A grand annual procession was carried out to the Ross Hill Church to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary in Visakhapatnam.
Thousands of devotees Participated in the colourful procession that began from St. Aloysius' High School.The Ross Hill Church, located at the entrance of the Visakhapatnam harbour, has an interesting history.A judge called Ross after whom the hill got its name owned a bungalow on the hill. In 1866, the then Bishop Msgr J.M. Tissot acquired the bungalow.An altar was erected and blessed as a chapel on August 15, 1867, by the then Vicar General Fr. Richard.

Cyclones in 1870 and 1876 wrought havoc and affected the chapel too.
A chapel was solemnly blessed in May, 1877 and a new statue of Our Lady placed in it. A new church was built by Fr. Contat with the permission of the Bishop.

The new church was blessed by Bishop Clerc on December 6, 1905.

Since 1900 the taking out of a procession from St. Aloysius School to the hill on December 8 began.