St. Ignatius Industrial School & Inigo Press
Tuticorin

St. Ignatius Industrial School and Inigo Press
Innaciarpuram
Tuticorin - 628 002.
Phone : 0461-2361686

Brief History of St. Ignatius Industrial School :
The first bishop of Tuticorin Most Rev. Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche on 4th January 1929,  started the industrial school and hostel  in a small shed with few students. Mr. V. Savarimuthu Konar was the first teacher to teach carpentry. In 1930 one Mr. A. David from Kallathikinaru, a professionally trained teacher at Dindivanam carpentry School was appointed. He brought six students from his village and admitted them in the Carpentry school. Rev. Fr. Joseph Roche was the first Correspondent of the School. With all his efforts St. Ignatius Industrial School was recognized by the Government (Govt. Order 804-C/29 dt 24.01.1930) From there onwards students who passed 7th std were admitted and given training in carpentry and cabinet making trade. The training period was 3 years. In 1996 Non-formal industrial training was introduced with the efforts of the then TMSSS director Rev.Fr. Antonysamy for school dropout students and for those who were unable to continue their regular studies. Apart from carpentry, Welding, Fitter, Electrical Technician, Two wheeler Mechanism, Dissel Mechanism, Multimedia Computer Designing and Fashion Designing courses  are offered at the school. Hostel facility for boys are available with minimum fee.

St. Xavier Press / Inigo Press
In nineteen fifties Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche started a printing press mainly to print “Xavier Gnanathoothan” and other diocesan materials. It was started with one treadle machine in St. Xavier primary School premises and was named “St. Xavier Press”. Later it was shifted to Roche Hall in Cathedral campus.  In October 1978 St. Xavier Press was again shifted to St. Ignatius  Industrial School premises, Innaciarpuram, with the new name "Inigo Press". In 1996 Fr. Mariadas Lipton disowned the treadle machines and installed Offset Printing machines, computers and other equipments related to offset printing technology. Now the printing press is well equipped with 3 offset machines, two desktop computers, cutting machine, and other tools.

Succession of Directors:
Rev. Fr. Joseph Roche 1930 -
Rev.Fr. Paul Alangaram
Rev. Fr. Antony Xavier
Rev.Fr. Job De Rose
Rev.Fr. Antony Samy 1974 - 1979
Rev.Fr. Victor Devaraj 1979 – 1985
Rev.Fr. Siluvai Innaci  1985 – 1990
Rev.Fr. Cruz Antony  1990 – 1992
Rev.Fr. Joseph Xavier 1992 – 1993
Rev.Fr. Mariadas Lipton 1993 – 1998
Rev.Fr. Suresh 1998 – 2003
Rev.Fr. Jeya Jothi 2003 – 2007
Rev.Fr. William 2007 -2011
Rev.Fr. Justin  2011 – 2015
Rev.Fr. Antony Irudaya Thomas 2015 – 2017
Rev.Fr. Thomas 2017 – 2019
Rev.Fr. Rajesh 2019 -

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New Info provided by: Rev. Fr. Mariadas Lipton
Updated on May 26th 2023.