 With this we can trace that Gwalior was a visiting station from 1817; but from the letter of John Baptist Filose to the Capuchin fathers working at Surat, requesting them to send a chaplain to Gwalior, we can conclude that Gwalior had a visiting chaplain even before 1803 (ibid p. 272).It seems that due to lack of missionaries, people who were willing to become Christians were baptized without sufficient instruction to the catholic faith.Therefore, missionaries coming after them had a difficult time.