St. Xavier’s School, Patna, established and owned by Patna Jesuits, India is a body
registered under the societies Registration Act, 1860, having its office at Patna.
The Patna Province office is also in St. Xavier’s School, Patna. On 10 September
1919, Pope Benedict XV issued his apostolic letter Nova in India, to establish
the Diocese of Patna and entrusted it to the Jesuits. Fr. Vladamir Ledochowski,
the then Superior General of the Society of Jesus, assigned the Jesuits of the Missouri
Province to this new mission. In 1921, Frs. William Eline, SJ, Henry Milet, SJ,
Edward Anderson, SJ, Patrick Troy, SJ, and Thomas Kelly, SJ. the first five Jesuits
of Missouri Province came to this mission in Patna. In 1928, the Chicago Province
was formed from Missouri Province. Patna mission was handed over to Chicago Province.
Again in 1956, Chicago province was divided to create a new Detroit Province. Over
155 Jesuits from America, mainly from these two provinces came as missionaries and
served people of Bihar in Patna mission. The hardwork and the generosity of Missouri,
Chicago and Detroit provinces, raised Patna mission soon to a vice-province and
then in 1962, to an independent province. Some of famous and best institutions of
Jesuits Patna Province are -
- St. Michael’s High School, Patna
- St. Xavier’s College of Education, Patna
- St. Xavier’s College, Patna
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