In 1690 an Armenian Bishop, Msgr. D’Adda, built the church of Our Lady of Conception at Ariankuppam, near Pondicherry, for the spiritual needs of mostly Armenian merchants settled there. When this chapel was handed over to the Jesuits, the Bishop retired near the present “Our Lady of Angels’ Church” in the street still named “rue d’ Eveche’” (Bishop’s House Street) and died there. In 1714, the Jesuits built a new church in the place where stood the Armenian chapel and dedicated it to “Our Lady of Good Health” and developed into a major pilgrim centre for the Pondicherry region for centuries.