
History of Province

1953 St Joseph Province, Kottayam established with temporary centre at Mannanam
1956 Kottayam Provincial House shifted to Kottayam
1968 Kottayam Provincial House shifted from Kottayam to Puthuppally
1969 Calicut Region elevated to St Thomas Vice-Province, Kozhikode
1972 Jagdalpur mission territory entrusted to the Province
1972 Fr Paulinus Jeerakath appointed the Exarch of Jagdalpur
1975 Peru mission started
1979 Kottayam St Joseph Province was bifurcated, and St Joseph Province, Trivandrum and Nirmal Vice Province, Jagdalpur were erected
1985 Two Districts of Rajkot (Amreli & Bhavnagar) earmarked for Kottayam Province
1987 Junagadh earmarked for Kottayam Province
1990 Kottayam Provincial House shifted from Puthuppally to Kottayam
1991 Papua New Guinea mission started
1993 Bangalore Mission of the province started
1994 Theni Mission started
1997 Australian Mission of the province started
2001 U. K. Mission of the province started
2003 Peru Region established
2010 Bhavnagar Region was raised to a Vice-Province
2011 Chavara Vice-Province, Bhavnagar inaugurated
2011 Peru mission extended to Piura Diocese
2018 Puliyanmala Carmel House raised to Canonical House
2018 Theni C M I Centre raised to House
2020 Canonization process of Fr Bruno Kaniyarakath CMI began
2021 Provincial Curia established at Provincial House
2021 Periyakulam C M I Anpakam raised to the status of a House
2021 San Joe Bhavan, Kannanmangala established
2021 Fr Bruno Kaniyarakath CMI declared Servant of God (2021 December 15)
2022 Peru mission extended to Moyobamba Diocese
2022 Land registration and initial work for the establishment of a C M I Centre started at Pedragal, Arequippa, Peru
2023 Chavara Sadan Idamattom established


