Milestones of the Province


14th Dec 1888 The origin of FCC
26th July 1910 FCC in Trichur Province
26th July 1960 Golden Jubilee of Trichur Province,

Mission started in Agra
20th Jan 1974

Rt. Rev. Bp. Cecil D'Sa, Bishop of Lucknow invited FCC, helped by

Rev. Fr. RaymondMenezes, started Fatima Convent at Shahjahanpur

which became the first house of our Province later. 


Mother Felicita was the Provincial Superior of Trichur Province.
22nd May  1977 St. John's Convent, Gola. Lucknow Diocese.
4th Oct  1979 Trichur Province divided into Trichur, Irinjalakuda & Palakkad.
1st July  1980 Palakkad Province started Mission - Sacred heart Convent, Lakhimpur - Lucknow Diocese.

Sr. Adolphus - the first Mission Superior
25th June 1986 St. Francis Convent in Bareilly.
29th March 1989 Lucknow Diocese bifurcated and institution of Bareilly Diocese. 1st Bishop of new Diocese - Rt. Rev. Anthony Fernandes.
27th Feb 1992 Sr. Adolphus, Mission Superior, expired. 
10th June  1996 Initial Formation, Aspirancy, started in the Region.
10th Sept 1998 Clare Bhavan at Palam in Delhi.
2nd Oct 1999 Shanthi Bhavan, Meerganj - Bareilly Diocese - working with V.C. fathers.
17th Sept 2000 Institution of San Francisco Region at Bareilly. Mother Marianna, Superior General. 

1st Regional Superior - Sr. Tracila.
28th April  2001 Mother Province - Seraphic Province, Palakkad provided a house - San Francisco Mission House at Palakkad.
19th Sept 2001 St. Agnes Convent, Lucknow Diocese.
7th March 2002 Pushpa Sadan, Salempur - Amala Province, Bhopal handed this convent to Bareilly Region.
22nd Nov 2003 Blessing & Inauguration of Regional House, Bareilly.
17th Feb 2011 21st Province of FCC - San Francisco Province, Bareilly was formed. Sr. Mary Elesia elected as the first Provincial Superior.
1st June 2013 Pre-Postulancy Phase II formation started in the Province along with Noida & Rajasthan.
7th Sept 2013

Francis Bhavan, Kakori, in Diocese of Lucknow - first new house inaugurated after becoming a Province. 

21th February 2015Assisi Bhawan, Chaubattia, in the Diocese of Bareilly - Challenging mission handed over from FMM sisters to lit the lamp of Christ in the Himalayan Mountains
6th Dec 2015 

3rd Provincial Election Synaxis. Sr. Elsy John was elected as 2nd Provincial Superior

28th May 2016Blessing of St. Alphonsa Convent, Fatehganj
22nd June 2017FCC residence at Sitarganj, sisters involved in direct evangelization
3rd April 2018

New mission started in collabration with the diocese of Gorakhpur.

27th Nov 20184th Provincial Election Synaxis. Sr. Elsa Grace was elected as 3rd Provincial Superior
21th Nov 2021The blessing of New preparatory block

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