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| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Meurin | | | First Name(s) | Leo | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Right Rev. D.D. | | | Birth Year | 1825 | | | Death Year | 1895 | | | Entry | Vicar Apostolic of Bombay (Catholic) : of French extraction : born in Berlin, June 23, 1825 : entered the Society of Jesus (German Province), April 8, 1853 : arrived in India, Oct. 1858 : was Military Chaplain at Poona, parochial priest at Candolim and Bombay Cathedral : Superior of the Diocesan Seminary, 1860 : nominated, 1867, Bishop of Arcalon in partibus, and Vicar Apostolic over the Vicariate of Bombay and Western India : also, in 1867, Superior of the Jesuit Mission : consecrated, Feb. 2, 1868, henceforward residing at the Fort Chapel, Bombay : attended the Vatican Council at Rome, 1869-70 : acted, 1876-7. as Visitor Apostolic to the community of the Syrian rite on the Malabar coast : recalled to Rome, July, 1886, and made Archbishop of Mauritius: died June 1, 1895 ; buried in the Cathedral there. In Bombay he showed himself a ruler of vast enterprise in founding schools, colleges and missions, as well as delivering public lectures on religious subjects, chiefly of interest to Hindus and Parsis : through a newspaper controversy, he converted Luke Rivington, a prominent Anglican clergyman in Bombay, to the Catholic faith. A volume of his Select Works was edited after his death, chiefly pamphlets and Pastorals : he founded the Pastoral Gazette and the Indian Messenger : his zeal and talents did much for the prestige of his Church in Western India. He played an important part in the establishment of St. Xavier's High School and College, Bombay (now about 1,400 pupils and 300 University students) ; St. Mary's College, Bombay (now about 250 boarders and 500 day scholars) ; St. Vincent's High School, Poona (now about 400 day scholars ); an Orphanage at Bandora (now about 500); a College at Mangalore, and other educational and charitable institutions. |
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