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☇ History of Hazaribag Jesuits
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HAZARIBAG JESUITS
An Unknown Dreamland
In May 1949 Father General Jean-Baptist Janssens wrote to Father Austin Kelly, the Vice-Provincial of Australia asking him to take up a mission in the two Districts of the Ranchi Mission, Hazaribag and Palamu. This came about because during the Second World War and in the years that followed, the resources of the Ranchi mission were overstretched...
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History of Province
In the first half of the 19th century
Hazaribag was under the jurisdiction of the
diocese of Kolkata. In 1847 the Capuchins
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List of Regional Superiors And Provincials
✧ 1951 - 1956 - Vice Provincial Ranchi Fr. Phil McInerney District Superior
✧ 1956 - 1962 - Fr. Austin Kelly Regional Superior
✧ 1962 - 1968 - Fr. Edward O-Connor Regional Superior
✧ 1968 - 1974 - Fr. Maurice Dullard Regional Superior
✧ 1974 - 1980 - Fr. Bernard Donnelly Regional Superior
✧ 1980 - 1986 - Fr. Phillip Crotty Regional Superior
✧ 1986 - 1992 - Fr. R. C. Ckacko Regional Superior
✧ 1992 - 1998 - Fr. Edward Mudavassery Provincial Superior
✧ 1998 - 2004 - Fr. Gaudentius Kongari Provincial Superior
✧ 2004 - 2010 - Fr. Thomas Venad Provincial Superior
✧ 2010 – 2016 - Fr. Francis Kurien, Provincial Superior
✧ 2016 – ______ - Fr. Santosh Minj, Provincial Superior
Vision Statement
Educational Ministry of the Hazaribag Province
Mission Statement
The Educational Mission of Hazaribag Province is to:
a) give quality education to all our students, preferentially to those who are poor and
marginalised,
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“The Jesuits are called to be Companions of Jesus and of one another”
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