The gloriously founded Sacred Heart Church, Richmond Town, Bangalore, has been in existence since 1894 (124 years as on 2018).

Sacred Heart Church traces its origins to a small rented bungalow near the Old Race Course Road ground at the end of Victoria Road near Shoolay (presently Ashok Nagar) which was used both as a Church and as a presbytery. Till 1880, Indian Christians attended services at St. Mary's Church and at St. Francis Xavier's Church. The Sacred Heart Church Parishioners were formerly the members of St. Mary's Church till Most Rev. Augustus Chevalier built a separate Parish cum Presbytery on Victoria Road. Fr. Peter Menezes was the first Parish Priest. By 1886, Sacred Heart Church was transferred to a small bungalow next to the Priests Cemetery due to lack of space. Except on Sundays, daily masses were celebrated at the Victoria road Bungalow; on Sundays; Fr. Cambret took his parishioners to St. Patrick's Church for mass and preached there in Tamil. SHC for a short period was transferred to St. Patrick's but the diocesan authorities reinstated SHC as a separate parish responding to the signs of the times.

In 1893, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Kleiner laid the foundation stone for the construction of the new church. It was Sunday, 23rd Decem- ber, 1893 at 7 am when Rev. Fr. J.M. Cambret first blessed and entered the new church with his parishioners to celebrate Holy Mass. That evening for the first time parishioners received the blessing of the Blessed Sacrament in the church. The first feast was celebrated in 1896.

Unforgettable in the annals of SHC history is Rev. Msgr. J.V. D'souza who was appointed Parish Priest in 1922. He served for 42 years. In 1934, he built a school for boys and girls (at Bon Seccours). He was fondly known as a doctor (since he gave medical remedies to the sick). Father and Guide, Msgr. D'Souza today has a circle named after him. He set up the two side altars of St. Anthony and Little Flower, constructed a marble altar and tiled the floor, and installed the Way of the Cross plaques. He is known to have begun the Corpus Christi procession in SHC.

Fr. Paul Kinatukara started the Sacred Heart Novena in 1965. Fr. Gnanapragasam was instrumental in putting up a portico and years later Fr. John Solomon undertook major renovation work in the Church. Thanks to the efforts of Fr. John Solomon, SHC saw the historic visit of MOTH- ER TERESA on 15th October 1995, and a road and stage named after her.

Rev. Fr. Sagayanathan built the Adoration Center and relocated the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. To com- memorate the beatification of Mother Teresa, a statue was installed at the entry to Mother Teresa road at the circle.

Rev. Fr. Martin Kumar initiated upgrading of the Church windows and installation of lifts to the Parish Community Hall.

Rev. Fr. Jerome Stanislaus, renovated the Sacristy in 2017 and added a mini-community hall to the existing halls and completed the up-gradation of the Church windows. The Archdiocesan Priests cemetery has been renovated and is being well maintained.