The Capuchin Missionaries 1674 - 1829

1. Fr. Cosme de Gien, O.F.M. Cap.

1674-1682

Founder of the Capuchin mission in Pondicherry - 15" January 1674. From 1683 to 1685 the Parish registers are blank.

2. Fr.Jacques de Bourges, O.F.M. Cap.

1686 - 1693

Appointed first Parish Priest of Pondicherry by Bishop Gaspar Alphonse on 13" December 1698 under the Diocese of San Thome.

3. Fr. Laurent d'Angloume, O.F.M. Cap.

1691 - 1692

1702-1707 In 1693, the Dutch captured Pondicherry and expelled the missionaries. In 1699, by the treaty of Ryswick, Pondicherry was restored to the French. After 1693, the Parish registers begin only from 1699.

4. Fr. Espirit de Tours, O.F.M. Cap.

1699-1738

Parish Priest from 1721 to 1738

5. Fr. Augustin, O.F.M. Cap.

1704 - 1709

6. Fr. Thomas de Poitiers, O.F.M. Cap.

1705 - 1711

7.Fr. Placide de Vendôme, O.F.M.Cap.

1706-1708

8. Fr. François Marie de Tours, O.F.M.Cap.

1706

9. Fr. Laurent d'Angloume, O.F.M. Cap.

1706 - 1707

In 1707, the first Church dedicated to Our Lady of Angels was built.

10.Fr. Jean Baptiste de Barsuraube, O.F.M. Cap.

1709-1711

11. Fr. Jean Baptiste d'Orleans, O.F.M. Cap.

1710 – 1721

12. Fr. Louis de Tovarcé, O.F.M.Cap.

1710 – 1728

Engineer and Architect who built the Northern part of the fortress of Pondicherry from 1724 to 1728 and the General Hospital of Pondicherry in 1733.

13.Fr. Barthlemy d'Angloume, O.F.M. Cap.

1710-1711

14. Fr. Florentin de Bourges, O.F.M. Cap.

1714 - 1717

15. Fr. Eutrope de Saumur, O.F.M.Cap.Superior

1716 - 1718

16. Fr. Antoine de la Chartre, O.F.M.Cap.

1717 – 1736

17.Fr. Bonaventure d'Anglaume, O.F.M. Cap.

1723-1727

18. Fr. Severin du Grand Bournand, O.F.M.Cap.

1724 – 1727

19. Fr. Michel Angelo, O.F.M. Cap.

1725

20. Fr. Benigne, O.F.M. Cap.

1727 - 1730

21.Fr. Antoine de la Chartre, O.F.M.Cap.

1729 - 1736

22. Fr. Anselme de Bourges, O.F.M. Cap.

1730-1731

23.Fr. Antoine de Bourges, O.F.M. Cap.

1730-1731

24.Fr. Michel, O.F.M.Cap.

1731 - 1732

25. Fr. Dominique de Valence d'Agenois, O.F.M.Cap.

1731 - 1769

After the death of Fr.Espirit de Tours on 21 January 1738, he was appointed the first official Parish Priest of Notre Dame des Anges. It was in the same year Notre Dame des Anges became a Parish under the Diocese of San Thome.

26. Fr. Alexandre de Chattelerault, O.F.M. Cap.

1735 - 1736

27. Fr. Chrisostome de Castel Sarrazin, O.F.M.Cap.

1736-1747

28. Fr. Hypolite du Villard, O.F.M. Cap.

1736-1748

29. Fr.Pierre Chrisologue, O.F.M. Cap.

1736-1737

30. Fr. Bernard, O.F.M. Cap.

1737

31. Fr. Norbert de Bart, O.F.M. Cap.

1737 -1738

The Second Church of Notre Dame des Anges was built from 1739 to 1758.

32. Fr. Michel de Mauleon, O.F.M. Cap.

1741

33.Fr. François de Saumur, O.F.M. Cap.

