19, Dent Mission Road, Kidderpore, Kolkata-700023 : Sunday Worship Timing – 9:30am
On 19th June 1963, The then Bishop of Calcutta, George Edward Lynch Cotton wrote a letter to Sir William Dent working in the Bengal Civil Service, suggesting the establishment of a native Christian Church and a school at Kidderpore, emphasising the teaching of English at the school. This is how St. Barnabas church became a reality.
The inspection in memoriam to William Dent honoured his as the founder of the mission in 1863. He made over a large sum of money to Bishop Cotton out of which the site and parsonage were bought in 1866 and the Church was built in 1867. The Church was dedicated to St. Barnabas and was
consecrated by Bishop Robert Milman on 23rd December’ 1867.
William Dent died on 6th December 1882. Rev. Madhusudan Seal became the Vicar. He was a Christian convert and later he became a priest. The church building was built under the supervision of Rev. Madhusudan Seal and a school was also started as per the advice of Bishop Cotton and the same was named St. Barnabas M. E. School. Rev. Madhusudhan Seal, in his later life, joined as a missionary in the Sindh area (Present day Pakistan).
In 1967, the Diocese of Calcutta celebrated the hundred years jubilee of this Church under the leadership of Metropolitan Lakdasa De’Mel. In the year 2003 the Church was badly damaged but it was comprehensively repaired by the Diocese. A present this Church has a totally Bengali speaking congregation and is under St. Peter’s Pastorate situated in Barisha.
St. Paul’s Cathedral(Between 1858 – 1861); St. Johns’ Church, Consecrated on 24 June 1787; Union Chapel(1821); St. Andrew’s Church(Opened for public worship on 8 March 1818); Calcutta Hill Christian Church; CNI Wesleyan Church; St. Stephen’s Church, Kidderpore, Consecrated in 1846); St. Thomas’ Church, Mirza Ghalib Street(Opened for public Worship on November 20th 1831); St. Barnabas’ Church, Consecrated on 23rd December’ 1867; St. James Church, Kolkata, Consecrated on 25th July 1864; St. Thomas’ Church, Howrah, Consecrated in 1832; St. Luke’s Church, Bosekati; Sadhu Sundar Singh Girja, Bankra; Christ Church, Liluah (Hindi); Christ Church, Liluah (Bengali); Church of the Epiphany, Established in 1863; Jibon Jyoti Upasanaloy; St. Bartholomew’s Church; St. Johns Church Nahazari; St. Peter’s Church, Inaugurated on 20th June, 1945; St. Nicholas Church; Oxford Mission Chapel; Prabhu Jishu Mandir (Geonkhali); St. Mary’s Church, Consecrated on 16th February, 1889; Duff Church, Established in 1848; Christ Church Kolkata, Dedicated in 1839; St. George’s Church; Dedicated on 1st January 1936; Holy Trinity Church, (Opened for public Worship in November,1826); Emmanuel Church, Krishnapur, Established in 1829; St. James’ Church Baranagar; Serampore Johnnagar Church founded in 1880; Chinsurah Church, founded in 1825; St. Saviour’s Hindi Church, built in 1449; St. Saviour’s Tamil Church, started functioning in 1860; Bhowanipore Congregational Church; Osmond Memorial Church, founded in 1868;