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l o N'192575thANNUALI SSUEOFTHEM A D RA SCATH O LI CDI RECT O
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J.AELEN,ArchbishopofMadrasMadras,17thDecember1924.witzs/on
sPREFACE.This,theSeventy-Fifthissueofthe
CatholicDirectoryofIndia,Burmaand Ceylon, goes out under the happy
auspices of aBlessingfromtheVisitorApostolicto India.His Excellency
the MostRevel.Alexis H. Lepicier, O.S.M.,DD.,has verygraciously
blessedtheCompilerandallthosewho have co-operated
withhiminbringingout the Directory.Thatthisissue hasmerited in any
specialmannerthis courteoustreatment, is,to the Compiler,amatter of
doubt, for heis fullyaware thatinspiteofevery effortat
accuracy,errors and misprints have creptin.Yet,hefeelssurethatthis
Volume, like its, renownedpredecessors,goes forth on its annual
mission ofusefulness and interesttoa largenumberofCatholics of
India,BurmaandCeylon.In thenameof hisCo-operatorsandinhisownname,
the Compiler thanks His ExcellencytheVisitor
Apostolicforhisverykindthoughtand Blessing.It is a pleasantduty
also to the Compiler tothank allthosewhohave helpedhim in getting
out thisissue,though hehas also to confess that a fewhave
failedinsubmitting >theusualsacredreturns.ToRev.J.c.
5HoupertS.J.,ofTrichinopoly, thewriter of
^thatinterestingandinstructivearticleChristianityinI ndi a,
basedonstatistics,the the Compiler is deeply indebted, and to those
who havekindlysubmittedsuggestionsfor improving the Directory he
proffers the hope that thenextissue willbe abletoembody
them.Thoughit is notthelegitimatetaskof
thePrefacertopassinreviewthechief events of the History of the
CatholicChurch in Indiaduringthe lastyear, yet hecannot refrain
fromremarking that undoubtedly the outstanding
featuretoIndianEcclesiastical History, is the Visit of thePapal
Representative toIndia,theVisitorApostolic,whose
presenceinourmidstisanearnestof the abidinginterestofour
HolyFatherinthe Church in India and a promiseof its greater
progress inthe future.TheNecrologythisyear chroniclesthe death of
many zealousMissionaries to whom thecall of theMastercameduringthe
last year, and prominentamong themis the Most
Rev.BriceMeuleman,lateArchbishopof Calcutta, who wascalled to his
rewardafter 23yearsofarduouslabourdirectingthe destinies of
oneofthelargestArchdioceses of India.OncemoretheCompilerthanksHis
Excellency the Visitor Apostolic for his kind Blessing andall those
who havehelped in the compilationof thistheSeventy-Fifthissue
oftheCatholicDirectory ofIndia,Burma andCeylon,THECOMPILER,Co n t e
n t s .Pa g eAddressesofPriests.........355Agra..............53Aj
mer...............65Allahabad...........59Apostol icDelegati
onandApoatoli eVi
sitor...xlvi.Assam...............137Bombay...............08Burma(
Eastern) ............323Burma( Northern)
............326Burma(Southern)............330Calcutta............114Calicut...............79CarmeliteCongregation.........290Changanaeherry............258ChristianityinIndia.........xiiiCochin...............32Coimbatore............183Colombo............296Dacca...............123Damaun......
22Ernakulam.........
247Gtalle...............308Goa...............1Guyomar.TheRt.Rev.JohnAlfred......xxxviHierarchyof
India( The)
.........iHyderabad............154InstitutionsforBrothersandCatechisis...346Institutionsf
orNunsandLadyTcachers...347Jaffna...:...
311KafristanandKashmir........216Kandy...... 3L6Kottayam......
273Co n t e n t s .Pa g
eKrishnagar............127Kumbakonam............
188Lahore...............212Lepicier, theMostKey.Alexis,H.
M.......xxxLiterature(CatholicPeriodicals)...
...350LoyolaCollege,Madras.... .. ...xxxvi
iMadras...............139Malacca...............194Mangalore............83Mannerofreceiving,
etc..........viiiMarriages(Mixed)
.........viiMeuleman,thekiteMostRev.Brice......xxxiMylapore............40Mysore...............199Nagpore............159Obituary(Cl
erical )
.........446Patna...........131Pondicherry............171Poona...............93ProfessionofFaith.........j
xPriests, Listof
............355Quilon...............231ReligiousOrrdersandSocieties......341Residences,Listof
.........426Rulesof
FastandAbstinence...viSeminaries............331Simla.............r.209SyrianCarmeliteCongregationinMalabar...290Syro-MalabarRite,ChurchesoEthe.....242Trichinopoly...,..
......93Trichur............279Trineomalee...........320Tuticori n*
...........mVerapol y............219Vi
zagapatam......165TheCatholicDirectoryofIndia,BurmaandCeylon,1925:SacredReturnsoftheyear1924.From1stOctober192sto30thSeptember1924.-------------Catholic
Population.Pr i e s t s . Ba p t i s m s .03.a0g aa0u Marriages.H.
Viaticums.Extreme Unction.Funerals.Remarks.From Europe,
U.S.A.Others.MembOrdfSoci