GORÉ, Francis Louis Noël. Saint-James (Coutances) 25.12.1883 — Voiron (Isère) 14.10.1954. French Missionary. Joined Franciscan order and attended the seminary of Missions étrangères, then studies of theology at Penang College, ordained there priest in 1907. Served in various stations of the Tibet Mission, finally in 1931-52 vicaire apostolique and procureur…
GÓIS, Bento de (Benedictus Goës). Vila-Franca-do-Campo, Ilha de S. Miguel (Azores) 1562 — Suzhou, Gansu, China 11.4.1607. S.J. Portuguese Missionary and Traveller in India and China. Originally a jew, baptized in 1572 as Luís Gonçalves, took the name Bento de Góis, when joined the S.J. as lay brother. Came to…
GOGERLY, Daniel John. London 25.8.1792 — buried Colombo 6.9.1862. British Methodist Missionary in Ceylon. Son of Daniel Gogerly (1762–1838) and Elizabeth Forster. Worked as a printer, but soon (1806) joined the Wesleyan Mission. Arrived at Jaffna in October 1818 taking the supervision of Methodist Mission press. Ordained priest 1823, in…
GODINHO, Manuel. Montalvão 1630 (1632?) — Loures 1712. S.J. Portuguese Priest and Missionary in India. Became novice of the S.J. in Coimbra 1645, joined the Indian mission. In December 1662 left for Portugal by land, visited Persia, Mesopotamia and Syria, and arrived at Cascais in October 1663. Also carried diplomatic…
GIRAUDEAU, Pierre-Philippe. Saint-Mars-de-Coutais (Loire-Inférieure) 17.3.1850 — Kangding (Dajianlu), Tibet 13.11.1941. French Catholic Missionary in Tibet. Son of Pierre Jean Giraudeau and Jeanne Guihal. Served in Franco-German war, then turned to religion, ordained priest 1876 in Nantes. In 1877 joined Missions étrangères and after seminary in Paris departed in 1878 to…
GEMINIANUS A SANCTA OCTAVIA (wrongly Gemignanus a Sancto Octavio, Gemignano Da Sant’ Ottavio). Modena 1702? — on sea near Corfu, January 1763. Italian Carmelite Missionary in South India. Joined the Mahe Mission in 1733, in 1733-35 served in Verapoly, 1735-41 in again Mahe. Probably came to Europe in 1741, 1743…
GARRETT, John. 8.11.1815 — London 20.6.1893. Rev. British Methodist Missionary and Clergyman in India. Originally a printer. Came to India in 1839, now took ministry. In 1858 retired from Mission and became the first Direktor of the new Central High School in Bangalore. In 1868 returned to the U.K., but…
GABET, Joseph. Nevy-sur-Seille (Jura) 4.12.1808 — Rio de Janeiro 3.3.1853. French Lazarist Missionary in China. Son of a smallholder, went at the age of 15 to petit séminaire de Vaux, at 20 to grand séminaire de S.-Claude. Ordained as a priest at the age of 26. In 1834 he joined…
FROHNMEYER, Leonhard (or rather Ludwig?) Johannes. Ludwigsburg (Württemberg) 12.12.1850 — Basel 16.3.1921. Rev. German Missionary and Malayalam scholar. Son of Johann Gottlieb Frohnmeyer (1813–1880) and Luise Henrieke Reuther. After teacher training in Nürtingen worked as teacher in Calw. Became missionary and worked for the Basel Mission in Kerala from 1876 until…
FRANZÉN (born Pettersson), Gustaf Oskar. Grebo, Östergötland 21.10.1861 — Stockholm (or Umeå?) 4.2.1914. Swedish Medical Missionary in India. Son of Frans Reinhold Pettersson (1837–1888) and Katharina Persdotter. A physician. In India as early as 1898, served in Bijori (Madhya Pradesh), still there in 1909. Wrote articles on Gond religion in…