1742 - 1752

Appointed Parish Priest of Notre Dame des Anges in 1750

34. Fr. François Felix de Pignerol, O.F.M. Cap.

1742 – 1760

35. Fr. Maurice de Pignerol, O.F.M. Cap.

1743 - 1745

36. Mgr. Sebastien de Nevers, O.F.M. Cap.

1744 - 1784

In 1753, appointed as Parish Priest and continued till 1758, reappointed in 1768. In 1777, he became the First Apostolic Prefect of the Apostolic Prefecture of Notre Dame des Anges.

37. Fr. Fidelle, O.F.M. Cap.

1746-1747

38. Fr. Augustin de Poitier, O.F.M. Cap.

1750 - 1751

39. Fr. Antonio de St. Bonaventure, O.F.M.Cap.

1750 - 1772

40. Fr. Theodore de Bourges, O.F.M. Cap.

1750 - 1751

41. Fr.Gaeitano Pinto, O.F.M. Cap.

1750-1752

42. Fr.Athanase de Montfort, O.F.M. Cap.

1752

43. Fr. Daniel, O.F.M.Cap.

1752-1753

44. Fr. Mansuet, O.F.M.Cap.

1753-1777

45.Fr. Laurent de Coutance, O.F.M. Cap.

1753 - 1754

46. Fr. Thomas, O.F.M. Cap.

1753

47. Fr. Hermenegilde, O.F.M.Cap.

1753 -1756

48. Fr. Athanase de Montfort, O.F.M. Cap.

1754 - 1756

49. Fr. Jean Michael Sauvé, O.F.M. Cap.

1754-1758

Aumônier de la Compagnie française des Indes Orientales

50. Fr. Medard, O.F.M.Cap.

1755

51. Fr. Jean Baptiste, O.F.M. Cap.

1755 - 1756

52. Fr. Augustin, O.F.M. Cap.

1756 - 1761

53. Fr. Bernardin, O.F.M. Cap.

1757

54. Fr. Victor, O.F.M. Cap.

1758 - 1761

55. Fr. Dominique, O.F.M. Cap.

1758-1777

Appointed Parish Priest in 1759. In 1761, the British occupied Pondicherry. The missionaries were expelled. The Second Church of Notre Dame des Anges built in 1758 was destroyed. After the war, the parish registers begin from 1765. As the Parish Church was destroyed the Sacramental and Liturgical celebrations took place in the Capuchin Monastery.

56. Fr. Raphael d'Orleans, O.F.M. Cap.

1766 - 1769

57. Fr. Marcel d'Alep, O.F.M. Cap.

1766 - 1767

58. Fr. André d'Orleans, O.F.M. Cap.

1768-1771

59. Fr. Segismond de Vauvilliers, O.F.M. Cap.

1768 - 1769

60.Fr. Illuminé, O.F.M. Cap.

1769 - 1784

The third Church of Notre Dame des Anges was built from 1765 to 1770. The Church with its bell tower exists next to the presbytery on lo Surcouf Street.

61. Fr. Ferdinand, O.F.M. Cap.

1772 - 1783

62.Fr.Benigne, O.F.M. Cap.

1772-1779

63. Mgr. Damase de l'ile d'Oléron, O.F.M.Cap.

1774-1792

Apostolic Prefect

1787 - 1792

64. Fr. Paulin, O.F.M.Cap.

1776 - 1784

65. Fr. Joseph Marie, O.F.M. Cap.

1776-1786

Parish Priest 1784 - 1786

66. Fr.Joseph Deourem, O.F.M. Cap.

1777

67. Fr. Joseph François, O.F.M. Cap.

1777-1778

68. Fr. Vincent, O.F.M. Cap.

1785 - 1786

69. Fr. Dosithée, O.F.M.Cap.

1785 - 1787

70. Fr. Boniface, O.F.M.Cap.

1787 - 1791

71. Fr. Felix Marie, O.F.M.Cap.

1787–1789

Vice - Apostolic Prefect from 1826

1818 - 1829

72. Fr. Thomas Maillard, O.F.M.Cap.

1788

73. Fr. Jean Gualbert, O.F.M. Cap.

1789

74. Fr. Armand, O.F.M.Cap.

1789-1790

THE APOSTOLIC PREFECTS OF THE CAPUCHIN MISSSION On 2311 September 1776, Pope Pius VI gave his consent for the erection of the Apostolic Prefecture in Pondicherry.

