This parish was bifurcated from Chintadripet and Royapettah and erected on 1st August 1968. Rev Fr M Arulraj was the first Parish Priest.The foundation stone for a new Church was laid on 7th August 1984 by Msgr A J Adaikalam. The Church was constructed and consecrated on 13th June 1985 by Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, Dr R Arulappa. In the year 2000 this Parish was entrusted to the Redemptorists and Fr Daniel Jayasingh was the first Parish Priest.