1993

Declared a Shrine

On 6 August 1993 Bishop S.T. Amalanathar of Tuticorin consecrated the Holy Family Church and proclaimed it a sacred shrine. Every witness of that year names it by the old dedication, to the Holy Family; the Marian style it carries today — the Shrine of Our Lady of Assumption — is first found in the diocese's letters of 2022. With the honour came a monthly First-Saturday devotion of novena and adoration that pilgrims keep to this day.

Parish traditionThis moment rests on 3 sources.
Diocese page
declared a Shrine in 1993

Diocese of Thoothukudi — parish pageHoly Family Church, Vadakkankulam

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What this source establishes

The diocese reporting its own act. One institutional witness, and no decree text is held by anyone on this project.