Our Lady of Angels Church could established due to Franciscan Order’s missionaries who preached since 1632 for two years. Again from 1674 to 1828 and it was handed over to the local Church body.
Because of these missionaries sincere approach this Roman Catholic Church is active with a great numbers of local devotees.
The church has Greco-Roman architecture which includes the pillars of Greek architecture and the domes and vaulted ceilings of Roman architecture. Louis Guerre was the architect of this church. Faced have twin towers at the corners and dome is at the rear of the church above the Altar.
The church faces east towards the Bay of Bengal. The altar which originally had a statue of Our Lady of Angels, now it houses a holy cross.
The twin towers have stained glass windows. This church is counted among the oldest churches in Puducherry. Napoleon III who was the King of France visited this church in 1855.
This Church remain open 6 am to 12 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm everyday. Masses are held in all the three languages Tamil, French and English. Mass timings starts from 6 am and remain continue in other two languages.