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S u m m a r y . A r ch b ish o p s Bishops Priests
28 < Secular 9 r s . j . —7 I O.M.I. = 6 I O . C . = l Religiou s 19 O.C.D. = l C.S. D. = 1 S.C = 1 S.Pr.S . = 1 L M.E. = 1 MGR. ZALESKI. M gr. Zaleski was the s c io n of an a n c ie n t a r is to cra tic family o f Lithuan ia and was born in the ancestral castle o f W ie lona on May 26, 1852. He had an ex cell en t liberal e d u cati on and m ov ed a m o n g the hig hest circ le s o f the socie ty o f his nati ve land. A t the ag e o f 28, already con v e rs an t with several modern langua ges, in c l u d i n g Polish, Russian, French, English, Italian, Spanish and G erm an, he entered the dio cesa n Seminary o f W ars aw . On the 20th o f O cto ber 1882, he was ordain ed priest and the same year was sent to R om e where he jo in e d the Col lege o f Noble E c cle sia stics , the trainin g school of Papal dip lomats. On the 3rd o f March 1885, he was ap pointed a mem ber o f the C ou n cil o f the Sa cred C on g re g atio n o f the P ro p a g a n d a , for Ea stern Affairs, and in that c a p a cit y made several jou r n e y s to T u rk e y , G reece, Rumania, Bulgaria, E g y p t and Palestine. In r e c o g n itio n o f his servic es he was nominated a P riva te Cham berlain o f His Holiness, Pope Leo X I I I , on D ecem ber 15, 1885. A t this time events of f a r -re a ch in g im portan ce were ta kin g place in India and Ceylon. The famous A p o s to l ic Consti tution, " Humanae Salutis A uctor ” had been pr om ulg ated in Sep tember 1886, and the same y ear M gr., later Cardinal, A g lia rd i, Delegate A p o s to lic to the Ea st Indies, left R om e to establish the hierarchy in In dia and CeyloD. Mgr. Zaleski a c c o m p a n ied him as bis Se creta ry, and thus first arriv ed in Colom bo at the end o f D e cem ber 1885. On M gr. Z a le s k i’ s return to Rom e in the f o llo w in g year, with Mgr. A glia rd i, be was ap poin ted D om estic Prela te to His H oliness and sent to E n g lan d as Cou n cil lo r to the Papal Em ba ssy to L o n do n on the o c c a s io n o f the Jubilee o f Queen V ic t o r ia . W e next find him in Paris as C o u n cil lo r to the Pap al N u ncia tu re, in the Fren ch capital ; an d' there, in F e bru ary 1891, he was created an Officer o f the L egio n of H on our. From Paris Mgr. Zales ki was summ oned b a c k to Rom e by L eo X I I I and sent again to these shores entrusted with the mission o f f o u n d i n g a Papal Sem in ar y for the trainin g o f an in dig e n o u s c le r g y fo r the Ea st Indies. 536 M g r . Z a l e s k i ; Mgr. Z i l e s k ! a r r iv e d in Colo m bo on the 5th o f January 1891, and after tr av ellin g about Ceylon and In dia and inter v ie w i n g sev er al Bishops, retu rn ed to K a n d y h a v in g decided to establish the Sem in ary in that h isto ric and salubrious sp ot.
