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French bishop (1834-1918)

Charles Arsène Bourdon M.E.P. (1 May 1834 – 3 October 1918) was a French Catholic missionary and bishop in Burma and Singapore.

Early life

Charles Arsène Bourdon, born in Caligny, Orne on 1 May 1834, was descended from an old Norman family. He was ordained as a priest of the La Société des Missions Etrangères in 1860, and in 1863 was sent to Rangoon to join the Burmah mission under Bishop Bigandet.

Career

In 1872, he was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Burma with residence in Mandalay, and a year later was ordained as Titular Bishop of Dardanus. In 1877, he returned to France due to ill-health but returned a year later to resume his duties.

In 1887, he resigned from the Burma mission, and after a short residence in Hong Kong went to Singapore. Although not attached to the Vicariate Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore, he continued ministering to the people, visiting patients at the General Hospital, and serving as H.M. Military Chaplain, a post he held from 1888 to 1911.

He died on 3 October 1918, aged 84, in Singapore.

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Bourdon's Record". Straits Echo. 2 May 1914. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Bishop Bourdon's Silver Jubilee". The Straits Budget. 11 January 1898. p. 16.
  3. "Bishop Bourdon". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 30 April 1910. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Bishop Charles Arsène Bourdon [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  5. Schendel, Jörg (March 1999). "Christian Missionaries in Upper Burma, 1853–85". South East Asia Research. 7 (1): 61–91. doi:10.1177/0967828X9900700103. ISSN 0967-828X.
  6. "Death of Bishop Bourdon". The Straits Times. 3 October 1918. p. 6.
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