Dr Peter Dsouza serves as the parish priest of the Most Holy Saviour Church.

Agrar means the village of Brahmins and is derived from the Kannada word Agrahara.

Once the most extensive parish of the Diocese of Mangalore, extending from Bantwal to Charmadi borders and from the Nethravathi river to the Gurupur river, it is certain that the Agrar church existed even prior to the founding of the Bantwal church in 1702 by Fr.

New parishes of Most Holy Redeemer Church, Belthangady in 1885, Church Of Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Madanthyar in January 1893, Siddakatte on 1 May 1926, Nirkan on 25 May 1930, Allipade on 22 May 1938 Loreto on 1 November 1939, and Farla on 8 December 1994 were carved out of this once extensive parish.

The church used to run Christa Jyoti High School was established in 1984.

Its frescos and paintings on the altar are beautiful and well renowned showing Jesus sitting with his Apostles and clearly portraying the artistic touch of Br.

The parish has been famous as the place of origin for a large number of priests and nuns.