[2] Since from 1704 priests from Society of Jesus where settled in this village and started holy services.

A small chapel was built here during the 1720s and was maintained by a Jesuit priest for over 100 years.

Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (FIHM) convent was built in 1864 and started the mission.

In Kovilur, half of the Catholics were from nearby village Savur and Sowkarpet.

The Nirmala Clinical Hospital was started in 1972 by the French woman Dennis, and from 1974 it has been under the care of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles(SRA).

Two priests Joseph-Isidore Godelle and Melchior de Marion Brésillac, who served in this church became bishops of Coimbatore and Pondicherry, respectively.