PROVINCE OF RANCHI

The early part of the history of Ranchi Province forms a part of the history of the Indian Province. When the whole of India was one Province and when late Bro. Louis Bureau (Bro. Eleazar) was the Provincial Superior, that Brothers set foot in Chotanagpur at the invitation of Rev. Fr. Moyerson, s.j. the Jesuit Provincial and that of the Archdiocese of Ranchi, in 1955. Again, when the Indian Province was divided into three Regions in 1967, the history of Chotanagpur mission of the Brothers became a part of the history of the Northern Region, under the Regional Superior, Bro. John of the Sacred Heart, succeeded by late Bro. Ambrose. When this Northern Rgion was raise to a Province in 1975, with late Bro. Ambrose as the first provincial Superior, the early history of the present Ranchi Province can be traced to that Province. The Northern Province, due to its growth and geographical vastness, was divided into two Regions on 28-4-1982: Delhi Region and Ranchi Region. Thus, one has to study the history of the above two Provinces (Indian Province and Province of North India) to have a correct Perspective of the Ranchi Province and its early history.