The earliest Christian presence was felt in the 18th century and the first record of priests visiting the area goes back to 1870s. This station was visited by priests from Bandikui and Agra. Until 1951 this station remained under the Arch diocese of Agra. Then it was transferred to Ajmer diocese. A small dome shaped Church was built on the land given by the Raja of Alwar in 1897 and is one of the oldest in the State. The first residential priest was Fr. Jose Anikatt who was sent there to open a school. He began the school in a rented building in 1987 and later a plot of land was bought and the school was shifted to the newly constructed building in 1988. In the same year, the C.M.C. Sisters of Kanjirapally Province opened a convent to help in the school and in the Parish. The Missionaries of Charity (MC) Sisters opened an Ashram to serve the disabled and other needy patients on 7th October 1993. In 1994, they started a Shishu Bhawan too.

Name of the Church	Holy Family Church
Patron Saint	Holy Family
Year of Establishment	1870
Number of Catholics	170 (45Families)
Address of the Parish	Holy Family Church, Kedal Ganj, Delhi Road, Alwar – 301 001 Rajasthan.

INSTITUTIONS

Chavara Sadan Convent, C/o. St. Anselm’s Sr. Sec. School
Delhi Road, Alwar – 301 001, Rajasthan.

Prem Niwas (Missionaries of Charity), Mother Teresa Home
Kedalganj, Alwar – 301 001, Rajasthan.

St. Anselm’s Sr. Sec. School,
Delhi Road, Alwar – 301 001 Rajasthan.

Bandikui was a small Railway Colony with a good number of Catholics during the time of British rule. But after the Independence most of them left and few local Catholics remained there. The mission station was visited by missionaries from Agra, since 1870, and then there must have been a small but flourishing Catholic community. The first Church to be built in Rajasthan, apart from Jaipur, was that of Bandikui. It was built in 1886 and the Priest’s house was built in 1893. Fr. Macedo became the first Parish Priest. In the year 1957 at the request of Fr. Amandus OFM. Cap., Prabhudasi Sisters of Ajmer went there to help in the apostolate. They opened an Ashram in the year 1959 and later on they opened a Hindi Medium School and a Dispensary and visited the houses in the villages. In the beginning the Sisters lived in the Railway quarters and educated the children under the shade of the trees in the church campus. Later a bigger plot of land was purchased by the Diocese near the Railway Colony and buildings were constructed for a Convent, School and Hospital. Considering the needs of the time and the continuous demand of the parents, an English Medium School was started in 2005.

Name of the Church	St. Francis of Assisi Church
Patron Saint	St. Francis of Assisi
Year of Establishment	1886
Number of Catholics	31
Address of the Parish	St. Francis of Assisi Church, Railway Colony, Bandikui Dausa Dt. -303 313, Rajasthan.

INSTITUTIONS

St. Francis Assisi Ashram, C/o St. Francis Assisi School
Bandikui, Dausa Dist - 303 313, Rajasthan,

St. Francis Assisi School,
Gudha Road, Bandikui, Dausa Dist- 303 313 Rajasthan,

St. Francis Assisi School,
Gudha Road, Bandikui - 303 313 Dausa Dist, Rajasthan,

St. Francis of Assisi Maternity Home, C/o St. Francis of Assisi School
Gudha Road, Bandikui, Dausa Dist. - 303 313, Rajasthan.

The Delhi Region of Society of Jesus acquired land from RIICO (Rajasthan Industrial Investment Corporation). In 1990, Fr. George Karakunnel, S.J., began residing in Behror and started a school in a rented building with the help of the Mission Sisters of Ajmer (MSA) who came in the year 1992. Later land was purchased and the school was shifted to the new building in 1993. During the mid nineties, Fr. Chacko Kavat, SJ, started a full-fledged parish.

Name of the Church	St. Francis Xavier Church
Patron Saint	St. Francis Xavier
Year of Establishment	1996
Number of Catholics	58 (18 families)
Address of the Parish	St. Francis Xavier’s Church, RIICO Industrial Area, Phase- II Behror, Alwar Dt – 301 701, Rajasthan.

INSTITUTIONS

St. Xavier’s school.
RIICO Industrial Area, Phase- II Behror, Alwar Dt – 301 701, Rajasthan.

The Jesuits were entrusted with the Bhiwadi mission in August 1987. Fr. Tony Chelakat S.J. of St. Xavier’s Jaipur was taking care of the spiritual needs of the Catholics of Bhiwadi from 1987 onwards. In 1989 Fr. George Karakunnel S.J. was sent there as the resident Priest. The sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Graces (FSLG) opened a convent to help in the Parish as well as in the school. In 1992 the school was started and presently the classes are up to secondary level. St. Ignatius of Loyola Church building was blessed by Most. Rev. Oswald Lewis, Bishop of Jaipur and was inaugurated by Rev.Fr. John Ari, SJ, Provincial of Delhi Jesuit Province, on 26th of August 2007. The social Animation work too is carried out by the Fathers and Sisters.

Name of the Church	St. Ignatius of Loyola Church
Patron Saint	St. Ignatius of Loyola
Year of Establishment	1987
Number of Catholics	350 (80 Families)
Address of the Parish	St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, C/o. St. Xavier’s School Bhagat Singh Colony, PB No. 28, Bhiwadi, Alwar Dt. – 301 019 Rajasthan.

INSTITUTIONS

Maria Sadan ( Formation House),
D-7, Bhagat Singh Colony PB No. 28, Bhiwadi, Alwar Dt, Rajasthan- 301 019

Kripa Sadan ( FSLG),
A -169, Bhagat Singh Colony, PB No. 28, Bhiwadi, Alwar Dt, Rajasthan- 301 019,

St. Xavier’s School (SJ),
Bhagat Singh Colony, PB No. 28, Bhiwadi, Alwar Dt. – 301 019, Rajasthan.

Social Work Center ,
A -158, Bhagat Singh Colony, PB No. 28, Bhiwadi, Alwar Dt, Rajasthan- 301 019,