Darjeeling bids farewell to the last of Canadian missionaries

Kolkata | Monday | 2nd December, 2019

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Darjeeling: Darjeeling bid a tearful farewell to the last of the Canadian missionaries in this region. Father Bourke was awarded the Madan Puraskar by the Government of Nepal for this book. Father Bourke held different positions including Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese, Darjeeling; Director of Canadian Jesuits International and it's funded programme in the Jesuit province of Darjeeling. In 2006, Father Bourke went down to Prabhu Jisu residence, Matigarah in the plains. On Friday he breathed his last," stated Father KL George, Rector, St Joseph's school, Darjeeling..