km
10	Loti Borsuk	8 km
11	Lokhimk	1 km
12	Mohamari	7 km
13	Monbhalsuk	7 km
14	Rotonpur Kuligaon	11 km
15	Singimari	5 km

Majuli Church

The priests who worked in the Parish

01	Fr. Jose Varghese	PP: 1987 – 1999
02	Fr. Caesar Henry	Asst.:1989- 1992
03	Fr. John A. D.	Asst.: 1992
04	Fr. A. Amala Raj	Asst.:1993 - 1994
05	Fr. William Minj	Asst.: 1995 - 1996
06	Fr. Ambrose Toppo	Asst.: 1996 - 1999
07	Fr. Alex Kapiarumala	PP: 1999 - 2001
08	Fr. Victor Toppo	Asst: 1999 - 2001
09	Fr. Victor Toppo	PP: 2001 - 2003
10	Fr. Boniface Ekka	Asst.: 2000 - 2004
11	Fr. Vijay Minj	PP: 2003 - 2006
12	Fr. Elias Lugun	Asst. 2004 - 2007
13	Fr. Bartholomew Bhengra	PP 2006 -
14	Fr. Pradeep Lakra	Asst. 2007-

The sisters are running dispensary where they get a lot of snake bite cases. There is a small boarding for boys and girls.

Mass Timings
Sunday	8.00 am Assamese
Weekdays	6.30 am

Address

St. Paul’s Centre
Jengraimukh - 785 105
Majuli Island
Dist. Jorhat, Assam
Tel. 03775/272245

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