 Making use of the fund they raised, they wished to have their own Knanaya Catholic Church at Cherpunkal so that they can avoid difficult journey of six kilometers to Paingalam for services like baptism, wedding, and funeral.After the establishment of the Diocese of Kottayam on 29 August 1911 exclusively for Knanaya Catholics by Pope Pius X, partition was made between Knanaya and non-Knanaya parishioners of the Paingalam church on 14 November 1912.At that time 1278 members belonged to 225 Knanaya Catholic families and 376 members of 73 families belonged to non-Knanaya families.