CHOUNAVEL, Constant. Socourt, Saint-Dié (Vosges) 9.4.1825 — Borella, Sri Lanka 23.8.1923. O.M.I. French Catholic Missionary in Sri Lanka. Son of Joseph Chounavel and Christine Pierron. Studied theology at seminary of Saint-Dié and took the habit in 1849. Ordained priest in 1852 in Marseille and left for Ceylon. In 1852-83 served in Jaffna Vicariate, then in Colombo as vicar general and pastor of the cathedral in Kotahena.
Publications: A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language for the use of European Students. 16+231 p. Colombo 1885.
– Religious books and translations in Sinhalese.
Sources: Y. Beaudoin in www.omiworld.org/lemma/chounavel-constant/ with photo.
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