Fr. Thomas Thengupally was a successful missionary to the Kok Borok
speaking people of Tripura.
He was the first Catholic Priest to preach the gospel among the Kok Borok people.
Holy Cross Missionaries continued evangelizing in Mariamnagar, Agartala, Kumarghat, and Kathalchara till 1980 and the Gospel did not reach the Kokborok people through any Catholic Priest prior to 1980.
It was Fr Thomas Thengupally who brought the Gospel to the Kokborok people.
Fr. Thomas moved to Moharpara a Jamatia Tribal Village in 1982 and was stationed there in a small Bamboo made Hut from where he spread the Gospel to many kok borok tribal villages of Tripura,like Twithampui, Tuidu,Tuichalong,Tuimairang, Singling, Belchara, Manaichara, Ratila, Sirdu, Belbari Mandwi. Duski, Champaknagar etc.
He continued Preaching The Gospel in Moharpara till he was seriously ill in 2016.
The People of Tripura will remember him for many years.
RIP August 2018.
FYI
1) Tripura is a State in North - East India.
2) Kokborok is a Language spoken by the Tribals in Tripura.
3) Holy Cross Missionaries were the Pioneer Missionaries in Tripura as far as The Spread of Catholicism was concerned. Catholicism is now being spread in Tripura by Salesian Missionaries.
He was the first Catholic Priest to preach the gospel among the Kok Borok people.
Holy Cross Missionaries continued evangelizing in Mariamnagar, Agartala, Kumarghat, and Kathalchara till 1980 and the Gospel did not reach the Kokborok people through any Catholic Priest prior to 1980.
It was Fr Thomas Thengupally who brought the Gospel to the Kokborok people.
Fr. Thomas moved to Moharpara a Jamatia Tribal Village in 1982 and was stationed there in a small Bamboo made Hut from where he spread the Gospel to many kok borok tribal villages of Tripura,like Twithampui, Tuidu,Tuichalong,Tuimairang, Singling, Belchara, Manaichara, Ratila, Sirdu, Belbari Mandwi. Duski, Champaknagar etc.
He continued Preaching The Gospel in Moharpara till he was seriously ill in 2016.
The People of Tripura will remember him for many years.
RIP August 2018.
FYI
1) Tripura is a State in North - East India.
2) Kokborok is a Language spoken by the Tribals in Tripura.
3) Holy Cross Missionaries were the Pioneer Missionaries in Tripura as far as The Spread of Catholicism was concerned. Catholicism is now being spread in Tripura by Salesian Missionaries.
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