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BAROMASIA - ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH
Patron/ness	St. Joseph
Annual Feast Day	March 19
Established	1959
Catholics	1614
Mass Centers
Clergy	Rev Fr. Micheal Kallamplackal Rev Fr Joseph Murmu Snr. Rev FR. Francis Murmu
Address	St. Joseph’s Church, P.O. Baromasia, Via-Pathargama, Dist : Godda, Jharkhand.
Religious Houses	St. Joseph’s Convent (CMC)
Institutions	St. Joseph’s High School and Middle school Alphonsa Health Center St. Joseph’s Girls Study Home St. Joseph’s Boys Study Home

Baromasia was the sub-station of Godda Parish which was taken care by Jesuits in 1930. Rev. Fr. R. Bohn SJ constructed a village chapel in Baromasia. Rev. Fr. Thaddeus TOR, the then Parish Priest, initiated the school and a hostel in 1959. Rev. Fr. Simon Engler TOR was the successor of Rev. Fr. Thaddeus in Baromasia. It was Rev. Fr. Thomas Vetticad who set up the church in Baromasia which was blessed by Late Bishop Urban McGarry on March 09, 1974. In the same year, CMC Sisters began their service at Baromasia. The campus premise consists of Middle and High School, Health center, Boarding Home for boys and girls. Baromasia is the Mother Church of Ratanpur, Phulwaria, Latona and Kusumghati. Rev. Fr. Mathew Chennatt built the new presbytery. Rev. Fr. Joseph Murmu is the present Parish Priest in Baromasia.