Indian Missionary Society
The Indian Missionary Society is a Catholic Religious Congregation. It is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
History
It was founded on 3 November 1941 by Fr. Gaspar A Pinto.Fr. Gaspar stayed in a rented house in Maldahiya, Varanasi, when he arrived India. In 1943 he bought a plot of land outside the city and named it Christnagar. He laid the foundation of the Mother House of the IMS in Christnagar. Bishop Angelo Poli of Allahabad canonically erected it as a Society of Indigenous Priests on 13 March 1945. In 1953 Msgr. Jos A. E. Fernandez was appointed first Superior General of the society. The Generalate of the IMS is in Varanasi. It is spread in almost 5 regions