Loreto Convent

About Institution

In 1942, the priest of Doranda Fr. De-Muelder S.J. invited the Loreto Sisters to open an English Medium School in his Parish, with prospects of heavy industry developing in Ranchi and recruitment of personnel on an all India basis, English would be essential. The sisters explored the possibility of purchasing a suitable site and found that Doranda House, owned by the Misses Cloete, was for sale. The deal was struck. In February 1943. Mother Leila Maguire opened the doors of Loreto Convent, Doranda to the first pupils, a group of girls and boys. (Boys remained until St. Xavier’s opened in 1960).