Fr J.P. Tauro of Mangalore Diocese passes away

Fr J.P. Tauro of Mangalore Diocese passes away

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 8, 2013 : Rev. Fr Joseph Peter Tauro, popularly known as  Fr J.P. Tauro, who was a  priest of the Diocese of Mangalore passed away early morning on February 8, Friday at a private hospital in Mangalore  following a cardiac arrest. He was 74. Fr Tauro had served as a  priest for the last 48 years.

Born at Gurupur (Kaudur) Parish on March 3,1939, to Casmir Tauro and Ignatia Lobo, Tauro was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Mangalore on December 2, 1964 after his  priestly studies at St Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore.

 He has served as assistant parish priest of Karkala, Attur and Valencia parishes, Chaplain of Mukka Parish and as Parish Priest of Udupi, Pangala Bendur and Bejai parishes.

Fr J. P. Tauro has built number of infrastructures in the parishes wherever he served.    He was instrumental in setting up the Udupi church and priests’ residences in Mukka, Pangala, Udupi, Bendur and Bejai parishes.  He had also built a multi-purpose hall in Mukka. He had also played a vital role  in securing permission for the introduction of Pre University Course in the Lourdes Central School of Bejai.

After retiring from active priestly ministry in 2010, he was rendering spiritual services at Little Sisters of the Poor, home for the aged at Bajjodi for a year and with failing health moved to Vianney Home, Kankanady, a retired priests’ home  in May 2011.

The Mangalore Bishop Most. Rev. Fr Aloysius Paul D’Souza has condoled the demise of Fr Tauro. The funeral details of Fr Tauro will be announced later as the  Bishop is in Vellankani attending the meeting of Conference of Catholic Bishops of  India (CCBI).