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CATHOLIC DIRECTORY OF INDIA 1924 74th 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 t ile Divinity Library Hew Haven. Conn, M r - f ä V. 7? Nihil obstat. W . BOUTER, Censor Deputat us. Imprimatur : * J. AELEN, Archbishop of Madras. Madras, 17th December 1923. PREFACE. Upon the writer of this Preface devolves the two-fold duty of introducing the Direc tory of the year to the public, and of apologis ing at the same time for its shortcomings. The first is by far the easier task of the two, for the simple reason that the Directory is now in its seventy-fourth year and is quite capable of chaperoning itself. By its regular annual appearance for the past 74 years it has secured a well-merited place in the refe rence library of every one who pretends to have any business with the Hierarchy of India, Burma and Ceylon—a place which, in the present order of things, is undisputed. With this assurance it bows itself into notice ^ again this year. 3 1 he second task, however, is slightly more difficult, since it evolves the odious task Ivof apologising ‘ by shifting the blame on to another.’ The Compiler is at the best only a Compiler and has to depend both for the amount and the correctness of his informa- fition upon the sympathetic co-operation of | the various dioceses throughout the length ^and breadth of this vast country. Thanks, .iihowever, tjo the ready co-operation of all the sj dioceses—save one—the necessary and latest information has been obtained and recorded. >JThere is, however, another element of excuse 3 lor the shortcomings of this issue. Owing B to the lamentable death of Rev. Fr. Beukers, who for the past nine years compiled the Directory with painstaking care and trouble, and the serious illness of his successor in this task, the compilation of the book has been considerably disturbed and all omissions and errors, it is hoped, will be indulgently excused and charitably put down to this double affliction. Reviewing the necrology of the past year, one notices with deep regret the deaths of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Van Reeth, S.J., Bishop of Galle, and the Rt. Rev. Dr. Julien Andrew Brault, O.ML, Bishop of Jaffna; while the Archdiocese of Madras has been singularly unfortunate in losing five priests during the year 1923—the Rev. Fathers Klienschneider, Beukers, Merkes, Grand and Rajanather, all of whom were still in active service at the time of their death. Finally, the outstanding events in Indian Ecclesiastical Polity are, doubtless, the erec tion of the Indian Bishopric of Tuticorin, the separation of the Diocese of Calicut from Mangalore with the prospect of an Indian Bishop over the latter, and lastly, the estab lishment of the Hierarchy in the Syrian Vicariates Apostolic of Malabar, with the election of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Augustine Kanda- thil as Metropolitan of the Syrian Catholics of Malabar. The sincerest thanks of the Compiler are due to all who have co-operated in the com pilation of this Directory. C o n t e n t s . Page Addresses of Priests ... ••• 345 Agra ... s.. 53 Ajm er 59 Allahabad ... •• 63 Apostolic Delegation i Assam 130 Beukers, The late Rev. Fr. J. ... ... XXXV Bombay ... ... 69 Brault, Andrew, The late Bishop of Jaffna xxiii Burma (Eastern) ... 318 Burma (Northern) ... ... 322 Burma (Southern) ... ... 325 Calcutta ... 112 Carmelite Congregation 285 Changana cherry ... 246 Catholic India and Ceylon ... ... xiii Cochin • •• ... 32 Coimbatore ... ... 181 Colombo • • ... 291 Dacca • • ... 133 Damaun ... 22 Dospatures, Mgr. M. ... ... 25 Ertgakulam ... 258 Gralle ••• ... 303 Goa ... 1 Hierarchy of India (The) ... i Hyderabad ... 152 Institutions for Brothers and Catechists 341 Institutions for Nuns and Lady Teachers 342 Jaffaa 306 Kafristan and Kashmir ••• ... 215 I£andy ... 311 Kleinschneider, The late Rev Fr. J. xxix Kottayam ... 268 C o n t e n t s . P age t n Krishnagar ... ... ‘ ... ... 121 jKumbakonam ... ... ... ... 186 'L a h o re ' ... ... ... ... 211 Literature (Catholic Periodicals) ... ... 435 Madras ... ... ... ... 137 Malacca ... ... ... ... ]92 Mangalore ... ... ... ... 81 Manner o£ receiying, etc. ... ... ... viii Marriages (M ixed) ... ... ... vii Merkes, The late Rev. Fr. A. ... ... ... xxxix Mylapore ... ... ... 40 Mysore ... ... ... ... ... 197 Nagpur ... ... ... ... ... 157 Obituary (Clerical) ... ... ... 440 Patna ... ... ... ... ... 