| ST. MARY’S CHURCH, PORO | |
| Patron/ness | Blessed Virgin Mary | 
| Annual Feast Day | 8 September | 
| Established | 2005 | 
| Catholics | 571 | 
| Mass Centers | - | 
| Clergy | RevFr. Jojiraju Badugu (PP) | 
| Address | St. Mary’s Church, Dt. - Godda, Jharkhand | 
| Religious Houses | St Ann’s Convent (DSA- Kolkota) | 
| Institutions | St. Mary’s School Study Home for Boys & Girls Health Centre | 
| Poro was a sub-station of Manikbathan. Fr. Jose Kunnumpuram who was the Parish Priest of Manikbathan, acquired some land at Poro village. He built a boundary wall and DSA Sisters from Kolkata accepted the invitation to collaborate in the mission work in December, 2004. They started evangelizing the close by villages and began non-formal education centre. In May 2005, Fr. Jose Kunnumpuram was transferred to Poro. At present Poro Parish has a middle school, boarding house for the boys and girls and health centre. |