The history of the Catholic Diocese of Bareilly goes back to January 1989 when existing as a part of the Diocese of Lucknow it was separated and made a new Diocese. At present it includes 9 Districts of U.P. namely Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Nainital, Almora, Udham Singh Nagar, Pithoragarh, Champavat and Bageshwar.
This is a registered religious-charitable Society belonging to the Christian minority, whose chief objective is to render service to the people through education, health service and social work without discrimination of caste, creed and language. Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius D'Souza who is the Spiritual Head of the Catholic Community in these 9 districts is also the President of this Society. Under this parent Society, there is also the Bishop Conrad De Vito Memorial Catholic Education Society, a registered body under the chairmanship of Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius D'Souza. The aim of this society is to establish and administer educational institutions under the direction of Article 30 of the constitution, in various parts of the, State to carry on theliteracy mission, to impart quality education and value education, to make our young students responsible citizens of our country.
There are a number of schools run by this Society majority of which are Hindi medium in rural areas. They specially take care of the poor children, particularly the girls in interior villages. It takes great efforts to run Non Formal Education Centres and Adult Literacy Centres for non school going children.
Mother Teresa Memorial School, Kareilly, Bareilly is one of the institutions run by this Society and has been imparting education to thousands of students. This is a well sought after school in the city as it is known for its quality education, discipline, value education and extracurricular activities. The school is located at Kargaina, Kareilly, Bareilly, near Parag Milk Dairy
Nuns (Rev. Sisters) belonging to the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary Congregation render their helping hand in the day-to-day administration and academic work of the School.
The students have excellent facilities for sports and games. They participate in various local, state and National level competitions.
Thus, this premier Christian Institution has been serving the people of Kareilly, Bareilly and its neighbourhood since years providing quality education to the children. God has blessed this Institution abundantly and it remains ever grateful to God, to the Catholic Diocese of Bareilly, the Bareilly Education Society, and to Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius D'Souza, the President and patron of this Institution and its dedicated Principals, Staff members and well wishers.