F R A N S A L I A N S

A Brief History of the Parish

 

The Holy Rosary parish of Dundee is the cathedral parish of the diocese of Dundee. The diocese of Dundee was created on 19 November 1982. The Cathedral in town and Sibongile (township) have about 200 families each. Forestdale another substation is a so called ‘coloured’ township - today simply part of town and only about 5 minutes away from Dundee main Church.

The Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales were invited to work in the diocese of Dundee by Right Reverend Bishop Thomas Graham Rose in 2012. And the first Missionaries Frs. Jacob Mattathil and James Madapallil arrived in Dundee on 8th July 2013 and were officially installed as parish priest an assist priest respectively on 14th July 2013.