A short History of the life of Bro.JosephThamby

Bro.josephThamby was born in the year 1883 to Annamalle and savarimuthu in Pondicherry, Fascinated by the ideal life of st.Francis of assisi,he joined the thrid order of st.Francis of Assisi,in 1936 he preached the Word of God to the tribals of pachamalai in Tamilnadu, In the same year he helped at Manathidal parish in the diocese of kumbakonam ,For the first time in 1937,he stepped into Andhrapradesh at Bitragunta in Nellore district ,Later,he reached the then parish Kesarapally.at the request of the parish prist Rev.fr.john B.Calderaro,he settled down in Peddavutapally,He proclaimed the message of God's Love andperformed manymiracles insurrounding villages like vatluru,Manikonda,Thelaprolu, Kesarapalli,Uppulur..etc.

As he had fortold, he died on the 15th of January 1945 at the house of boyapati Francis and Claramma and was buried here.Since then,many people who pray at his tomb receive God's favours and blessings through the intercession of Bro.joseph Thamby.