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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Depelchin    
First Name(s)  Father Henry    
Titles  Father, S.J.    
Year of Birth  1822    
Year of Death  1900    
Entry  Born at Russeignies, in Belgium, Jan. 28, 1822 : entered the Society of Jesus, 1842 : educated at Belgium Colleges for 5 years : ordained : took his last vows, Oct. 1859 : reached Calcutta, Nov. 1859, with a small pioneer Jesuit mission and reopened St. Xavier's College, Jan. 16, 1860 : was military chaplain at Fort William, 1860-4 : when he returned to St. Xavier's : as Superior, raised the number of pupils from 100 to 500 : resigned the Rectorship' of St. Xavier's, Oct. 1 87 1 : went to take charge of the Mission at Midnapur, but was transferred to Bombay, managing for 6 years a new St. Xavier's there : to Belgium : thence led the ""Zambesi"" Jesuit Mission to S. Africa, 1879 : crushed in an accident, 1882 : to Belgium, 1883 : returned to India, Jan. 1888, to be the Rector of St. Joseph's Seminary at Darjeeling : erected the St. Joseph's College at North Point there, and was its Superior till his death, May 26, 1900.     
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