Founder of Science Section:    V Rev Fr Gregory L D’ Cruz

V Rev Fr Gregory L D’Cruz was the Parish Priest of Milagres Church and correspondence of MIlagres College from 1977 to 1985. Under his leadership, the parishioners celebrated the Tri-centenary of Milagres Parish in 1981. As a memory of which Tri-Centenary Hall was constructed, Milagres English Medium institutions were  started and the science section was added to the Milagres College along with the subject of Sociology to the Arts section.

  He was born in Goa, on 9^th May 1920 as the son of Antony D’Cruz. He came to Mangalore and was ordained a priest for the Mangalore Diocese on 6^th April 1948. He served in Mulki, Bellur, Puttur, Trasi and Bendur as Parish Priest. He retired in 1995 from Bendur Parish and thereafter he was the chaplain of Nirmala Convent, Ullal. He spent his last days in Vianney Home, Kankanady where he breathed his last on 18^th June 2005.

  He was a simple and devout priest who looked out for the poor and helped their children for education.   In his memory, the Milagres College Science Association organizes Mangalore University level Science Competitions every year.