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l a £ o r e . E a r l y H i s t o r y . The lo c a l traditio n is that the A p o s tle St. Thomas was mart yred at T b o m a s ’ Mount and in terred at old Myla- p o r e which lies buried under San T h o m e ; and that there was a su c ce s sio n o f Bishops at old M yla pore and in Malabar, till the time o f a gre at per sec u tio n — the re viv al o f Brah manism — when the Bishops and the priests, to geth er with a la rg e n u m be r o f Catholic*, h a v in g been put to death, the rem n an t fled to the mounta in ranges that separate M alaba r fro m the east o f Souther n India ; and the e pis co p al s u c c e s s io n b e in g in te rru pted, when tbe last o f their priests die d out they contin u e d to keep up their faith by c e rtain re ligio us p r a c tic e s and su rreptit ious visits to the g r a v e o f St. Thom as, rendered p ossib le by old M yla pore h av in g been partia ll y ov erw helm ed by the sea, when the Brah m ins deserted it and fou nded the present M jla p p r e , M uch o f this is su ppo rte d by e ojl ate ral ev id e n ce , and will poin t to a chu rc h o f some sort h a v in g existed on the side where the A p os tle was bu ried. A n d .in deed, to tbe early M ah om m adan A r a b n av iga to r s, old M yla p o r e was not kn own as M y la p o r e - but as Betumah, i.e., house, chu rc h o r town of St. Th om as, S$n Th ome. It is this c h u rc h that the A m b a s sadors o f A l f r e d the Great, K i n g o f E n g la n d , are su pposed to have visit ed in A . D . 883. H o w be it it is an h is to ric al f a c t that the subseq uen t r eviv al o f Christian ity in India was du e to Persia n m erchants, in whose wake their N es to r ia n c le r g y follow ed. Th us it happened than when M ar co P o lo visited the place in the thirteenth ce n tu ry and later on the blessed O deri c de B a rdon e there was a co m m u n ity o f Nesto ria n Christians at San Thom e, a chapel ov er tbe tomb o f St. Thom as and a N e s tor ia n m o n a s te r y on the hill at St- T h o m a s ’ M ou nt. AH o f these in stitutions fell into dis re p air by the end o f the 16th ce n tu r y, when Mar Elias, the Nestojriac Bish op o f M alaba r, m a de a futile appeal to have them r epaire d.
H e n c e when the P ortu gu e se Com mis sion appoin te d by desire o f K in g. John I I I o f P ortu ga l to search for the c o u n te r p a r t o f the Ortona R e lics o f St, Thom as , £eiwjhe£} Sfi:n , Thom e . in 1523, it fo u nd n oth in g but a heap o f ruins.
This was reported to the V i c e r o y , D. Duarte . Meneaes, M iL A P Q R B . 8 5 who o r d e r e d the chapel to be rebu ilt. It wets while the fo u n d ations for thjsrchapel were b e i n g du g, ¡that the Po rtu gu e se stumbled on tbe g r a v e o f the A p os tle and the Re lics tbey had sou ght for. Pr esen tly the hermits o f St. A u g u s tin e established a P r io ry in San Thom e and to ok c h a rg e o f the G rave o f the Apostl e, St. Th om as, a d j o i n i n g which they built a small church.
