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The Indian Missionary Society is a Catholic religious congregation. It was founded on 3 November 1941 by Fr. Gaspar A Pinto. It is located in Varanasi, U.P., India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ims.ind.in/about.htm|title=The Indian Missionary Society|website=ims.ind.in|language=en|access-date=2017-06-16}}</ref>
The Indian Missionary Society<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Church_of_South_India_The_Indian_Mis.html?id=tCLkAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=The Church of South India, The Indian Missionary Society, Madras, and The National Missionary Society of India Jointly Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Bishop Azariah, the First Indian Bishop and Founder of The Indian Missionary Society and the National Missionary Society, on 5th and 6th October 1974 in Madras|date=1974|publisher=publisher not identified|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecatholicdioceseofmeerut.com/the-indian-missionary-soceity.aspx|title=THE INDIAN MISSIONARY SOCEITY|website=www.thecatholicdioceseofmeerut.com|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deoestgloria.com/in.o.ims.html|title=Religious Life Directory, Indian Missionary Society|website=www.deoestgloria.com|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> is a Catholic religious congregation. It was founded on 3 November 1941 by Fr. Gaspar A Pinto. It is located in Varanasi, U.P., India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ims.ind.in/about.htm|title=The Indian Missionary Society|website=ims.ind.in|language=en|access-date=2017-06-16}}</ref>


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 March 13, 1945. The Generalate (head office) of the IMS is in Varanasi. It is spread in almost 5 regions.
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 March 13, 1945. The Generalate (head office) of the IMS is in Varanasi. It is spread in almost 5 regions<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/221.htm|title=Indian Missionary Society (I.M.S.)|work=GCatholic|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>.


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  • Comment: The one reference added is from the society itself. Please add further references that show that independent, reliable publications have written in-depth articles about the society. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 13:32, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

The Indian Missionary Society[1][2][3] is a Catholic religious congregation. It was founded on 3 November 1941 by Fr. Gaspar A Pinto. It is located in Varanasi, U.P., India.[4]

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 March 13, 1945. The Generalate (head office) of the IMS is in Varanasi. It is spread in almost 5 regions[5].

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  1. ^ The Church of South India, The Indian Missionary Society, Madras, and The National Missionary Society of India Jointly Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Bishop Azariah, the First Indian Bishop and Founder of The Indian Missionary Society and the National Missionary Society, on 5th and 6th October 1974 in Madras. publisher not identified. 1974.
  2. ^ "THE INDIAN MISSIONARY SOCEITY". www.thecatholicdioceseofmeerut.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. ^ "Religious Life Directory, Indian Missionary Society". www.deoestgloria.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. ^ "The Indian Missionary Society". ims.ind.in. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. ^ "Indian Missionary Society (I.M.S.)". GCatholic. Retrieved 2018-02-28.