Mission History Quiz - A General Survey on Key Points

The First Mission Team of Mangalore 1878-

• The Pro-Vicar Apostolic and the first Superior of the Mission of Mangalore is Father Nicolas Pagani of the Province of Naples, Italy
• The first batch of Jesuit missionaries to Mangalore is made up of Fathers Nicholas Pagani, Augustinus Muller, Otho Ehrle, Urban Stein, Quintinus Sani, Angelo Maffei, Angelo Mutti and Brothers Francis Zamboni, Matthew Meneghetti. In total 9.
• The first Jesuit to die from the first mission team of Mangalore is Fr Angelo Mutti.
• Fr Augustus Muller is the first among European Fathers to study and preach in Konkani in Mangalore.
• Fr Augustus Muller is the one who received the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal from the Governor of Madras in 1907.
• Fr Augustus Muller buried in the Chapel of the Leper Asylum, at the foot of the altar at Kankanady Mullar Hospital. 
• 1878 Sept 27 Pope Leo XIII's Brief: Mangalore and Malabar separated from Verapoly, and given to the care of the Jesuits 
• Dec 31 First batch of Jesuits-7 priests and 2 Brothers arrive in Mangalore: Mgr Nicolas Pagani, Vicar Apostolic and Superior. The Carmelites hand over charge to Mgr Pagani at the Cathedral

• 1879 Jan 10: St Joseph's Seminary re-started under the Jesuits
• Oct 19: Sodality of our Lady inaugurated in Kodialbail Chapel by Fr. Urban Stein 
• 1880 Reading Room and Catholic Library opened at Kodialbail (later moved to Catholic Club)
• Homoeopathic Dispensary at St Aloysius College by Fr Muller 
• 1880 Jan 12: St Aloysius College opened in a private house rented for the purpose by Mrs Mary Magdalene Coelho
• 1882: Kodialbail Press established by Fr Mutti

• 1882 June 22: First stone of St Aloysius College on site donated by Mr Lawrence Lobo Prabhu
• 1882 Jan 6: Novitiate of the Society of Jesus opened at Jeppu, with Fr Zanetti as the novice master
• 1883 Dec 17: Erection of the Sodality of Christian Mothers at Milagres by Fr Torri
• 1883 Oct 22: First stone of the Catechumenate and Workshop at Jeppu by Fr Diamanti
• 1885 : Leper Asylum added to the Orphanage at Jeppu
• 1885: Mgr Nicolas Pagani, first Jesuit Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore
• 1885 Jan 12: St Aloysius College Building inaugurated
• 1885 Oct 25: Mgr Pagani consecrated first Jesuit Vicar Apostolic (Bishop) of Mangalore
• 1886 June 23: New concordat ending double jurisdiction of Padroado and Propaganda in Canara
• 1886: St Joseph's Asylum Workshops started at Jeppu
• 1886 Sept 1: Indian Hierarchy established by Leo XIII by his apostolic letter Human Salutis Auctor
• Mgr Pagani installed as Bishop of Mangalore, New Mangalore diocese
• 1887:    Foundation of the pious association of Ursulines by Fr Urban Stein (which became a religious congregation in 1934)
• 1887: First stone of the new Seminary of Mangalore.  SAC first grade College with four faculties
• 1887: Arrival of Fr Alexander Camisa to Mangalore
• Camisa wrote in Tulu: Yenna Prarthaneda Buku
•  400 acres of land in Pavur from the government for the Koragas
• 1888: Catholic Provident Fund inaugurated
• 1890: Leprosarium is built at Jeppu
• St Joseph's Church, Jeppu, completed 
• 1891: Fr Muller moves to Kankanady. Dispensary of Kankanady is opened. 
• 1895 Apr 30: Bishop Pagani dies
• 1895 Dec 2: Mgr Abundius Cavadini succeeds Bp Pagani
• 1896 Foundation of Kankanady Hospital for men
• 1897 Aug 1: opening of Catholic Clubs at Hampankatta
• Temperance Association started by FE Lazzarini
• 1898 Fr Angelo Maffel goes to Nellikunje
• Sisters of Maria Bambina arrive in Mangalore
• 1899 May 31. Fr Angelo Maffei's death at the age of 54
• 1900 New mission at Surathkal opened by Fr Denis Coelho, Industrial school of St Anthony.
• 1901 Sept Sodality Recreation Hall renamed Catholic Club
• 1902 Hospital at Kankanady for victims of the plague
• 1903 Apr 19: Solemn translation of relics of St Gratian, martyr to Church at Jeppu
• 1903 Jeppu Asylum Band started by Fr A. Diamanti
• 1905 Fr Corti opens a new mission at Naravi 
• 1907 Kaiser-I-Hind medal awarded to Fr Muller
• 1907 St Aloysius College Boarding House started
• 1910 Dec 4: Mgr Paul Perini appointed Bishop of Mangalore
• 1913 Mission and colony opened at Pavur by Fr Camisa
• 1914 Fr Gaviraghi opens his mission at Arva
• First stone of SAC Boarding House
• 1910-17 Rebuilding of Mangalore Cathedral by Fr Buzzoni
• 1912 Fr Angelo Gaviraghi arrives in Mangalore
• 1917 New Cathedral of Mangalore (started in 1909)
• 1918 Fr Gaviraghi at Badyar, Fr Denis Coelh's death
• 1918 Fr Angelo Gaviraghi, the founder of Arva, Badya, Belthangady and Madanthyar Missions
• 1919 may 7, death of Fr Augustus Diamanti in Kotagiri
• 1918: Kaiser-i-Hind Silver Medal for Fr Faustine Corti
• 1920 Catechist school near the Seminary
• 1921 New mission at Kanoth 
• Pavur church built
• 1923 June 12: New Diocese of Calicut erected under Mgr Perini as first Bishop
• Mangalore diocese entrusted to the diocesan clergy
• Calicut catechumenate
• 1923 Nov 23 The missions of Kaniambatta, Vayittiri and Mananthody received from the French Foreign Mission Fathers
• 1924 St Vincent's Industrial Works, Calicut
• Rebuilding of the Calicut Cathedral bogan
• 1925 Arva Church built
• New missions Shoranur and Sultan Battery
• 1926 New mission at Taliparamba 
• 1926, Oct 9. Fr Corti's death
• 1927 Mission of Meppadi
• Westbrooke as a summer villa
• 1928 Fr Gaviraghi at Naravi 
• Golden Jubilee of the Mission.