This chu rc h was made the Parish c h u rc h o f San Th ome iu 1558, when the D io cese of Coc hin was erect ed and com prehen ded San Thome. H e n ce the Par ish Prie st o f San Thom e is still called “ Th e P r i o r , ” It was this chu rch again that was made the Cathedral on the c rea tio n o f the D io cese o f San Thom e in 1666. It was su bsequ en tly ex ten de d. The o r ig in a l chapel o f the G rave, the a d jo in in g Au g us ti- nian c h u rc h and its extension, ju st spoken of , st ood in tact till 1863 when Mgr. Reed da Silva pulled them do w n, together with the Old P r io r y , for the pu rpo se o f bu ildin g the present G oth ic Cathedral on their site. His L o r d sh ip had the pleasure of co m p le t in g the new Cathedral and o f h avin g it con s ecr ate d by H. H . Mgr. Valente, the Patriarch o f the East Indies, on May 10, 1896. The Dio ce se was co n s e cr a t e d to the Most Sa cred Heart o f Jesus on the ¡¿2nd June 1900. The T r icen ten a r y o f the Dio ce se was cele brated with great solem nity on Janu ary 9, 1906, tbe Delegate A p o s t o l ic and 16 Bishops g r a c i n g the o c c a s io n with their presence. On this o c ca s io n Dr. Th eoto niu s de Castro, the present B ish op, had tbe foss e o f the G ra ve o f St. Thom as unlarged, and faced with beautifu l ma rble, to enable p il grim s to have ac cess to the bottom of the g r a v e and to enable M.-tsses to be celebr ated im mediately o v e r the G rave, a c c o r d i a g to the p r a c tic e o f the early Christians. In J a n u a ry , 1912, the 4tb E u eh aris tic Congress in Tndia was held at San Thome in which fou rt een Bishops to ok 'p a r t. F o r m e r P r e l a t e s .
1st— D. Fr. Sebastiao de S. P edro elected in 1606. A u g . ; 2n d— D. Fr. Luiz de Brit o Menezes* A u g . ; 3rd— D. Fr. P au lo da Estr ella , ■ q .
, } 86 tofcLAPORfc. 4th— D. G as p ar A l f o n s o A lva re s , s.J ., ; 5th— D. F r a n c is c o L a y n es, s .J . ; 6th— D. Mannel Sanch es G ola o : 7th— D. Jos e P in h e iro ,
; 8th— D. Fr. A n t o n io da E n c a r n a c a o , A u g . ; 9th— D. Fr . T h e o d o re d e S . Maria, A u g . ; 10th— D. Fr. B er n ar do de S. CsBtano, A u g . ; 18th— D. Fr. A n to n io da A s su m p - c a o , A u g . ; 12th— D. Fr. Manuel de Jesus Maria Jose. A u g . ; 13th— D. Fr. J o a q u im de Menzes A t h a y d e , A u g . ; 14th— D. Fr. E stevam de Je sus Maria, o.M.
Reed da Silv a, D., n om in ated on M arch 4, 1887, resig ned in 1897, and retired to P o r tu ga l and is now the titular Bish op of T r a ja n o p o lis . 16— D om A n t o n i o Jo3e de Souza Barrosso, D., nominat ed on O ctob e r 11, 1896, and tr an sferred to the See o f Oport o, Po r tu g a l, on June 11, 1899. Died at O porto in N ov e m b e r 1918.
B ish op : The R i g h t R e v . Dom Th eoto n io Manuel R ib e ir o V i e ir a de Castro, D.D., D.O.L., nomin ated on the 12th June, 1899. by D om Carlos, K i n g o f P o r tu g a l, and at the request o f His M aje sty confirm ed by P o p e L eo X I I I on the 22nd o f the same m o n t h ; c o n s e cr a t e d at O porto on the 15th A u g u s t 1899.
E p is c o p a l C u r ia
. V icar-General " Officialis Curiae ” and “ Adm inistrator o f the Diocese. " — R ig h t R ev . A n t o n io M. T e ix eir a. F iscal A dvocate.— Rev. T h . da F. Dias. Defender o f the Bond o f M arriage.— Rev . M. Motha V a z. Chancellor and N otary.— Rev , F r. F. D uran do. A ud itors.— R e v v . T. Menezes, T. F on seca. Counsellors.-^-Very R e v v . F. H. F r a n c o , S. M arianan dam , A< S. V illa V e r d e , L, X . F er n a n d es and F. X . V . Barreto. M y l a p o r e . 87
Mesquita, G. T om atis, C. C. Barreto, L. X . F e r n a n d e s , A . H e ijlig e rs . Prosynodal Exam iners.— V e r y R e v v . S. M arianandam, J. N. Mesquita, F. A. Carv alho, G. Tom a tis , R e v v . E. Mederlet, T, Menezes, M. V . R o d r ig u e s , A . Moniz, L. Som a.
