About NEERUDE PARISH.

Neerude parish has a rich history dating back to when it was part of the Pezar And Ferrar church. With the vision of establishing a missionary center Bishop Victor Fernandes established this as an independent chaplaincy and named it Neerude and Fr James Sequeira, acting parish priest of Ferar, put up a building to serve as a chapel, which was inaugurated on January 20, 1945. The place to build the chapel was donated by the grandfather of Fr Ignatius D’Costa. It also served as a presbytery and school. Fr Joseph M. Lobo was the first parish priest. The new church building, the foundation for which was laid in 1953 by Bishop Basil Peres, was constructed by Fr Lawrence V.M. Fernandes (1955-1968).

The church dedicated to St Roque was blessed on April 19, 1960 by Bishop Raymond D’Mello. Fr Lawrence Fernandes bought two new bells from Germany and built the belfry, which was inaugurated on September 19, 1962. Fr Lawrence Martis constructed the presbytery and also built the Golden Jubilee memorial open air stage in 1995. And Celebration of platinum jubilee was held on 2019.