Bishop of Darjeeling

Bishop's Crest

It expresses the history, composition and the guiding of the Diocese of Darjeeling.

SNOW-CAPPED KANCHENJUNGA RANGE AGAINST A BLUE SKY:
God the Father, Creator of the Universe, has given Darjeeling the geographic uniqueness in its ever white purity challenging all to the highest of ideals of sincerity and peace.

RED:
Colour of sacrifice and zeal. It symbolises the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ.

THE DOVE:
Symbol of the Holy Spirit who is the source of holiness and giver of life.

GREEN:
Symbol of Hope and life. It also depicts the Tea gardens and vegetation in the Hills of Darjeeling-Sikkim-Bhutan

'CHI' & ‘RHO’: (Greek Letters)
are symbols of Christ and Mary. Christ reining over us all and whose kingdom we are committed to establish, in union with Mary. This ensures continuation of the mission of Christ, for which, the late Bishop Eric Benjamin had spent himself.

THE CROWN AND SILKEN SCARF:
They symbolise LOVE and RESPECT for the Most Holy Trinity, which is a Unity of three Persons.
THE MOTTO IN LATIN: 'FIAT IN FIDE’: Means, " YES IN FAITH" - a summary of the entire Episcopal Ministry to do Gods will at all times in faith.

The Catholic church entered in this beautiful Hill of Darjeeling by the advent of the Irish Loreto Nuns in 1846 followed by Fr. John McGirr a Capuchin missionary and the first chaplain to the Loreto nuns. Dr. Carew, the Archbishop of Calcutta entrusted to a committee of lay people Mr. William Moran, Mr.R.J. Loughnan and Captain Samler to find a suitable piece of land for the Convent, School and so on. Thus they managed to buy three plots of land. The first site known as “Sunny Bank “now is St. Robert`s Higher Secondary School and the Bishops House complex. The second is now Loreto Convent and the School, The third is now a beautiful Loreto garden. The Jesuits, who arrived in Darjeeling to replace the Capuchins, shifted the school to North point and Archbishop Goethals built a presbytery there in 1891. This presbytery became the residence for the priests who looked after the faithful of Darjeeling and a Health Centre for the sick priests. Later this house was named Archbishop`s House in order to distinguish it from other protestant denominations. This was also known as the summer resident of Archbishop of Calcutta. In 1962 when Darjeeling became a Diocese , Archbishop of Calcutta handed over this beautiful house to the first bishop of Darjeeling and is  now known as Bishop`s House, Darjeeling

Bishop's House
17, Dr. Yen Singh Road,
PO & District - Darjeeling - 734101
West Bengal
India