Adolph Edwin Medlycott
Adolph Edwin Medlycott (born May 15, 1838 in Chittagong , then British India, now Bangladesh ; † May 4, 1918 in Bangalore , India ) was a Catholic titular bishop and vicar apostolic of Trichur , Kerala and an important Indian church historian.
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Adolph Edwin Medlycott was born to English parents in British India. His father, who died young, had the same name as him. He grew up in India and went to school there, later he attended the College of Propaganda (proclamation of the faith) in Rome, today's Pontifical Urban University .
On March 17, 1861, Medlycott was ordained priest for the Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal, which was later converted to the Archdiocese of Calcutta . He then worked as a military chaplain in Punjab ; finally he was called back to Rome as professor of rhetoric at the Urbaniana.
In 1887, the Catholic Thomas Christians of the East Syrian rite , today's Syro-Malabars , were generally removed from Latin jurisdiction in India and the Apostolic Vicariates Trichur and Kottayam were created exclusively for them (under Latin titular bishops) .
Pope Leo XIII was appointed first Vicar Apostolic of Trichur and Titular Bishop of Tricomia . , on September 13, 1887, the Latin Anglo-Indian Adolph Edwin Medlycott, who was given the task of completely building the new district. He received his episcopal ordination on December 11th of the same year in Ootacamund the Apostolic Delegate and later Cardinal Andrea Aiuti ; Co - consecrators were Etienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou MEP , Bishop of Coimbatore , and Henrique José Reed da Silva , Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapore .
On December 18, 1887, Medlycott took office as Vicar Apostolic and headed the Trichur Vicariate until August 11, 1896, when his local secretary and confidante John Menacherry (1857-1919) succeeded him, since the Pope was the vicariate from that point on the Thomas Christians appointed bishops of their own rite.
Bishop Medlycott resigned from his office and retired to Bangalore, where he devoted himself mainly to scientific work. He was particularly interested in Indian church history: after extensive studies in 1905 he published the book India and the Apostle Thomas, which is still considered a standard work today . During a visit to the Church of Parur, Adolph Edwin Medlycott discovered the lost grave of Francisco Roz SJ († 1624), the first Latin Archbishop of Angamaly , in 1888 .
Medlycott founded the renowned St. Thomas College in Trichur in 1889 .
Adolph Edwin Medlycott died in Bangalore in 1918. In 1945 his bones were transferred to Trichur (now Thrissur ), where they have rested in the crypt of Lourdes Cathedral since 1950.
Works
- India and the Apostle Thomas. An inquiry with a critical analysis of the Acta Thomae. ; New edition Gorgias Press LLC, 2005, USA, ISBN 1593331800 (link to online edition) .
literature
- The Catholic encyclopedia , 1912, Volume 14, page 688 Scan from source
- Orientalia christiana periodica , Volume 70, Issue 2, Rome, 2004 Scan from the source
Web links
- Entry on Adolphus Edwin Medlycott on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved March 19, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical page on Bishop Medlycott ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ On the discovery of the tomb of Archbishop Roz (at the very bottom of the page) ( Memento from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ On the history of the university with mention of Bishop Medlycott ( Memento from April 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Biographical page on Adolph Edwin Medlycott ( Memento from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medlycott, Adolph Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-Indian bishop and vicar apostolic in India, church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chittagong |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1918 |
| Place of death | Bangalore |