The Diocese of Mangalore and Calicut boundaries 1923

The boundary of the Diocese of Mangalore in 1923

1928-1978

• 1928 Mangalore Mission named Calicut Mission
• 1929 Naravi Church built
• 1932, Fr Diamanti’s remains from Kotagiri interned in Seminary Church in Mangalore
• 1933 Dec 4: Christ Hall novitiate opened at Calicut with Fr Aloysius Coelho novice master. 
• 1933 Mgr B. Ranzani becomes Administrator at Calicut, and Superior of the Mission (Malabar area), and Fr Ambruzzi of Mangalore area Pulaya Mission started in Chirakkal Taluk
• 1935 Nellikar church is covered. Sullia colony started.
• 1937 Mgr Leo Proserpio appointed Bishop of Calicut 
• St Joseph's Institutions at Bangalore taken over by the Jesuits from the French Foreign Mission Fathers.
• 1938, May 7. Fr Gaviraghi's death
• 1945 Fr P. Zanolin becomes Vicar Cepitutar of Calicut 
• 1947 St Joseph's College Hostel in Bangalore by Fr Boniface D'Souza
• 1948 Fatima Retreat House in Mangalore by Fr Adrien Le Tellier
• 1948 Jan 27: Mgr A. M. Patroni consecrated Bishop of Calicut
• 1953 Diamond Jubilee of the Mission

