IN LOVING MEMORY OF ....

Fr. JEAN GIRARD

(1835 - 1904)

17-10-1904  at  Amravati, Fr. Jean Marie  GIRARD, from Viuz-en-Sallaz, Savoy. Arrived  in India 1868. Worked  in various stations: Cuttack 1870, Vizianagram  1871-75, Yanam  1876  and  1878-79. Teacher SFS Nagpur 1880- 1900, Professor F. A. 1900-03. Chaplain of Amravati 1903. 69 years old

Fr. BP. STEPHENBONAVENTURE

(1851 - 1906)


Fr. BP. ETIENNE BONAVENTURE

(1852 - 1907)

12-3-1907  at Chavanod, Mgr. Etienne BONAVENTURE, from  Dingy-St Clair,  Savoy. Parish  Priest of  Visakh, Chaplain  in various  missions. Principal  St.  Aloysius’ Jabalpur 1888-91, SFS Nagpur 1891-94,  St.  Aloysius Visakh  1894-98. Vicar  General of  Nagpur in  1901, Bishop of Nagpur 1904. To recoup his health, had to go to France, where he died after a few months. 55 years old

Fr. JAMES GATTI

(1848 - 1909)

15-3-1909 at Nagpur, Bro. James GATTI, from Dongio, Tessin, Switzerland.Worked in England 1878-80, came to India in  1881.Teacher in SFS  School, Nagpur, and  in charge of European boarders, teacher in St. Aloysius’ School Jabalpur. From 1897, worked at Ellichpur and mostly in Chikalda, managing a farm for famine  orphans and later the coffee plantation. 61 years old

Fr. JOSEPH DUNOYER

(1805 - 1910)

22-3-3-1910  at Amravati, Fr. Joseph DUNOYER,from Vaulx, Savoy.Arrived in India 1881, completed the Nagpur Cathedral 1882-86.Chaplain of Amravati, where he  built the church,the Convent and the  presbytery 1886-1910.Chaplain of the Holy Cross Sisters.Vicar General 1903-1909. 66 years old  

Fr. WILLIAM POWER

(1844 - 1910)

9-10-1910 at Badnera,Fr. William POWER, from Kamptee. Joined the MSFS and went to La Feuillette, Annecy for his Theology studies Priest in 1878, returned to India in 1879.Worked in several stations, mostly in the Berar, Amravati, Achalpur.Railway  haplain  Badnera 1909. 66 years old  

Fr. JOSEPH ANDREUS

(1874 - 1914)


Fr. DELLE B

(1887 - 1915)


Fr. FRANCIS SAGE

(1864 - 1916)


Fr. CLAUDE MONTAGNOUX

(1841 - 1920)

11-4-1920 at Kamptee,Fr. Claude MONTAGNOUX, from Annecy. Teacher SFS  Nagpur, Railway chaplain &  Parish Priest at Akola 1881, Amaravati, Badnera 1886-87, Parish Priest of Nagpur 1887-92, Aurangabad 1892-96, Pachmarhi 1896-1915, Kamptee 1915-30. Wrote many historical notes on the missions and a diary of a journey  by  bullock cart from Visakh to Kamptee in 1867.79 years old  

Fr. JOSEPH PAGE

(1890 - 1920)

22-5-1920  at Jabalpur,Fr. Joseph PAGE, from Vallieres,Savoy.Arrived in Nagpur 1909,as a scholastic, studied in St.  Charles’Seminary. Priest 1914,missionary in Borsar 1914-19.For one year,teacher St. Aloysius’ Jabalpur.30 years old  

Fr. HYPPOLITE GAYDON

(1872 - 1923)

26-1-1923 at Florimont, Fr. Hyppolite GAYDON,from Morzine, Savoy. Priest in 1895, came to India 1900. Rector of St.Charles Seminary and Novice Master 1902-14. Chaplain of Jabalpur 1914-22. Gone on leave to Europe, 51 years old