CATHOLIC DIRECTORY u* OF INDIA, fa><i %ta H / 3 U '« T; C S 'iL C h f , 1923 73rd ANNUAL ISSUE OF THE MADRAS CATHOLIC DIRECTORY AND ANNUAL GENERAL REGISTER PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC SUPPLY SOCIETY, MADRAS. PRINTED AT THE “ GOOD PASTOR” PRESS, BROADWAY, MADRAS. Yal* nivfr*>v i.fbrtff New MT4 -Z CA9k y, 7 3 Nihil obstat: J. BEUKERS, Censor Deputatus. Imprimatur: KREYELMANS, v.G. Madras, 7 Octobris 1922. PREFACE. It is no easy tusk to reach perfection, though all are supposed to be on the road to perfection. One often expects from a publi­ cation as the Catholic Directory to be faultless, forgetting conveniently that its correctness depends on so many and such different sources. We cannot thank the Chancellors sufficiently for their readiness in providing the required information, only two dioceses, viz., Dacca and Kandy, having failed to forward the Gazetteer. It has been said more than once that those in the New World and the Old who work for the Missions, love to study the Directory’s pages. (Vide e.g., Missiones Catholicae cura S. C. de Prop. Fide , descriptae.) During the year just closed the Pope of Peace and of the Missions, Benedict XV, was called to his reward. His was a short reign, but being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time. (Wisdom 4, 13.) His Holiness wrote a letter to this country prais­ ing it for the efforts made in connection with Marian Congress, and offering us wise coun­ sels. No doubt every Catholic in this vast country has offered prayers for the repose of his soul. At the present day the Apostolic See is filled by the accession of his successor Pope Pius XI. India too has sustained a loss during the. year under review in the demise of JVIgr. H. Teissier, Bishop of Mysore, but it saw another son of that great apostolic body of France, Mgr. M. Despatures, elevated to that high dignity. The two blocks published in this issue were kindly lent by “ The Angel of the Good Shepherd at Bangalore. The Diocese of Malacca chronicles the consecration of a Co-adjutor, Mgr. L. Perrichon. The Rev. C. Houpert, S.J., contributes an interesting article on the oft mooted question whether we Catholics are progressing in number, and he comes to the conclusion—the Catholic Church is never content with the number of L atholics until everybody is either baptized or has had a fair chance of being baptized—that India’s total is not hopeless. He finds a connection between the number of Priests and the number of Catholics and shows this in his tables, which cover a period of twenty years. May the near future see the number of Priests doubled, and the millions of heathens asking to be instructed. There are no substantial changes in the present Directory, only a few pages of matter riot fully up-to-date were dropped. To the Contributors and the different Chancellors the warmest thanks are offered by M a d r a s , S. w . : ) Feast of the [ THE COMPILER. Epiphany, 1923. ) C o n t e n t s . P a g e Addresses of Priests 382 Agra 80 Ajmer 85 Allahabad 89 Apostolic Delegation 27 Assam 15.6 Bombay ... 95 Burma (Eastern) 346 Burma (Northern) 350 Burma (Southern) ... 353 Calcutta 138 Carmelite Congregation 311 Changanacherry 273 Catholic India and Ceylon 13 Cochin 59 Coimbatore 207 Colombo” 317 Dacca 159 Damaun 49 Despatures, Mgr. M. 25 Ernakulam 285 Galle ... ... ... 330 Goa 28 Hierarchy of India (The) 1 Hyderabad 178 Institutions for Brothers and Catechists 369 Institutions for Nuns and Lady Teachers 370 Jaffna 333 Kafristan and Kashmir 242 Kandy 339 Kottayam 295 Krishnagar 147 Kumbakonam 213 Lahore 238 C o n t e n t s . Page Literature (Catholic Periodicals) ' ... ... 373 Madras ... ... ... ... ... 163 Malacca ... ... ... ... ... 219 Mangalore ... ... ... ... 107 Manner of receiving, etc. ... ... ... 8 Marriages (Mixed) ... ... ... 7 Mylapore ... ... ... ... 67 Mysore ... ... ... ... ... 224 Nagpur ... ... ... ... ••• 183 Obituary Clerical ... ... ... ... 379 Patna ... ... ... ... ... 151 Pondicherry ... ... ... ... 195 Poona ... ... ... ... ... 