75. Fr. Fulgence, O.F.M. Cap.

1790 - 1793

From early 1791, the effect of French Revolution was felt in Pondicherry. In the Apostolic Prefecture, the French Capuchins were slowly replaced by the Italians.

76. Fr. Marcel de Gradisca, O.F.M.Cap.

1790 – 1792

77. Fr. Garret, O.F.M. Cap.

1792 – 1812

78. Fr. Arnoldin Augst, O.F.M. Cap.

1792 – 1811

79. Mgr.Benjamin, O.F.M. Cap.

1793 - 1797

Apostolic Prefect from 1793 to 1797

80. Mgr. Benois, O.F.M. Cap.

1793 - 1802

Vice - Apostolic Prefect from 1797 to 1801. From 1802, Apostolic Prefect of Notre Dame des Anges and the last of the Apostolic Prefects of the Capuchin Mission.

81. Fr. Leon Laurent, O.F.M. Cap.

1802

82. Fr. Pierre Benoit, O.F.M. Cap.

1810 - 1812

83. Fr. Honoré, O.F.M. Cap.

1811 - 1819

84. Fr. Gregoire Marie, O.F.M. Cap.

1826-1828

THE APOSTOLIC PREFECTS OF THE CAPUCHIN MISSSION On 2311 September 1776, Pope Pius VI gave his consent for the erection of the Apostolic Prefecture in Pondicherry.
1. Mgr. Sebastien de Nevers, O.F.M.Cap. 1777 – 1784
2. Mgr. Damase de l'ile d'Oléron, O.F.M.Cap. 1787 – 1792
3. Mgr. Benjamin, O.F.M. Cap. 1793 - 1797
4. Mgr. Benois, O.F.M.Cap. 1802-1826

VICE - APOSTOLIC PREFECTS
1. Fr. Benois, O.F.M. Cap. 1797 – 1801
2. Fr. Felix Marie, O.F.M. Cap. 1826-1829 1753

A CARDINAL FROM OUR PARISH LOUIS FRANÇOIS CARDINAL BAUSSET -ROQUEFORT

Birth:14 December 1748, Pondicherry.
Parish: Notre Dame des Anges, Pondicherry.
Baptism : 29th December 1748, Notre Dame des Anges, Pondicherry.
Ordination: 1773 at the age of 24, France.
Consecration : 18th July 1784, Bishop of Alès (Alais), France.
Cardinal: Elevated by Pope Pius VII on 28th July 1817.
Death: 21 June 1824 at the age of 75, France.

The Spiritan Missionaries 1829 – 1887

At The Apostolic Prefecture of Notre Dame Des Anges and College Colonial
In 1829, the Capuchins left Pondicherry. The spiritual care of the Apostolic Prefecture of
Notre Dame des Anges was handed over to the Spiritans. The Apostolic Prefect had
jurisdiction over the French, Europeans, Eurasians, Topas and the Creoles in Pondicherry, Mahe and Yanam.
The Spiritual jurisdiction of Chandranagore was fully handed over to the Spiritans while Karaikal to the M.E.P.

THE MISSIONARIES WHO ARE NOT SPIRITIANS BUT PIONEERS OF THE SPIRITIAN MISSION

1. Mgr. Pierre-Jean-Norbert CALMLES

1829-1859

2. Fr.Guerin

1830-1831

3. Fr. VINCENT DUMAS François Jean Alexandre

1843-1844

4. Fr. Florent de VILLIERS

1847-1849

5. Fr. Georges PASCAL -LACOUR, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

The present Church of Notre Dame des Anges was constructed from 1850 to 1855 by French Colonial Engineer and Parishioner Louis Maurice Guerre.