His d e c isio n was s a n c tio n e d by Rom e in the early p a rt o f 1892, and ab o ut the same time, March 15, 1892, he was nomiuat ed Delega te A p o s t o l i c in s u c ce s sio n to M gr. Aiuki who had s u c ce e d e d Mgr. A g lia r d i. On the 15th o f May fo l l o w in g he was c o n s e c r a t e d titular A r c h b is h o p o f Thebes, the c e re m o n y ta k in g place in the cathedr al o f Calcutta. R e t u r n in g to Ceylon he busied him self ab o ut the work nearest to his heart— the fo u n d a tio n o f the Seminary. P e n d in g the c o n s tr u c tio n o f a suitab le bu ild in g he opened the Seminar y in tem porary quar ters on the 24th o f A p r il 1893. Meanwhile pr o tr a c te d n egotia tio ns for the a c q u is itio n o f the presen t ex tensive gro u n d s iu A m p iti y a had c om e to a satis f a c t o r y c lo se and the same y.ear he laid the first stone o f the great Papal Sem in ary. Rom e signalled the event by st rik in g a c o m m e m ora tiv e medal in the fo llo w in g year. The medal bore on one side an effigy o f Po pe L eo X I I I , and on the rever se the in s c rip tio n , as si gn ifican t as it is in spirin g F ilii Tui, India, tibi administri salutis. A po r tio n o f the b u il din gs was completed in 1895 and the great main w in g in 1899. In the form er year Mgr. Zaleski ad ded to his m u n ific ence by do n a t in g to the y o u n g insti tution a beautifu l Chapel dedica ted to his own national Patroness, Our L ad y o f Ostrobrama. All th rough his lengthy tenure o f office as Delegate A p o s to l ic , nay until his death, he retained the warmest inter est in the Sem in ary which owes so mu ch to him, and which may be re ga rd e d as a li v in g and lasting mem ori al to his charit y and zeal, Be fo re he left Ceylon he had the deep satis fac tio n o f seeing his w o rk realising his best e xpect ations. It had g ive n about 150 priests to In dia and a num ber of Bish ops as well, to co n s e cr a t e the latter o f whom it had been his greatest happiness. Mgr. Z ale s k i’ s a c tiv e w ork as Papal Delegate came to a clo se ab out the end o f 1916 when he was nom inat ed Latin P a t ria r ch o f A n tio ch . Thereafter he lived in Rome iu tran quil re tirement but ever f o llo w in g with paterna l solic itu de all matters o f Catholic interest in the Ea st Indies and ever ready
M g r . Z a l e s k i . 537 to extend a hearty w elc om e to such as visited him from these parts. T h e best part of his life he had g iv en to these lands in whose s e r v i c e - h e had all but exhausted bis physical strength, T o their cause, too, he devoted his best talents, and even as he has left us a ta ngib le memorial o f himself in stone m orta r, so too he has en shrined his name in our E c c l e siastical history by numerou s v alu able w ritin gs, the fruit o f extensive researches u nderta ken at much labour and great pecun ia ry co st. A m o n g his p r in cip a l works we may men tion : Life o f Fr. Josep h Va z ; The Martyrs o f India ; The Saints o f In d ia ; St. Francis X a v i e r ; His A postolate in India ; M ission aries o f To-da y ; Stories for Children ; The A p o s tle St. Thomas ; Monita et Ex em pla S. F r a n cis c i X nv erii ; Epistolae ad M is sio n ario s (2 v o ls . ) . Most o f these works, orig inally written in F rench, have been prin ted in au En glish version as well. M gr. Zaleski, however, will best be remembere d for his great u rb a n ity and kin dliness o f ch a ra cter, his fat her ly charit y towards the poor. His hearty ma nner in r e c e iv in g visitors, the u nob stru siv e c o n d e s c e n s io n with which be bent down to the lowest en deared him to all that approa ch ed him and won him the affection o f a people naturally ready to return love for love. So, thou gh it is now several years since Mgr. Zales ki has left, many will rem em ber him ; remem bering, mourn fo r h i m; and m ou r n in g pray for his
eternal rest. Most keenly o f all his death will be felt by the co m m u n ity at the Papal Sem in ary, to whom we extend our heart-felt sy m p a th y .— Ceylon Catholic Messenger, R t . R e v . M
