ROSSILLON, Pierre. La Brolle (Savoie) 22.9.1874 — Visakhapatnam 22.3.1947. S.F.S. Catholic Missionary in India. In 1898 ordained priest of Missionariesof St. Francis de Sales d’Annecy and sent to India. Worked in Visakhapatnam (Vizagapatam). From 1919 Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia, 1926-47 Bishop of Visakhapatnam.
Publications: “Moeurs et Coutumes du peuple Kui, Indes Anglaises”, Anthropos 6, 1911, 994-1009 & 7, 1912, 95-104, 649-662.
– Also wrote on mission, e.g. Les Moissonneuses du Coromandel, ou Quatre-vingt ans d’apostolat dans la mission de Vizagapatam. 2223 p. P. 1933.
Sources: www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brossil.html; archdioceseofvisakhapatnam.org with small photo.
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