• Commerce College building next to SJC Hostel
• 1955-74 Mission stations of Channapatna, Negavalli, Hunsur, Dodgajnur, Chamrajnagar, Suntikoppa, Somwarpet, Mudiyanur, Gulbarga, Dasarpura, Shahbad, Sira, Sandur. Manvi, Prakashpalayam.
• 1955 Calicut Mission becomes Mangalore Viceprovince under Fr Boniface D'Souza as the Viceprovincial.
• Malabar Region attached to Madurai Province
• 1955 Sept, 7: Fr Camisa's death the "Apostle of Koragas" at 87
• 1955 Oct 22: The Viceprovince consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• 1956 Mangalore Viceprovince renamed Karnataka Viceprovince
• 1957 Foundation stone of the Mount St Joseph novitiate and Juniorate (Bangalore)
• Gonzaga House as apostolic school at Mangalore (-1971)
• 1958  St Joseph's School opened at Hassan.
• 1959 April Novitiate and Juniorate transferred from Calicut to MSJ, Bangalore.
• 1959 St Joseph's High School and Industrial School, Ooty, taken over by the Jesuits from the Diocese
• St Joseph's Agricultural Colony at Belve started by Fr William Sequeira
• 1959 Aug 22: Mount St Joseph blessed and opened 
• 1959 Mwanza Mission in Africa began-Fr William Picardo and Fr Mathew Lewis
• 1960 Independent Viceprovince of Kerala formed 
• 1962 Foundation stone of St Joseph's Indian High School laid at New Field, Bangalore
• 1962 Loyola Mandir
• 1966 Students Residence at Dharwad started 
• Somwarpet Church by Fr. J. B. Prabhu
• 1966, May 26, the death of Fr Peter Caironi, in Dalik Vadakkebegam of Pulaya mission at 62
• 1967 Fr General (Arrupe) visits Karnataka for the first time in history
• 1968 St Aloysius Evening High School
• St John's High School and parish, Bellary, taken over by Jesuits for ten years
• Jeppu Charitable Institutions and Belve colony handed over to the Diocese of Mangalore
• 1968 Dhyanashrama (Retreat House), 
• Bangalore Business Administration Course of SJC
• 1969 St Aloysius Evening College
• 1970 Nagaland Mission: Loyola School, Jakhama Tuensang
• Catechetical School, Imphal
• 1971 Indian High School moves fully to New Field
• 1971 Fr Denis Alvares -pastor at Adigondana Halli & Yadavana Halli
• 1971: St Joseph's Commerce College moved to Brigade Road
• 1972:  Indian High School Community moved out to Lavelle Road, with Fr Matthew Lewis as Rector
• 1973: The first province Sammelan in 1973 at Mount St Joseph
• 1974 Nov 25: Inauguration of the new church at Gulbarga, built by Fr CCA Pai
• 1974 Ashirvad, centre for spirituality and counselling, Bangalore
• 1974 June 2: Anekal Mission, Bangalore Archdiocese, Fr Mathew Lewis as Mission Coordinator,  Fr Mariaraj takes over as pastor of the Anekal parish, Fr Deepak Nayak is based in Adigondana Halli - Yadavanahalli for pastoral care.
• 1974 Chizami, Nagaland 
• 1975 Chakhesang Mission 
• 1976 New church of St Joseph Adigondanahalli
• 1976 Fr J B Prabhu, the last Jesuit to leave the Mysore mission work from Suntikoppa
• 1977 Jul 1: Sangeetalaya. (School of Music), started in Mangalore by Fr Walter Albuquerque
• Loyola Boys' Hostel, Anekal opened
• 1978 New Church at Chizami
• Thenyizumi in Nagaland
• Divya Jyothi Ashrama, Chandapura
• St Joseph's School, Viswema, opened 
• Centenary celebrations of the Province
• 1978: Divya Jyoti Ashram in Chandapura by Fr Deepak Nayak (Albert Pinto) and library Nayaka Grantalaya.
• 1978 Anekal: Responding to the request of the Province, Canossian Sisters came to Anekal to collaborate in the social apostolate.
• 1978 Anekal: Jnana Jyothi as social apostolate begins under the leadership of Frs Victor Mathias & Thomas Quadras, also implementing the NAEP - National Adult Education Program - a central govt scheme.
• 1980: Mundgod Mission with Fr Mathew Lewis parish priest of St Rita’s Church
• *Cluster School Movement in Mundgod
• 1980: Konkani Institute, Mangalore
• 1980: Laboratory of Applied Biology of St Aloysius College, Mangalore
• 1981: St Aloysius ITI, Mangalore, 
• 1981: Aloysian Boys’ Home at Kotekar
• 1982: Loyola High School School, Bannerghatta, Bangalore
• 1985: Loyola Vikasa Kendra, Mundgod exclusively for Social Work with Fr Paulose
• 1986: Loyola Prenovitiate in Mangalore
• 1987: Viveka Pragati, Haliyal
• 1987: Vidyaniketan study house, Dharwad?
• 1989: Loyola Primary School, Bannerghatta, Bangalore
• 1990 November 14, the death of Fr Stany Coelho, Pioneer of Kohima Mission
• 1990: taking up of the St Ignatius of Loyola Parish, Gadag with Fr Maxim Rasquinha as its parish priest.
• 1991: Bijapur Mission with Fr Ambrose D’Mello as Superior
• 1991: Erection of New School Building of St Joseph’s School, Hassan
• 1991: Starting of Loyola School Mundgod with Fr Lawrence Pinto
• 1991 Starting of St Joseph's School, Anekal. 
• 1992: Social Work in Bijapur with Fr VT Paulose
• 1992: Navasadana Prenovitiate in Bangalore 
• 1993 June 27: Karnataka Regional Theology Extension Centre, Mundgod.
• 1993: New Church built in Anekal by Fr Francis Guntipily
• 1993: Lathur Earthquake – building houses in Bijapur, Sindagi, Almel, and Indi Talukas with Fr Paulose under Terre Des Hommes.
• 1993: St Joseph's School Anekal was handed over completely to Canossian Sisters on 1 June.
• 1994: Loyola High school, Mundgod
• 1995: Bifurcation of Karnataka Province into Karnataka Province and Kohima Region with Fr Hector D’Souza as its first Regional Superior
• 1995 June 27: Karnataka Regional Juniorate, Mundgod
• 1995, June 01: Handing over the administration of St Joseph’s Seminary to the Mangalore Diocese. In its 116 years care, 140 Jesuits worked there, formed 1520 priests, 27 bishops, 1 cardinal, from 80 dioceses and Congregations
• 1996 RTC was shifted from Mundgod to Anekal.
• 1996/98-2009: School for Child Labourers in Bijapur.
• 1998: Kalena Agrahara parish building
• 1997-1999 Jesuits in Almel 
• 1999: Loyola ITI, Bijapur
• 2000: Loyola Yomiuri School, Bijapur
• *KAR Jesuits worked in Italy, Tanzania, Nepal, Singapore, Japan, Russia, British Guyana, East Timor, Nepal and Afghanistan
• 2000: St Aloysius PU College separated from the Degree College into an independent PU College.
• 2000: Shifting of St Joseph's College (SJC), Bangalore, to the new campus on Lalbagh Road

