St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Kurseong

This Church is situated by the side of Kurseong-Darjeeling road, half a kilometer away from Kurseong railway station.

Fr Ignatius Koch was appointed Chaplain for the Himalayan Railways in 1884, since Kurseong had a large number of British and Eurasians. Fr Koch took care of the spiritual needs of the Catholics. Dak-Bunglow served as the church for the Catholics of Kurseong. With the increase in the Catholic population, the Dak-Bunglow was inadequate. Therefore, on 9^th March 1904, Fr Bernard, blessed the first stone for a new church. The church was ready by 15^th January 1905, and blessed by Archbishop Meulemann of Calcutta. The church was dedicated to St. Paul, the patron saint of the former Archbishop Paul Goethals.

St. Paul’s Parish Catholic Association ( SPPCA ) was founded in 1958 during the tenure of Fr Henricks. Fr Wery took interest in Liturgy and translated hymns from English and Hindi into Nepali.

The sub-stations of Church are Mahanadi and Tindaria.