Mesquita, Revv. T. Menezes, S. Noronha, I. A r p u th am , A. Moniz, T. Fon seca.
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H. Fran co, F. A. Carvalho, R ev. T. Fonse ca. Censors.— V e r y R e v v . F. H. F r a n c o , S. M aria n an dam , M gr. F. Carvalho, G. T om atis, R e v v . E. Mederlet, M. V. R o d r ig u e s , L. Som a, Stanislaus Jos eph. The D io ce s e is div id e d into 5 E c cle sia st ica l D istri cts, v iz . : — S a n T h o m e
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C h u r c h e s o f 1st D istrict ... ii o f 2nd ii ...
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o f 5th 16,999
46,282 8,068
6,958 10,316
88,923 358
16 12 8 6 10 52 8 8 M y l a p o r e . 4.
C h a p e l s anj> O r a t o r i e s in 1st D is t r ic t ...
33 ,,
,, in 2 n d ... 235
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in 3 rd ,,
... 7 ,, . in 4th
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9 284
5. P r ie s t s , E u rop ea n s and A n g lo -In d ia n s ...
14 ,,
In d ia n s ... ...
... ...
67 6. S
e m in a r ie s
... ... ...
... 2 A p o s to lic S ch o o ls... ... ...
... 2 (1 ) A lu m n i in T h eolog ica l S em in ary ... 12 (2 ) ,, in L ow er S em in ary ... ...
25 (3 )
,, in A p o s to lic S ch ools ... ...
3E> 7. R
e l ig io u s C
o m m u n it ie s ...
... ...
2 (1 ) Salesian F ath ers ... ...
... 7 (2 ) F r a n cis c a n B roth ers ... ...
... 4 (3 ) F r a n c is c a n M issio n a ries o f M ary (C o n v e n ts) ...
... ...
3 E u rop ea n and A n g lo -In d ia n N uns in these
... ...
... ...
27 In dia n N uns ... ...
... ...
16 (4 ) D io cesa n C on g reg a tion o f In d ia n N uns o f the C on g reg a tion o f Our L ad y o f G ood
H elp , w ith M other H ou se in M yla pore— C on vents ...
... ...
... 12 N uns ... ...
... ...
59 N ovices ... ...
... ...
6 P o s t u la n t s ... ... ...
... 11 B oa rd ers ... ...
... ...
30 (5 ) S alesian S isters, T a n jo r e ... ...
6 (6 ) '* G ood Sheph&fd ” Sisters, M ylapore ... 6
d u c a t io n a l I
n s t it u t io n s
fo r B oy s
— H ig h S c h o o ls
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6 M y l a p o r e .
(1 )
St. B ede’ s E u ropean H igh S c h o o l, San Th om e—
Head M aster— M r. C. D 'C tu e , B .A . A ssista n t T e a c h e rs ... ... ...
9 T each ers fo r R e lig io u s In stru ctio n s ... 3 P u pils ... ...
.. ...
220 B oa rders ... ...
... ...
34 Principal— Bev. A . S. V illa-Verde. ( 2 ) N o n - E u r o p e a n H igh S ch o o l, San Thom e H ig h S c h oo l—
A s sis ta n t T e a c h e r s ... ... ...
13 Pu p ils ... ...
... ...
336 Principal— Bev. A . J. M . H eijligers. ( 3 ) St. A n t o n y ’ s H ig h S c h o o l fo r bo ys, T a n j o r e — Te ac h e rs ... ...
... ...
8 Boy s
... ...
... ...
243 Managed by Salesian Fathers. ( 4 ) St. C h r y s o s to m ’ s H ig h School, B oy ta k - hana, Bow Baza ar Street, Calcutta. Staff o f 6 G ra d u a te s — P upils ...
... ...