• 2002: Inauguration of Pannur Mission June 29, 2002 with Frs Eric Mathias, Joseph Monteiro, Maxim Rasquinha as pioneers
• 2003: Loyola Composite College, Mundgod
• 2004: St Joseph’s PU College in Hassan
• 2004: Loyola D Ed College, Mundgod
• 2004: Loyola English Medium School in Manvi
• 2004: SANGAMA, a Centre for Integral Rural Development in Sindagi 
• 2005: St Aloysius College, Harihar.
• 2005: Balajyothi Girl's Hostel, Anekal inaugurated on 30 March. 
• 2007: Xavier CBSE school in Manvi.
• 2007: Prerana Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Mount St Joseph, Bangalore inaugurated on 19 October.
• 2008, October 20, death of Brother Rubelio Calligaro at 9, last Italian Jesuit to die in the province. 
• 2008: Loyola PUC, Bannerghatta, Bangalore
• 2008: Centre for Social Concern, St Aloysius College, Mangalore.
• 2009: Radio Sarang, Community Radio, St Aloysius, Mangalore
• 2009: New Campus of St Aloysius at Beeri
• 2009: St Joseph’s Degree College in Hassan
• 2010: Loyola PUC Bijapur, 
• 2010: Loyola Pre-University College in Manvi.
• 2010: Xavier Pre-University College Gulbarga. 
• 2010: St Joseph's PUC, Anekal was officially inaugurated on16 July 2010 on the Feast of Mount Carmel in the Balajyothi Hostel. However, 1^st June 2010 classes began. 
• 2011: Loyola CBSE School, Sindagi
• 2017: St Aloysius Gonzaga CBSE School, Mangalore
• 2012: Loyola Degree College, Manvi
• 2012: St Joseph's PUC shifted to the new building in the Jnana Jyothi campus on 12 June 2012.
• 2013: Inauguration of Pannur Church
• 2014: CBSE School, Mundgod (Loyola Kendriya Vidyalaya)
• 2014: St Joseph's CBSE School, Bangalore
• 2016: St Joseph's College of Business Administration was shifted from Residency Road to Primrose Road (Off MG Road) and rechristened as St Joseph's Institute of Management (SJIM)
• 2017: Loyola State Board School, Manvi
• 2017: Loyola Degree College, Bannerghatta, Bangalore
• 2017: Xavier Sadan, Mysore
• 2017: St Joseph's College of Law
• 2018: St Joseph’s Degree College in Hassan moved to the new campus

