From the archive record
Kadungamangalam Mor Pathrose Paulose Church was established in 1867 Dhanu 10 in the name of the martyr Mor Behnam by Thuruthil Varkey Ulahannan, a trustee of Karingachira church, after securing an order from Cochin government. He was motivated to do so by the dispute between the then Malankara Metropolitan Mathews Mar Athanasius and Karingachira church in 1867 on the lease of church land. However, this church was destroyed in 1868 due to a fire sparked by fireworks on the church festival day. In 1873, the rebuilt church was consecrated by the Malankara Metropolitan Pulikkottil Mar Dionysius Joseph in the name of St. Stephen. The church building was modified in 1879. Later the church and the property was handed over to Shemaon Mar Dionysius, the first Metropolitan of Cochin, who initiated i