Loreto in India owes its origin to visit made by Dr. Bakhaus to Loreto Abbey, Ireland,
in 1840 to request Mother Teresa Ball to send some sisters to set up a school for
Catholic children in Calcutta.
In 1841, Mother Tersa Ball sent 7 Loreto Sisters and 5 Postulants, all in their
twenties,under the leadership of Delphine Hart to India, announcing that they would
probably never see their homeland again. They were welcomed at Calcutta by Bishop
Carew, and installed at Loreto House, 7 Middleton Row. They were the first congregation
of sisters to come to North India.