Sacred Heart Church
3762+8M4, North Point, Darjeeling, Pattabong Tea Garden, West Bengal 734104, IndiaSacred Heart Church is a catholic church located in Darjeeling, West Bengal. The average rating of this place is 4.30 out of 5 stars based on 24 reviews. The street address of this place is 3762+8M4, North Point, Darjeeling, Pattabong Tea Garden, West Bengal 734104, India. It is about 1.84 kilometers away from the Darjeeling railway station.
- Where is Sacred Heart Church located?
- Sacred Heart Church is located at 3762+8M4, North Point, Darjeeling, Pattabong Tea Garden, West Bengal 734104, India.
- What is the nearest railway station from Sacred Heart Church?
- Darjeeling railway station is the nearest railway station to Sacred Heart Church. It is nearly 1.84 kilometers away from it.
Vivek 34 months ago
Sacred Heart Church is located in Singamari, Darjeeling behind the Singamari Taxi stand. It is at a walkable distance from St Joseph's College and the North Point School. The Church is also very close to Tourist destinations like the Ropeway and the Darjeeling Himalayan Zoo. It is said that the establishment of the Church can be attributed to the efforts of Fr. Joseph Ford, who was a Belgium Jesuit.
He came to St. Joseph’s School in the year 1895, and started pondering over creating a Catholic community around North Point.
With this in mind Fr Ford recruited employees from the school run by Jesuits at Kurseong. In 1898, a Church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was made to the local Catholics.
By then, the Rector of the school was in-charge of the local Catholics. All baptisms used to take place in Town Parish church until 1951.
The first baptism was of Rudolf Subba, by Fr Jack Coffy, SJ. In 1955, Sacred Heart Church was given its autonomy and Fr Jack Coffy was appointed the first Parish Priest.
Shiva Pillai 58 months ago
We were here for my brother in law's wedding. Liked the service at the wedding and there was space to accommodate around 500 guests. The only issue was that at night, toilet becomes difficult to access as it gets very dark and there are no lights in the toilet
Sonam Wangdi Sherpa 46 months ago
I was here for the funeral of one known to me. Community hall is big enough to arrange and manage crowd more that 200.
- Address
- 3762+8M4, North Point, Darjeeling, Pattabong Tea Garden, West Bengal 734104, India
