Henri Joseph Depelchin, SJ (also Henry Depelchin) (24 January 1822, Russeignies, East Flanders, Netherlands – 26 May 1900, Calcutta, District of West Bengal, British India), was a Belgian Jesuit priest and missionary in India and Africa. As a missionary, he was the first superior of the failed Zambesi Mission in Africa and the founder and first superior of the West Bengal Mission in India.[1][2] As an educator, he was the founder and first director of three major colleges in India.
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The Zambezi Mission: the first steps: the second Jesuit attempt at Roman Catholic evangelisation in South Central Africa – A Belgian Jesuit, Father Henri Depelchin, had been appointed the First Superior of the Zambezi Mission – The mission at Gubulawayo struggled on until 1887 but was never a real success.