From the archives of the “Missions Etrangères de Paris” we see that Fr. NIEL, Fr. DIDIER, Fr. BAYOL, Fr. MICHOTTE, and mainly BULLIARD were instrumental in the Construction of the New Mary Magdalene Church of Kottapalayam.

Augustin PIERRE (1820 - 1903 ) in Kottapalayam from 1847 to 1851.

Benoît BRISARD (1816-1878) in Kottapalayam 1856 (few months).

GIRAUD, Jean-Marie (1828 - 1903 ) in Kottapalayam from 1860 to 1870.

Jean Baptiste Antoine Achille LAP ( 1826 - 1893) in Kottapalayam 1864.

joseph adolphe GANDY ( 1839 - 1909) in Kottapalayam from 1870 to 1872.

Félix DUPAS ( 1843 - 1907) in Kottapalayam from 1875 to 1881.

Jean Baptiste NIEL (1852-1904) great builder in Kottapalayam 1881. (Church architect ?)

Louis désiré DIDIER (1850-1902) in Kottapalayam from 1884 to 1889 - 1897 to 1899.

Pierre marie julien GODAIS ( 1853 - 1889) in Kottapalayam 1889.

François BAYOL (1846-1924) in Kottapalayam from 1889 to 1895, He could have drawn the plan of the Church.

MICHOTTE Raymond (1884- 1965) Ayyampettai from 1910 to 1913.

Jean-Pierre MARTIN (1881 - 1969) few times in Kottapalayam 1905-1919

Jules BULLIARD (1881-1963) in Kottapalayam from 1908 to 1913.

MERCIER Gaston (1880-1960) in Kottapalayam from 1914 to 1926.

Jean HOURMANT (1898- 1986) in Kottapalayam from1924 to 1926.

Julien Clément MICHEL (1897- 1974) in Kottapalayam from 1925 to 1926.

*source : archives.mepasie.org

Jules BULLIARD (1881-1963) in Kottapalayam from 1908 to 1913, who built the Kottapalayam Church.

Rev Fr. Bulliard can be seen, Last row, Sixth from the Right.