... 110
D irector— Bev. A n ton y Nadar. ( 5 ) St. J o h n ’ s H igh Sch ool, B i n d e l , Bengal— T each ers ...
... ...
... 10 Pu pils ... ...
... 166
M anager— Very Bev. T. 0 . Menezes. ___
( 6 ) St. Nic hola s o f T h e o t o n io ’ s H i"li S c h o o l, N a g o r y , D a c c a — ». T each ers ... ...
... ...
8 Pupils
... ...
141 12
9 0 M y l a p o r e . Manager— Rev. Balduino da Cunha. L o w e r S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l s — ( 7 ) :St. A n t o n y ’ s L o w e r S e c o n d a r y Sch ool, N e g a p a ta m — Teachers ... ...
... ...
6 P u pils ... ...
... ...
76 Manager— Very Rev. A . Moniz. ( 8 ) St. An to a y 's L o w e r S e c o n d a r y School, Shibpu r, Bengal— Teach ers ... ... ...
... 5 Pupils ... ...
... ...
54 Manager— Rev. M. J. A . Godinho, 9.
E d u c a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t i o n s f o r G i r l s — ( 1 ) San T h om e Con v ent M iddle S c h o o l - Teach ers ...
... ...
... 10 Lit tle Boys ... ...
... ...
65 Girls
137 Managed by Franciscan M issionaries o f M ary. ( 2 ) St. R a p h a e l's E n g lish Sch o o l fo r Brah m in G ir ls— Te ac h e rs ...
... ...
... 11 Pu pils ... ...
... ...
148 Managed by Franciscan Missionaries o f M ary. ( 3 ) Tamil Schoo l fo r In dia n G ir ls— Teaehers ...
... ...
... 8 Girls ... ...
... ...
154 Little B oy s ... ... ...
... 38
( 4 ) St. T h o m a s ’ Mount L o w er S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l— Teachers ... ...
... ...
5 Pupils
... ..
... ...
64 Managed by Franciscan Missionaries o f M ary. ( 5 ) St. Lazarus School, M adr e-de-Deus, M yla po re : — Teachers ...
... ...
... 10 ... P upils ...
112 MYtiAPOfefc. 91 ( 6 ) St. F r a n cis X a v i e r ’ s Schoo l; A lwarpet, Mylapor6— T each ers ...
... ....
... 4 Pupils ... ...
... ...
100 Manaqed by the Indian Nuns o f Our Lady o f Good H elp, . Mylapore. ( 7 ) St. A n t o n y ’ s E n glish S c h oo l for G ir l s — Teachers ...
... ...
... 5 Pu pils ... ...
... ...
99 Managed by the Indian Nuns o f Our Lady o f Good H elp, Mylapore. N . B .— Besides the above there are a large num ber o f E lem en ta ry Schools for boys and girls spread th rou g h ou t the Diocese. 10.
I n d u s t r i a l S c h o o l s — B oy s : — (et) St. J o s e p h 's Industr ia l School, Chingleput. (6) Salesian I n dustria l School, T a n jo r e . ( c ) St. A n n ’ s, B o y t a k h a o a , Calcutta. Total num ber o f pupils in them ... 141
Girls : — San Thome Con v ent Indu str ial School. Madre-de-Deus Con v ent ,, ,,
,, ,, Total ulimber o f pupils in them ... 118 S U M M A R Y OF S C H O O L S . ( а ) E u r o pean High School fo r b o y s ... 1. Pupils 225 ( б )
,, M id dle H. Sch ools fo r girls 2, ,,
302 (c ) In dia n H igh Schools fo r boys ... 5.
„ 1,205
( d ) ,,
L. S. Schools for boys ... 2.
120 (e) Elem enta ry Mixed Sch ools fo r boys f Boys 2,716 and girls ... ...
. . . 8 2 . l G i r l s l , 8 9 5 ( / ) Industrial Schools for boys and girls 6.
