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Jesuits found St. Joseph's College at Nagapattinam

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Jesuits found St. Joseph's College at Nagapattinam
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French Jesuits opened a college at Nagapattinam that later moved to Tiruchirappalli as St. Joseph's College.

In 1844 French Jesuit priests of the revived Madurai Mission began a college in a thatched building at the coastal town of Nagapattinam. It started with one student and five teachers and was open to Indians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans. The college later moved to Tiruchirappalli, where it became St. Joseph's College. It is one of the oldest Catholic colleges in Tamil Nadu.

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