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u r i a l a c h e r r y , Bishop of Changanacherry. b n Thomas Kurialacherry. Dr. Th omas K u ria la che rry, the late Bishop o f Changa- nactaerry, was born on Jan. 14,1873, at Champakulam, Trav an- core, iu a wealthy and influential fam ily, whose an ti quity goes back to the fo ur priestly families founded by St. Thomas tbd Apostle. In his y o u n g e r days be was educa ted chiefly at the Carmelite En g. School at Mannanam, where he distinguished himself fo r his le arn in g and deep piety. A f t e r c o m p le ting his studies there*, he was sent ov er to Rom e by Dr. Lav ig ne, 3.J., the then V i c . A p o s to l ic o f K o tta ya m . The y o u n g man o f 17 n otw ithst andin g bis tender age gladly welcomed the o ppo r tu n ity and stayed in the P r op a g a n d a College for nearly 10 years, du rin g which time his piety and applicatio n impressed the authorities and his classma tes so fa v o u ra b ly that Mgr. Catnmasei, the then R e c to r o f the P ro pag an da Col lege, wrote to Dr. Lav ig ne expressin g his warm ap precia tio n o f the D e aco n's c o n d u c t and beh av iour. A g a in when Dr. L a v ig n e was in R om e in 1896, the R e c to r o f the P r o p a g a n d a College pointed to Th. K u r ia lac h er r y and called him “ un p ic olo s a n t o ” , “ a little s a in t," in the presence o f his Bishop. No w onder that the Prop . Colle ge has th« f o llo w in g n ote wort hy remarks ab ou t this distinguished alumnus in their r e cor d s : “ vere in om nib us optim us : fuit diligens perfectus contub ern ali s : pietatem s u m m opere colu it : ad missiones ap- ti ssim u s.” M oreover this distinguis hed student was the pre f e c t o f a section o f y ou n ge r students, d u rin g the last few years o f his stay in Rome. A ft e r co m p le t in g his th eologic al studies Rev . Fr. Th. K u r ia lac h er r y set out on an Italian tour, d u rin g which, he had the c h a n c e of vis it in g several distinguis hed prelates am o n g whom the most rem ar kab le was Cardinal Joseph Sarto o f V e n ic e , who was so ench ante d by this zealous Indian Priest, that he presented him with a chalice in token o f his rega rd and esteem. This in tim acy was not fo rgott en even after the elevation o f the saintly Cardinal to the Pontifical dig n it y . The zealous Indian P rie st also held a very warm c o rn e r o f his heart forth e lo v in g Pope, as we will h a v e o c c a s io n to note hereafter. In 1905 Fr. K u r ia la c h e r r y went to Rome as the private Secreta ry to the V ic. A p os to lic o f Eruakulam and had an au dia nce o f the Holy Father, when previous rela tions had been renewed. In 1911 The H oly See felt the necessity o f a p p o in tin g a new V i c . A p o s to lic for Ch anganacherry . At this time Mgr. M. Makil and Mgr. J. Menacherry, iho Vies. A p o s t o l ic o f Changanacher ry and T r ich u r, had been in Rome, an d the H o ly Father asked them if Fr. K uria la che rry was
5 i0 D r , T h o m a s K u r i a l a c h e r r y . fit for ep is copal dignity. No w onder there was a consensus of o pin io n between the Pope and the Prelates co n c e rn e d . The
result was that Rev. Pr. 'K u r i a la c h e r r y was nominated Bish op o f Pella and V i c . A p o s to lic o f Changanacherry , on A u g u s t 28, 1911. As priest Pr. K u r ia lac h e r r y had filled many responsible posts in vario us lines o f a c tivity. He was R e c t o r o f St. Bercl im ans’ B o a r d in g Hou se for a year. F o r ab ou t three years he was the Manag er o f St. A l o y s iu s ’ Eng. H. School,
E da th u va, d u rin g which time he did much fo r the
im pro v em e n t and develo pm ent o f that institution. He
had been the V i c a r o f K oilm uk, K av ala m , Cbennau- k erry , Cham paku lam and other parishes also. M oreover he was the o r g a n is e r o f the F r a n c is c a n Tertia ries and the prom o te r o£ the devotion to the S. Heart. His pu bli c atio ns on the de v o tio n to the S. Heart, and an a c c o u n t of his Eu ropean tour, have won him a pla ce as a writer o f sim ple and elegan t MalayaJam prose. His lucid and soul-stirri ng sermons attr ac ted many to his pulpit. The g ood priest with his burnin g zeal for the salvation o f souls and the glo ry o f God devoted as much attention to the cause o f female ed u ca tio n and