Sacred Heart Church, Chandannagar (l'Eglise du Sacré Cœur) is a heritage church situated at

Chandannagar Chandannagar french: Chandernagor ), also known by its former name Chandernagore and French name Chandernagor, is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is part ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

of Indian state of

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. Presently the church is under the supervision of West Bengal Heritage Commission. It's structure is an authentic expression of French architectural style in

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History

The Sacred Heart Church was inaugurated on 27 January 1884 by

Paul Goethals Paul-François-Marie Goethals, Society of Jesus, S.J. (11 November 1832, Kortrijk, Belgium – 4 July 1901, Calcutta, India), was a Belgian Jesuit Catholic priest, priest, missionary in British India and the first Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

, the Archbishop of

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

. The construction started in 1875, during the rule of

French East India Company The French East India Company (french: Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales) was a colonial commercial enterprise, founded on 1 September 1664 to compete with the English (later British) and Dutch trading companies in the ...

in Chandannagar, and was completed in 1884 at the instance of Rev. M. Barthet, assisted by his brother Joachim. It is designed by French Architect Jacques Duchatz.

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