The Christian Brothers came to India in January 1890. Four Brothers (Vincent Casey, Fabian
Kenneally, Edward Aherne and Ambrose Flynn) arrived in Kolkata from Ireland at the request of
Pope Leo XII. From Kolkata the Brothers moved to St. Patrick's, Asansol the very next year. In
March 1892, the Brothers took over St Joseph’s School,Nainital, which was constructed 3 years
earlier as a Capuchin Seminary.In 1894, a new building, the present red- brick structure, was
erected in Bow bazaar and is now St. Joseph's College, Kolkata. This became the Head Office of
the Christian Brothers till it was moved to St. Columba's New, Delhi in 1980.