{ ^ ? ys ^ — ( G irls 118
Total schools, 98* Pu pils 6,722 M y l a p o r b . 11. P
r in t in g P
r e s s e s : 3 —
One in St. J o s e p h ’ s In dustria l Sch ool, C h iu gleput ; anoth er in St. A n n ’ s Institute, 146, Bow Bazaar Street, B o y ta k ban a, Calcutta ; anoth er in T a n jo r e , under tbe m a na gem ent o f the Salesian Father s. 12. B
o a r d in g H
ouses : 4—
( 1 ) One atta ch ed to St. B e d e ’ s H igh Sch ool — B oa rd e r s ... ...
... 38 ( 2 ) One in St. A n n ’ s Institute, Ca lcutta ... 40 ( 3 ) One in St. T h om a s’ Convent o f F r a n cis ca n M issionaries o f Mary fo r caste girls
... ...
... ...
50 ( 4 ) One in tbe Con vent o f Our L a d y o f G oo d Help , M adre-d e- Deu s, M yla p o r e — .Boarders ... ...
... ...
35 13* C
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n s t i t u t i o n s — ( 1 ) H ome fo r old In dian men at Co v elo n g. - 1 Inmates ... ...
... ...
18 ( 2 ) Free O ut-d oor Dispen sary at C ovelo n g, 1 A v e ra g e o f cases treated y e a rly ... 1,800
( 3 ) Home fo r p o o r old women at San Thome under the F r a n cis c a n M issionar ies of M ar y ...
... ...
... 1 Inmates ... ...
... 45 ( 4 ) Free o u t-d o o r dis pen sary attached to tbe San Thom e Convent, under the F r a n c is c a n M ission aries o f M ary — A v e ra g e o f cases treated : 150 patien ts d a i l y ; yearly a b ou t ...
... 5,075
( 5 ) St. Nic hola s o f T o le n ti n o ’ s Free D is pen sary, N a gor y, D a c ca . M edic al man and A p o t h e c a r y attached. A t te n d a n ce d u r i n g the year ab out ...
... 3,500
( 6 ) Free Dispensary, Sh ib pur. M ed ic al man and
A p o t h e c a r y atta ch ed— Patients ( y e a r ly ) ... ... ...
... 22,724
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r p h a n a g e s
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— (1 ) San Thom e O rphanage for E u r p e a n s and A n g lo - I n d ia n s — Orphans ...
... 182
D irector— Very Rev. George Tomatis, S .C ., A sst. D irector, Rev. G. Fiesuir, S.C. (2 ) St. J o s e p h ’ s O rphanage, C h in gleput— Orp han s ... ...
... ...
66 D irector— Rev. Peter A loysius. (3 ) St; F r a n cis X a v i e r ' s O rph an age, T a n j o r e — Orph an s .. ...
... ...
115 Director— Very Rev. E . Mederlet, S.C. (4 ) St. A n n ’ s O rph an age, 146, Bow Bnza ar Street, Ca lc utta — Orp han s ... ... ...
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15. O r p h a n a g e s for
G i r l s
— (1 ) St. T h o m a s ’ Con ven t, San Thom e— O rph an age f o r E u r o p e a n and An glo- Indiau girls, under the F r a n c is c a n Missionaries o f M ary — In mates ...
.104 ( 2 ) St; T h o m a s ’ Con v ent— San T h o m e — O rph an age fo r In dia n girls. Inmates. 10U
( 3 ) St. T h o m a s ’ Convent, Sau T h om e— H om e fo r the In f a n t Jesus fo r p o o r abandoned in fan ts— In ma tes ...
5 ( 4 )
M adre-de-Deus O rph an age, C onvent o f Our L a d y o f G ood Help, M yla p o r e — Inmates
... ...
... ...
22 ( 5 ) M adre-de-D eu s O rphanage at A l w a r p e t— Inmates ...
... ...
... 25 ( 6 ) O rph an age at N agore, D a c ca , Ben g al— Inmntes
... ...
... ...
25 N .B .— In the Indian Convents of the above Diocesan Congregation there are a few Orphans in each. MtLAPOiiE. 16. A
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