Draft:Sacred Heart Church Bangalore, India

Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic Church situated in Richmond road, in the city of Bangalore. It was built in 1895 during the British Rule in India. ‎

The Bangalore Metropolitan Archdiocesan Cemetery for Priests is situated in the premises of Sacred Heart Church.

History


In 1876, Bishop August Chevalier, a French Catholic Priest affiliated with the Paris Foreign Mission Society, established Sacred Heart Church in a small cottage on Victoria Road.

Later, in order to accommodate the growing congregation, a new church was constructed on Richmond Road. It was consecrated in the year 1895, by Rev. Jean-Marie Combret, after the building was finished.