• 2019: Swami Rajendra Nilaya, Pandithahalli, Holy Angel’s school
• 2019: St Aloysius Institute of Civil Services
• 2019: Moving of Navasadhana Prenovitiate to Hassan
• 2020: Golden Jubilee of Kohima Region

• 2021: Inauguration of new St Anne’s Church, Bijapur
• 2021: February - Passing St. Joseph's University bill by the Karnataka State Assembly

• 2022: Province Congregation in Mount St Joseph, Bengaluru (16 Communities, 11 Units, 56 formal educational institutions (P 15, HS 13, PUC 13, C 11, Tec 4), 3 Retreat Houses, 1 Spirituality Centre, 7 Social Action Centres, 6 Parishes, 2 Youth Centers and many hostels)
• 2022: July 2 - Approval of the St Joseph's College (Autonomous) into St Joseph's University, Bangalore.
• 2022: August 29, Inauguration of the renovated Archives of the Province
• 2022: September 27, Formal inauguration of St Joseph's University, Bengaluru by Droupadi Murmu, President of India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-nwpxvrYx0 
• 2022: June 18, permission from the education department to start English medium from 1st std till 5th std at Loyola High School, Mount St Joseph, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 
• 2022: November 06, Blessing and inauguration of the newly renovated Jesuit Cemetary at Mount St Joseph with newly created Niches

• 2023: June, 03: Thawarchand Ghelot, the Governor of Karnataka inaugurates elevated St Joseph’s College Hassan building
• 2023 July: Starting of St Joseph's School in Anekal.
• 2023 December 28-30, Province Sammelan at Mount St Joseph.

• 2024: January 03: Blessing and Inauguration of Loyola PU College, Vijayapura
• 2024: February: St Joseph's Community College recognized as St Joseph Skill Academy
• Loyola Yomiuri PU College, Bijapur renamed Loyola PU College, Bijapur
• February 16: Inauguration of additional block of St Joseph School Pandithahalli. Earlier called Holy Angels, School.
• 2024: February 28: Formal inauguration of St Aloysius Deemed to be University (SADU), Mangalore
• 2024 April 07: Diamond Jubilee Celebration of FRH, Mangalore
• April 08: Harihar Mission got permission from DDPI to start St Aloysius International School, Harihar.
• April 12: Province Level Felicitation of the Jubilarians in Mount St Joseph, Bangalore ( Fr Clarence D’Souza and Fr Paulose T. Vellacada, marking 50 years in the Society of Jesus, Fr Anand Prabhu, celebrating 60 years in the Society, Fr Hilario Fernandes, celebrating 60 years of priesthood, Fr Maxim Rasquinha, commemorating 50 years of final vows, and two individuals, Fr Richard Sequeira and Fr Joseph B. Mathias, celebrating a Double Jubilee with 70 years in the Society of Jesus and 50 years of final vows, and 60 years in the Society of Jesus and 50 years of priesthood.
• 2024 May 01: The Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society Inaugurated "BEMBALA" Outreach Center, Nelamangala Bangalore. http://bjesbembala.net/
• May 18: Fr Joseph Anthony D'mello handed over the office of Socius to the Provincial to Fr Arun Kumar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yrTLeW07WU
• June 05: Loyola English Medium School, Vijayapur is celebrating the 25th year. 
• June 07: Grand opening of St Aloysius International School, Harihar. https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1198070  
• June 09: Fr Valerian Castelino as the Regional Superior of Kohima Jesuit Region.
• June 25: St Aloysius International School inaugurated by Hon'ble Governor of Karnataka Shri Thawarchand Gehlot. 
• July 27: Anekal Jesuits Celebrate 50 Years of Jesuits presence in the Anekal Mission. 
• Sep 20-22: Reimagining and Restructuring of SJ in South Asia: Prerana (Bengaluru).
• Sep 27: 1st Convocation Ceremony in St Joseph's University, Bengaluru. Presided by Dr M. C. Sudhakar, Honourable Minister of Higher Education, Government of Karnataka,      Dr Thimappa Hegde, Neurosurgeon Narayana Health, Bangalore, Rev. Fr Dionysius Vaz, SJ, Chancellor, St Joseph’s University.