125 Pondicherry ... ... ... ... 169 Poona ... ... ... ... ... 92 Profession of Faith ... ... ... via Priests, List of— ... ... ... ... 345 Quilon ... ... .,. ... ... 230 Religious Orders and Societies ... 336 Residences, List of— ... ... ... 415 llules of Fast and Abstinence ... ... v Seminaries ... ... ... ... 331 Simla... ... ... ... ... 208 Syrian Carmelite Congregation in Malabar ... 285 Syro-Malabar Rite, Churches of the— ... ... 241 Teissier, The late Bishop H. ... ... ... 23 Trichinopoly ... ... ... ... 97 Trichur ... ... , ... ... ... 274 Trincomalie ... ... ... ... 315 Tuticorin ... ... ... ... n o Verapoly ... ... ... ... 218 Yizagapatam ... ... ... ... 153 The Catholic Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon, 1924 : Sacred Returns of the year 1923. From 1 st October 1922 to 30th September 1923. • Priests. Baptisms. 1 j C ers of r or >w. m m >w. ety. ------- Remarks. uM ® Parents. matics. U.S.A. g g s Funerals, Marriages. H. H. Viaticums. Confirmations. H. H. Communions. Confessions. Children Children of Catholic Protestants and Schis Pagan Pagan children. Others. From From Europe, U.S.A. Catholic Catholic Population. O Pagan adults. From From Europe, j j Extreme Unctions. * Agra 8,256 28 6 28 2 51 66 264 124,396 186 76 68 70 203 Ajm er 6,341 36 2 36 127 25 276 45,045 147,816 244 61 67 139 Allahabad 9.800 28 7 28 32 78 326 33,541 128,947 166 75 ” *95 88 143 ^Assam 6,229 11 11 267 *14 49 37C 23.295 75,071 143 87 44 44 86 Bom bay 28.723 43 *32 43 732 494 292 1,044 205,433 475.921 652 296 693 712 1,096 205 195 - 118 Burma (Eastern) 22,805 19 ... 19 270 ... 31 1,127 45,198 92,578 134146 172 ‘*388 Burma (Northern) 10,617 23 *5 23 219 • * . 40 510 62,113 151,487 320 Burma (Southern) 61,107 36 28 36 621 57 1,793 138,680 362,703 933 490 295 452 1,063 2,609 1,384 ... ''Calcutta 182,661 139 30 139 Ï3 5,485 • . 585 9,078 758,065 1,776,055 ... Changanacherry ... 251 • •• 43 • . 1,256 *977 1,466 2,418 Cochin 112,721 2 64 9 1 186 ... " ’l5 4,544 ... Coimbatore 45.556 31 25 31 316 34 1,752 145,943 369,096 346 427 496 523 1,111 3,474 6,783 C olom b o 265,299 77 47 1.628 ... 138 8,642 758,513 2,654,610 5,628 2,057 4,450 ... ... ... Daeca ... ... ... ... ... ... Damaun ... • • • ... Ernakulam 126,' 937 Ï43 3,'949 138 5,195 567Ì726 746!159 8,446 1,440 1,095 1,403 2,*539 141 88 ... 19 132 Oalle 13,767 18 6 18 *“ l 128 ... 21 477 55,940 210,957 •Goa ... ... ... • •• ... Hyderabad - ... 35Ì546 *25 "5 ”25 1,925 121 1Ï315 157,555 35Ï394 1,292 "42S ... '*289 *760 591 809 996 1,974 -Jaf£na__ 51.023 28 25 28 341 ... 14 1,718 ... 589,685 ... Kafiristan and Kashmir.. 5,000 16 16 62 862 15,277 51,961 48 27 35 42 38 ... ... "Kandy ... ... ... Kottayam ... Krishnagar 15Ì 991 19 *19 "703 *310 ’” 53 "569 8,509 7‘, 527 "¿83 ’Ï73 " ’83 *118 *383 Kumbakonam 105,035 33 15 33 384 34 3,40i? 196,022 336.482 6,155 1,096 721 1.112 317 *536 "Lahore 28,769 33 33 587 ... 1,391 148,526 690 Madras 58,372 38 23 37 959 4',677 125 2,283 27*0! 102 622,448 564 663 *712*835 1,299 Malacca , 44,514 33 3 33 1,211 40 1.868 196,117 502,644 1,220 4 07 505 620 884 Mangalore 115,465 31 84 31 *13 512 751 74 4,236 603,295 1,044,562 3,693 1,099 2,112 1,529 2,292 Mylapore 82,160 119 26 1,844 173,770 411,754 686 608 045 911 543 840 1,076 1,603 -‘Mysore 59,732 43 ’ Ï9 43 1,006 ... 66 2,456 29,701 693,707 1,729 258 ... Nagpur 20,000 26 12 26 " 7 752 ... 24 679 207,054 416 2,612 3,071 ’*781 1,309 3,700 Pondicherry 142,738 67 30 67 277 ... 59 4,957 330^877 672,528 Patna 5,622 6 8 6 553 30 257 43,964 98,760 198 71 77 139 Poona 23,597 176 57 835 67,618 208,721 755 167 253 307 587 6,088 1,359 899 1,180 2,601 Quilon 164,05 L • • ♦ 5,268 862,000 1,538,000 ... Simla » M ... ... ... ... ... *'* Trichinopoly and Tuti- corin 279,319 1Í 6 65 116 34 1,467 209 9,733 1,652,287 3,067,012 4,998 2,460 ... 2,877 Trichur 113,698 165 307 5,360 1,981,983 2,390,537 4,635 1,469 992 1,196 2,*342 Trincomalie 9,380 Ï7 3 17 148 14 274 50,582 139,708 203 91 ... 235 358 1,082 2,044 Verapoly 105,711 29 44 51 29 11 1,123 4,595 . 884,750 3,825 994 1,191 84 41 83 130 Vizagapatam 9,801 31 2 31 4 538 ... ... 275 38,754 150,527 220 THE HIERARCHY OP INDIA. CREATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIII. 1st September 1886. APOSTOLIC DELEGATION. THE MOST REVEREND PETER PISANI, Archbishop of Constance. R esidence.— The Apostolic Delegation, High Ground, Bangalore (on leave in Italy.) Under the Sacked Congregation of EXTRAORDINARY ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.