It caters to nearly 6,500 people distributed in 32 Varados (Konkani: Wards).
Although the church was not yet built then, the French missionary, Fr.
Alexander Dubious, commonly known by the locals as "Frad Saib" served as the first parish priest of the Cordel parish from 1873, until his death on 12 December 1877.
[2] The cross discreetly worshipped in the Cordel forest by the Catholics who escaped the Seringapatam captivity was ceremoniously brought by Fr.
When his vision to raise a grand church at Milagres failed to fructify, he shifted his base to Cordel.