Many devotees adopted Christianity during Vasai's life under the leadership of Francis Xavier and Fr.

Franciscan, Dominican, and the subsequent Jesus Union Mission, built nine churches outside the fort.

In 1558, the Holy Cross Church in Nirmal and the Mother of Light was built in Agashi in 1568.

[4] AD After 1558, there was a large conversion in the Nandakhal area of Bassein from Hinduism to Christianity.

After recognizing the spiritual need of the devotees of Nandakhal, Franciscan missionaries set up a grand church for that area in 1573.

Hence, by the Collector of Thane, Revenue Commissioner Northern Division (Ahmedabad) recommended by the Government in the year 1907, church got wooden material from the forest of Shirsat for free.

In order to accommodate the growing crowd of devotees, in the interior of the church in 1910, four metallic pillars were raised and a floor on top was built.

[7] In 1922 Monsignor Bronz Francesco De Silva cleaned the forest area and worked all the way from the ground and made compound and planted coconut trees.

He started English medium school in 1923 to educate poor people from the area and to make them self-sustained.

In 1935, Monsignor Vaz laid the foundation of a future prayer house at Nanabat and Umrale.

In the career of Monsignor Vaz, on 7 February 1962 the St. Joseph High School building dedicated to Rev.

On 1 June 1975, due to the efforts of Monsignor Philip Tavares, the Nanbhat parish became independent.

Monsignor Tavares, then took the possession of chawl in front of a church built in 1927, laid it down and constructed a new building there.

Nobel Prize winner Bharat Ratna, Saint Mother Teresa[12] visited the Nandakhal parish.

Monsignor Mendis hall was constructed on top of the primary school building and was inaugurated on 3 May 1996.

On 22 July 1998, Carmelite convent nuns started new English medium school[13] at Abraham Naka.

Carmelite nuns arrived at Nandakhal long back in 1968, but due to the lack of space they continued their work at Lalodi.

On 1 May 1999, Rajodi church was inaugurated and on 10 June 2001 Bolinj center was separated as a parish.

Thomas Lopes was a principal of the school, Monsignor Mendis hall was extended and new monument was built in the name of late Dominica Philip Machado.

[14] On 1 January 2004, a new prayer chapel was constructed next to the church staircases on the first floor.

In the month of June 2005, an English medium school was started to accommodate more students from Nandakhal area.

[16] 9 February 2011 was another memorable day in the history of Nandakhal when Pope Benedict's ambassador Cardinal Murphy O'Conner[17][18] visited Vasai on the occasion of 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II visit to Vasai.

Pope's ambassador was specially honored by then parish priest Father Thomas Lopes.

A Statue of Pope John Paul II was handed over to Nandakhal church.

At this event, Cardinal Murphy showered special blessings on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.

Now population of Nandakhal is just over seven thousand still the response of devotees in mass and other church related worships is amazing.

[21] On 22 September 2019, Fr Francis D'britto from Jeladi Village of Nandakhal Parish, Virar (West), of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai; was unanimously elected as the president of 93rd Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan[22] (literary meet), which was held in Osmanabad on 10 January 2020.