Old Mission Church, Kolkata

Old Mission Church is the oldest Protestant Church, and the second oldest church in Kolkata.

[1] The Church is situated at R. N Mukherjee Road in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[2] Lord Clive invited John Zachariah Kiernander, a Swedish Lutheran missionary from south India to settle in Kolkata to promote Christian knowledge.

Kiernander started the construction of the church in 1767, [3] and completed the Old Mission Church in 1770.

[4] Initially the church was known as Lal Girja (Red Church).