Joseph-Adolphe Gandy
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Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy M.E.P. | |
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| Archbishop of Pondicherry | |
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| See | Pondicherry |
| Appointed | 15 January 1889 |
| Installed | 29 September 1892 |
| Term ended | 26 March 1909 |
| Predecessor | François-Jean-Marie Laouënan |
| Successor | Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel |
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| Ordination | 13 July 1862 |
| Consecration | 9 September 1883 by François-Jean-Marie Laouënan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph-Adolphe Gandy 25 February 1839 Châtonnay, France |
| Died | 26 March 1909 (aged 70) Yercaud |
| Buried | Cathedral Cemetery, Pondicherry |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Motto | Dominare Nostri Tu Et Filius Tuus (Rule over us - you, your son - Judges 8:22) |
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| Styles of Joseph-Adolphe Gandy | |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | The Most Reverend |
Joseph-Adolphe Gandy (25 February 1839 – 26 March 1909) was a member of Paris Foreign Missions Society and was the archbishop of Archdiocese of Pondicherry. On 16 March 1883 he was appointed as a coadjutor vicar apostolic to succeed Bishop Laouënan. He was consecrated as a bishop on 9 September 1883 with Tricale as his titular see. When Pope Leo XII established Catholic hierarchy in India, he was appointed as the coadjutor archbishop of Pondicherry on 15 January 1889. After the death of Mgr. Laouënan he succeed him on 29 September 1892. He was the archbishop until his death on 26 March 1909.[1] He was succeeded by Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel.
He was born 25 February 1839 at St. Anne, Estrablin, which at that time was part of the Châtonnay; He studied at the seminary in La Côte-Saint-André and at the major seminary in Grenoble, where he was ordained priest on 13 July 1862. After two years as vicar at St. Symphorien d'Ozon, he entered the Seminary of Paris Foreign Missions Society on 7 August 1866.
In India
He left for Pondicherry Mission on 15 March 1867. There he first worked as a teacher. In December 1870 Bishop Laouënan sent him to district of Kottapalayam, and in 1872, in that of Koneripatti where he remained for fifteen years. Despite many difficulties, he established a Christian colony, built a rectory, and laid the foundations of a church;[2]
