Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Jun 10: Dr (Fr) Anand Periera (56), a Jesuit priest originally from Mangaluru and serving in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, passed away due to a heart attack.

Anand Periera, who joined the Jesuit Society in 1986, was assigned to the Jesuit service in Northeast India in 1995. He began his priestly service in 2000. Periera was the son of the late Charles Periera, the renowned owner of Periera Hotel in Mangaluru, and his mother Janet Periera retired as the headmistress of St Aloysius Primary School.

In 2010, Anand Periera earned a postgraduate degree from Creighton University in Nebraska, followed by a PhD in Sociology from Pune University. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the principal of St Xavier’s High School in Moirang, Manipur. In 2019, he was appointed the head of the Jesuit House Community and the director of Regional Development in Guwahati, Assam. In 2023, he was appointed the head of the Jesuits Arunachal Mission Division. He also held the responsibility of being the head of the Jesuit Region in Kohima, Nagaland.