Christianity in Nepal

Catholic Christianity

According to the historians, Jesuit fathers came to Nepal in the 14th and then in the 17th century. In their second visit, they were able to win the hearts of the Malla Kings in Bhaktapur. Unfortunately the Catholics, and for that case the Christians had to be expelled from the nation when the Mallas in Kathmandu fell to the advancing power of the Shah king from Gorkha. The third advent of the Catholic took place nearly two centuries later after the collapse of Rana regime in 1950. At present, there are some 7,000 Catholics in Nepal, for whom an Apostolic Prefecture was created in 1996. The prefect, Anthony Francis Sharma, a Nepalese Jesuit, was ordained bishop in 2007. Most of the Catholics are in the Terai region bordering India, though there are parishes in Kathmandu and Pokhara as well. Catholics in the east Terai have faced severe persecution in the hands of Hindu religious fundamentalist group, and the parish in Kathmandu came under attack in the year 2009 killing four and severely wounding over a dozen. The Catholics are the first Christian group that brought the modern education to Nepal. Two schools in Kathmandu valley; St. Xavier and St. Marry's are still the prominent schools in Nepal from where many of the political and wealthy elites have gotten their education.

Concern for the health of the church
(this section has been deleted because the writer(s) appeared to be vending their personal griviences in a place like this. Could someone write a proper article for a topic such as this?) The new Constitution of Nepal supposedly provides for religious freedom, ^[2] but proselytism is frowned upon.^[2] Some foreign preachers have been expelled from the country. ^[2]