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History
St. Dominic Savio’s Church, Tongna, is situated at an equi-distance of twenty-three km from the Doom Dooma and Philobari parish. It is also a gateway to the Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh, being only eight kilometres away from the Dirak Check-post. The parish was officially opened on 3rd July 1983, the feast of St. Thomas. It was canonically erected on July 5th 1983 with St. Dominic Savio as the patron and was carved out of St. Joseph Parish, Doom Dooma. The first Parish Priest was Fr. Philip Kokkapallil. Don Bosco School, Tongna, was blessed on 24th July 1983. The first Parish Priest was Fr. Philip Kokkapallil. Don Bosco School, Tongna, was blessed on 24th July 1983.
The new parish church dedicated to St. Dominic Savio was blessed on 17th February 2002 by Rt. Rev. Joseph Aind SDB, the Bishop of Dibrugarh.
Today
In 2007, there are 22 villages in the jurisdiction of the parish with a Catholic population of 6400. The parish also runs a primary school and has students up to class V. The number of students in the school is 238 and 52 boys are in the boarding run by the Salesians.
Activities
Parish, Pastoral work and Evangelization, Village Masses, Village Visits, Chaplaincies, Youth Animation, Primary School, Boarding for boys.
Address
Catholic Church
Tongna Bazar
Via Kakopatar– 786 152
Assam
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