118 Profession of Faith ... ... ... 8 Priests, List of— ... ... ... ... 382 Quilon ... ... ... ... — 257 Religious Orders and Societies ... ... 364 Residences, List of— ... ••• ••• 452 Rules of Fast and Abstinence ... ••• 5 Seminaries ... ••• ••• ••• 359 Simla ... ... ■ ••• ••• ^35 Syrian Carm6lite Congregation in Malabar ... 311 Syro-Malabar Rite, Churches oE the— ... 263 Teissier, The late Bishop H. ... ... ... 23 Tricbinopoly ... ••• ••• ••• *23 Trichur ... ... ••• ••• ••• 301 Trincomalie ... ••• ••• ••• ^43 Verapoly ... ••• ••• ••• ^45 Yizagapatam ... ••• ••• 189 The Catholic Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon, 1923: Sacred Returns of the year, 1922. From 1st October 19 2 1 to 30th September 1922. Priests. Baptisms. - Members of 02 à <3 .a 1 X Order or © u. .2 Society. OQ a & T3 » _o J5 a Catholic n ”5 oT <D o. » cn u 0 CO « Kcnmrks. 0 & a "3 a a cs- 0 ”0 3 a cu »-1 T3 ja 0 P a 3 . as « S a H 3 <3 B B Ô a 0 i .£ <b a Soi X sa c -a he SI U u 0 1 > Parents. « u 2 0 oS OS matics. « Others. Others. an Protestants Children of l Confessions. Marriages. CL, Funerals. O fo D, Œ Confirmations. I 33 !i Agra 7.808 30 7 30 501 60 300 95,350 297 71 93 1 9( Ajmer 5.794 35 1 35 101 25 250 43,712 145,328 202 30 ... 49! Ill Allahabad 9,223 28 7 28 "'7 108 455 • •• 200 122,509 297 09 ... 105 137 Assam 5,979 15 ... 15 119 20 22 279 18,’ 591 00,237 154 47 ” 41 41 39! Bombay 29,905 33 34 33 ’"4 1,567 610 88 1,113 147,094 290,010 183 399 512 578 990 Burma (Easlern) 22,485 19 ... 19 332 7 1,459 43,770 88,512 864 245 90 Burma (Northern) 10,397 23 5 23 234 27 483 62,484 147,169 410 116 95 109 ’*274 Burma (Southern) 61,429 35 27 34 ”'l 412 42 49 1,779 139,018 354,449 1,477 430 277 452 1.080 From 1st Aug. 1921 to 31st ilu 1 v 1922. Calcutta 221,480 3,748 1,717 453 7,092 691,784 1,670,024 1,571 2,742 1,278 Do. do. Changanacherry 159,024 258 639 140 4,094 1,429,928 1,679 Cochin 112,721 • •• 188 ... 4,401 1.320 2.558 Coimbatore 45,236 31 25 31 282 1,373 70 1,810 133.558 342J80 1,357 435 417 552 992 Colombo 259,726 78 44 1,639 189 9,403 738,689 2,647,589 6 927 2,394 3,443 4,335 Dacca ... ... ... Damaun Ernakulam 113.936 141 1,017 *131 5,509 570.729 624!579 0,727 1,180 1 Vi 10 1.211 2,554 Galle 13,245 22 5 "¿3 ” 4 184 250 35 490 54.358 193,748 33 111 72 109 Goa 320,(372 49 ... 7,847 758 2.437 7.308 Hyderabad 32,815 25 ” 5 "25 2,301 439 87 1,292 182! 350 268!300 541 470 300 300 643 Jaffna 51,750 28 20 28 378 12 L.755 602,484 538 910 1.114 1,424 Kafirisfcan and Kashmir. 16 10 ... 395 17,861 40,914 "73 20 54 Kandy . Kottayam Krislmagar 14!872 "l 090 300 ” 59 541 50,400 42!010 31 190 ’’V o Ï43 479 Kumbnlxonam 103,874 33 14 33 498 3,134 185,175 304.655 209 95C 1,407 2,562 Laliore 20,942 33 33 395 1,304 Ï89 1,030 133,544 2S5 316 200 "374 Madras 58,100 37 '23 30 075 109 47 1.894 234,445 709.880 807 059 "730 843 1,008 Malacca 41,090 : 9 3 3!) "3 1,123 23 1,089 174.344 432,091 1,159 319 3 4 9 472 040 Mangalore 113,985 30 94 30 14 730 605 33 4,570 503.380 1,002,118 407 1,257 2,144' 1,055 2,347 From 1st Jan. 1921 to 31st Dec. 1922. Mylapore 84.675 ... ... 120 27 2.445 291,977 525,1 OS 110 712 1,051 1,046 1.540 Mysore 61,166 42 20 ’ 42 436 108 2,530 743.539 1,036 584 873 1.168 1,427 Nagpur 19,800 27 12 24 '"7 395 .. 13 521 1 215,000 712 107 Pondicherry 142.389 00 29 00 221 924 9 5,041 334^719 (¡70,417 11.051 1.04:5 781 1,233 3.815 Patna 5.355 110 15 210 31, (¡03 32.834 300 42 84 177 Poona 28,586 441 330 53 751 73,03!) 208.179 : 029 20S 254 252 580 Quilon 150.228 ” ’ l 3,329 438 5,201 811,0(10 1,303,000 11,47-1 1,416 905 1,047 3,425 From 1st Aug. 1921 to 31st July 1922. Simla 2,339 " 11 3 11 4 3 22 70 ... j Trichinopoly 279,319 116 63 110 ’ 32 1,062 1,077 223 10,112 1,551 527 3.750,33S 3,3i)i 2,001 3.213 Trichuv 110,208 ... • •• 415,820 505,039 3,171 1,313 1,008 1,254 2’, 090 Triucomalie 9,070 ‘‘l7 4 17 2 132 144 268 52,800 128,571 70 79 205 332 Verapoly 102,417 28 42 28 11 856 240 4,553 857,592 2.752 1,100 "883 1,031 2,259 Vizagapatam 9,233 30 30 ... 204 110 ... 211 138.073 227 02 04 30 173 THE HIERARCHY.. 0F INDIA.