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HISTORY

St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School,Mangalagiri is run by the Tuticorin Diocesan Association (Registered), an organization of the Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin . The Bishop, the Most Reverend Dr. YvonAmbroise,D.D.,Ph.D., who is the President of the Association, is also the Patron and Manager of the School. The Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin, besides taking care of the pastoral need of the three and a half lakh Catholic faithful, has also involved itself in the service of the Socio-Economic development of the people of Tuticorin district irrespective of religion or caste. The diocese has been running hospitals, homes for the aged and the under privileged, training centres for women and the marginalized and other such institutions. Education being an important instrument for social change, the diocese also runs more than 225 educational institutions. St. Joseph's Matriculation Hr. Sec. School,Mangalagiri is the second self-financed Matric. Hr. Sec. School of the diocese after St.Thomas Matriculation Hr. Sec. School,Innaciarpuram(Thoothukudi). St.Joseph's Matriculation Hr. Sec. School,Mangalagiri was started in the year, 1986 with the intention of educating the children of this locality. The Franciscan sisters of St.Joseph and well reputed with better qualified teachers are serving in this school with the kind directions of the Correspondent and Principal Rev.Fr.Rubert S.