1923

Filed among the fishing villages

In 1923 the Diocese of Tuticorin was erected, and Vadakkankulam passed out of the old Diocese of Trichinopoly into the new see. Its first bishop was Francis Tiburtius Roche: a Jesuit, and, as Stephen Neill records, the first Indian bishop of the Latin rite. The Catholic Directory of the following year prints a diocese still being drawn: “The Limits of this new Diocese are not yet quite determined. — It is impossible to give at present the number of Parishes that compose it.” Inside it there is as yet only one district, the Fishery Coast, and this inland parish is filed among the fishing villages: “Vadakankulam (Tinnevelly Dt.) — Revv. Y. Ignatius, G. Michael, Asst. — Cath. 4,765, vills. 17: Churches: brick 1, clay 4.” Neither priest was a Jesuit. After more than two centuries, the care of this parish had passed to the diocesan clergy, in the very year its new bishop was himself a Jesuit.

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ARSI 1921p. 13
CA!T. MISS. MADUR. PROV. TOLOS; 1921. 20. Satur..:.:...SnTio SS; eoaors Ra11trJad Dt. . P. Talon Steplianus, Mission., Oonf. NN., Exdm. Conf. extraord. in Tuticorin, Dir. schola~. neb·saeerd , 21. Sendamarám-STA'rro SS. P.ET&r ET PAuit Tidnevelly Dt. P. Couturier Alphonsui:, Mission., Cu1-. a:g. conv. rrróii: ind. Ei 7 Dol., Conf. NÑ., Dir. schola1-. 22. Sokkeñkudiruppu-Siliio S. JAc'oBr /Ja<lukkapathu P.O.. TJnnevelly Dt. P. YvP.nat Carolus, Mission., Dir. scholar. 23. Srivilliputtur-STATIO SS. Co&ors Ramnad Dt. P . Morere Paulus,· Mission., Gur. ag. mon. eu1·. a s.~ .A'ugust., Ditr. scholar. P . Baumal Justinus, Gooper. Mission., Gonf. e,ttra'ord. mon. in Kalugumalai et Kamanayakenpatti. 24. Sundra.nachapuram-STATIO B. :M. v. DE LOURDES Ra}apalayam P.O., Ramnad Dt. P. Sabathe Franciscus, Mission., E xam. neo-sace1·d'. , Pmes. coll. cas. consc., Oonf. e:ctraord. mon. in Srivilliputtur, Dir. schola1·. 2S. Tenkasi-STATio s. M1cHAELrs Tinneve/Jy Dt. Rev. Mickel T., Mission., Dir. scholm·, 26. Ta.ruvaikula.m-SuTro S. MrcHAELlS . vía TuticorJn, TJnnevelly Dt. Rev. Lourdes J. S, Mission., Cur. ag. mon. ind. a 7 Dol., Dvr. 8cholar. 27. Tuticorin-EcuEsu · SS. CoitornM ET Scuou SECUNDARIA S. F&ANCISCI XAVE t<U Jesult Misslon, TutJcorin, Tlnnevelly Dt. ·P. Martín Aiexander, Vic. ger. min.• Mis.•iYli., Clur. ag. F'iliar• S. Cruc et mon ind. a ·7 Dol., Gonf. e.d1·. mon. in L'1mna- .. kayal, Palayakayal et Taruvaikulam, Praes. sod. f em. et sod. p.ueU., íD.ir.. sclwl. secund. et aiiar. schol., Cons. distr. an. 14. P. Amalorpavanather Marianus, Praef. stita., Doc ling. angl., Cooper. Mission., Praes sod. .Bon. M01·t., Gons. 1dicec, an.1. 'P. ':Úiede·rich Antonius, Cvop·er. MisRion., P raes sod. juv 1 Conf. NN. ' Rev Periyanayaga.m Joíiephus, Coope1·. Mission. 28. Va~a.kenkula.m-ST4Tro S:ai; FAMlLtll Tinnevelly Dt. P. Bonhoure Alfredus, Miss1on , Cur ag. conv mon. a 7 lJol., 'Conf. ertr. mon úi K uttapiili et I'dindagarei1 Dir. ''Rchola1'. :P . Wafflart '~dgardus, Oooper. Mission . 2·9. 'Vémbar-STATro SPr&rTus SAN-CTr Tlnnevelly Dt. ~ev. Ma riadas ,foa.nnes, .Mis8ion., Dfr. \~cholm·. 30. Vira.\)4ndia.npatta.nam-"STATlO ·s. Tiio.rui A:il. Tinnevelly Dt. P. ·Diouaonat ·F.itnma nael, Misston., Gur. a.a. convent. ni,on. ind. a 7 Dol, í.onf. extraord. mon. in Alantalai et .Adeikalabumm, Dir. scholar. "31. ·viravana.llur-Sul'ro 'S. .'.JAcoBr Tinnevelly Dt Rev. Sarninather Do m inwu~, M ission., Conf. e.ctr. mon. in Senda·mol1'am, Dir. scholar. PP. 33.-Scbol 3.-0oadj.' 1.-Unlv. 87.-Sac. aa1c. t5.
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Catalogus Missionis Madurensis, 1921ARSI, Rome — p. 13

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ARSI 1921 · p. 13

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The printed page 13 of Catalogus Missionis Madurensis, 1921, photographed from the book

What this source establishes

The Society's own register of the station just before the change: "28. Vadakenkulam — STATIO SS. FAMILIAE", the station of the Holy Family, still Jesuit-served in 1921.