PAVOOR ULIYA

Pavoor is an island and all the 60 families living here are Catholics.  Though this chapel comes under the jurisdiction of Fajir, it is served by the Capuchin Friars Minor of Monte Mariano Friary, Farangipet.  The Friars of Farangipet used to visit the people here. 

Fr Apolinares ofm, cap was the first to serve them and he installed a bell and built a shed for beedi-rolling.  He also got a big boat to send children to school, brought electricity to the island, and sank a  well to help these needy people.
Fr Ligoury Noronha, ofm, cap built a chapel dedicated to Infant Jesus in 1967.