6. Fr.TYPHANIE Louis Jean Baptiste

1853

7. Fr. Anxionnax Pierre François

1850 - 1857

8. Mgr. Pierre Guy BRUNIE

1859 – 1879

9.Fr. Eugène Louis CASTMILLER

1859-1872

10. Fr. DENIS Joseph Alexis

1861 – 1878

11. Fr. Jean-Marie DELASIAZ

1872-1880

12.Fr. Le Port Joseph Marie Benjamin

1879-1880

13. Fr.Jean Pierre Riou

1880 – 1882

This list also includes the Spiritan missionaries, who were teaching in College Colonial and assisting the Apostolic Prefecture of Notre Dame des Anges. The Spiritans were given the charge of Collége Colonial in 1879 by the French Government. From 1846, the M.E.P missionaries were taking care of the College Colonial.

1. Fr. Nicolas STOLL, C.S.Sp.

1878 - 1881

2. Mgr. François Xavier CORBET, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

3. Fr. Joseph Francois Michel HEINTZ, C.S.Sp.

1879 - 1881

4. Fr. Léon Fyten, C.S.Sp.

1879-1882

5. Fr. Georges PASCAL -LACOUR, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

6.Fr. Dominique SCHAFFNER, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

7. Fr. Ferdinand FAUGÈRE, C.S.Sp.

1879-1885

8. Fr. Auguste DELCLAUX, C.S.Sp.

1879-1880

9. Fr.Jérôme ROCHETTE DE LEMPDES, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

10. Fr.Antoine GIRON, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

11. Fr. Jean-Pierre SUBLET, C.S.Sp.

1879-1887

12. Fr.Alexandre LE ROY, C.S.Sp.

1880-1881

13. Fr. Meinrad KIENTZLER,C.S.Sp.

1880-1884

14. Fr. Pierre ANDRIEUX, C.S.Sp.

1880-1887

15. Fr. Jean RICHAUME, C.S.Sp.

1881-1887

16. Fr. Amet USSEL, C.S.Sp.

1881-1887

17. Fr. Charles RABANY, C.S.Sp.

1881-1887

18. Bro. Louis VEILLET, C.S.Sp.

18811-1884

19. Fr. Paul ROSEROT, C.S.Sp.

1881-1885

20. Bro. Georges Auguste Jules RIPAUX, C.S.Sp.

1881-1882

21. Fr. Marc VOEGTLI, C.S.Sp.

1882-1887

22. Fr. Thomas KIERNAN, C.S.Sp.

1882-1884

23. Bro. Geoffroy DOERNEMANN, C.S.Sp.

1882-1884

24. Bro.Marie-Benoît HARTMANN, C.S.Sp.

1882-1887

25. Fr. Jean BLANZAT, C.S.Sp.

1883-1884

26. Fr. Henri MUESPACH, C.S.Sp.

1883-1887

27. Fr. Léon DISSARD,C.S.Sp.

1884-1887

28. Bro. HEITZ Charles Joseph, C.S.Sp.

1884-1887

29. Bro. MELLON Bischop, C.S.Sp.

1884-1887

THE APOSTOLIC PERFECTS OF THE SPIRITIAN MISSION

1. Mgr. Pierre Jean Norbert CALMELS

1829-1859

2. Mgr. Pierre Guy BRUNIE

1859-1879

3. Fr. Jean Marie DELASSIAZ

Apostolic Prefect par intérim - 1880

4. Mgr. François Xavier CORBET, C.S.Sp.

January 1880 - 1st September 1886

The M.E.P Missionaries 1887 - 2007

On 1st September 1886, by the Publication of the Papal Bull, "Humanae Salutis Auctor', the Indian Ecclesiastical
Hierarchy was established and the Apostolic Prefecture of Notre Dame des Anges was suppressed and
became a Parish under the newly erected Archdiocese of Pondicherry. In 1887, the Spiritans left
Pondicherry handing over the Parish and the Collège Colonial to the M.E.P missionaries.