Clément Bonnand
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Clément Bonnand, MEP (20 May 1796 – 21 March 1861) was a French Catholic missionary of Paris Foreign Missions Society and was the Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry from 3 April 1850 until his death on 21 March 1861.[1]
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Monsignor Clément Bonnand | |
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Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry Titular Bishop of Druzipara | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Installed | 3 April 1850 |
Term ended | 21 March 1861 |
Predecessor | Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert |
Successor | Joseph-Isidore Godelle |
Orders | |
Ordination | 17 June 1821 |
Consecration | 10 November 1833 by Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert |
Personal details | |
Born | (1796-05-20)20 May 1796 Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, France |
Died | 21 March 1861(1861-03-21) (aged 64) Benares |
Buried | Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry |
Nationality | French |
Denomination | Catholic |
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He was born on 20 May 1796 in Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, France, he was ordained a priest on 17 June 1821. He served for some time as an assistant in a parish of his own diocese. He joined the MEP Seminary on 14 November 1823. He left for the Malabar Mission on 4 February 1824 and served first at Phirangipuram in Andhra Pradesh.