The North Indian Capuchin Mission was juridically established in the year 1973, with Br. Blaise as the Superior Regular who retained his place of residence, at Joseph Nagar, Bilaspur, in the diocese of Meerut, as the Headquarters of the jurisdiction.

At the recommendation of the 1977 Mission Chapter Commission, the headquarters was shifted to Shanti Niketan, in the premises of Holy Angels’ School, Sahibabad in 1981, during Br. Peter Celestine’s term of office as the Superior Regular.

With its personnel serving in the dioceses of Jammu-Srinagar (J &K), Jalandhar (Punjab & HP), Meerut (U. P.) and Udaipur (Rajasthan), a place more central and convenient for travel was desired by the friars. The Union Territory of Delhi, being the national capital and the geographical centre of the region, providing easy access to and from by rail, air and road and giving the necessary linkage between different areas of the jurisdiction, was undoubtedly the best choice.

The matter was discussed and approved at the local and provincial levels and referred to the General Minister, who after having consulted the Conference of Major Superiors in India and his definitory, decided in its meeting of January 27, 1989 to grant permission to open a house for the North Indian Mission headquarters in Delhi (Prot. N. 0249/89 dated May 31, 1989). Due permission was also obtained from the Archbishop of Delhi, His Grace Alan de Lastic for the establishment of our house in Delhi, which would be used as the residence of the students of theology as well. 

The initiatives of the then Provincial Minister Br. Stephen Jairaj and Superior Regular Br. Peter Celestine finally bore fruit. A suitable plot of land was procured through the efforts of Br. Valerian. The foundation of the new structure was laid by Definitor General Br. Cherubim Vermeulin on February, 1992, during the historic visit of the General Minister and his definitory to India. The building was ready by the end of the year in 1992 and the Mission headquarters was moved to Yamuna Vihar in the year 1993, during Br. Martin Poothokaren’s term of office as the Superior Regular. 

Since there was a persistant request from the General Minister and St. Francis Province, Kerala the renewal chapter held at Kartarpur in 2004 unanimously resolved to hand over the building and the premises at Yamuna Vihar which had been functioning as the Vice-Provincialate from 1992 to 2006 to the newly constituted Prem Jyoti Custody.

Accordingly, a suitable plot of land was purchased at Kaushambi by then Vice-Provincial Br. Thomas Pullatt in the name of St. Joseph Capuchin Service Society. The foundation stone was laid on April 23, 2005. The building was blessed and inaugurated by Rt. Rev. Bp. Patrick Nair of Meerut on August 16, 2006. Now it serves as the headquarters of the Capuchin Province of Krist Jyoti.