even to the est ab lis hm ent o f a new Order of nuns, called “ The Sisters o f Adoratio n o f the Bl. S a cra m en t,” which has at present 140 members, and who c o n d u c t one En g. H. School, one trainin g schoo l and many elem en tary sc hoo ls in different parts o f the diocese. When P r o v id e n c e pla ced the g oo d priest at the head of the dio cesa n adm in is tra tion he applied a l i b i s zeal for the welfare o f the whole flock entrusted to bis charge. H. L o r d s h ip ’ s first Pastoral Lett er chalked out the main lines o f his p oli cy . W h ile warmly e x hortin g the priests to have a keen eye on the salvation o f souls, H. Lordsh ip em phatically ad vised the laity to be obedie nt to the priests and to c o-o perate with them in the needed re form s. The prom otion o f higher edu cation , the su ppress io n o f soc ial evils, the increase of zeal and fe r v o u r am o n g the rank and file o f the people— these in brief, were the pr ogram m e that H. Lordship had before bis mind. It is no e x aggerati on to say that the unremit ting labours o f the Prelate for the last J4 years bore abun dant fruit. Edu cation developed by leaps and bounds, His L o r d ship was respon sib le for the foundation o f St, Berch m a n s’ College at the headquarters, which is one o f the pioneer in stitutions in Malabar. M ore over, f o u r new H. Schoo ls came D R . T H OM AS K u RIALACÉKRRŸ. 541
to being, out o f which 2 are intended fo r the education of girls.
M oreov er religious bouses for women are scattered in almost ev ery m a jo r parish o f the dio cese, and thereby female ed u ca tion is c o n d u c te d on sound Catholic lines. Tw o T r a in in g Schools are also newly established for the tr ai nin g o f teachers f o r the num erous elemeutary sch oo ls o f the dio cese.
fl. L or d sh ip was deeply moved by the wild in te m pe r an ce o f the c o m m u n it y , and so issued an order pr o h ib it in g the scan da lo u s use of in to x ic a ti n g liq uors, especially on pu blic oc ca sion s. This wise measure besides resultin g in g rea t moral and financial ad v a n t a g e o f the com m u n ity , has won for H. Lordsh ip the u u d y iu g veneration and esteem of the heretics and paga ns of the land. The spread of immoral literatu re and play which were the bre edin g gro u n d s of many a social evil, were also atta cked by the Prelate with equal su ccess and the consequ ent so cia l im provement. The month ly Pas torals ex hortin g the people to greater spiritual and moral progress , were a sp ecia l feature o f B. L o r d s h ip 's regime. H. L o r d s h ip ’ s motto was to “ renew e v e ry th in g in Cliirst,” and the 14 years o f c o n s ta n t labours h i v e achie ved what was humanly possible for the zealous Prelate. A s already stated H. L o r d sh ip had baeu to liome twice b e fo r e his co n s e cr atio n . After the c o n s e cr a t io n H. L o r d ship went on a Europea n tour to visit the Holy Father and to c o lle ct funds for the educa tional institutions of the diocese, D u r in g this tour H. L o r d sh ip went to K »me, visited H. H. P o p e X , a. few months before H. Holiuess's demise, tra velled through Italy, France, Belgium, En gla nd, Sw it zer land, Austri a and Germ an y, and visited m*iiy distinguished Pr in c e s and Prelates, Un iversities, Lib ra ri es, Cathedrals and institutions o f Western Ch ristendom . The right royal w elc om e a c c o rd e d to H. Lordsh ip by the late E m pe ror Fr ancis Joseph o f Austri a and the K i n g o f Bavaria, are sp ecially remarkable. H. Lordship attended the Eu charistie Congress at Lou rdes and the Eucharistie P r ocessio n at Munich, in which places H. Lor dsh ip was the o b je ct of the pious curio sity o f the ad m ir in g multitude. H ow ever , the latter portion o f H. L o r d s h ip ’ s tour was threatened b y war-clouds, which h avin g h over ed om inousl y ov e r the Europea n horizon for a short time, began to pour down with all its disastrous consequ en ces. A n y how , the A lm ig h ty brou gh t H. L ordship safe from the din and bustle o f the Great Europ ean War, to his gentle floc k and to his aged mother, The death of His L o r d sh ip ’ s mother
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