Henri Depelchin

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.

^ Müller, Karl, SVD (1999). Delpelchin, Henri. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 0802846807. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database". africabib.org. Retrieved 2 May 2012. 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.

[R1-1] Müller, Karl, SVD (1999). Delpelchin, Henri. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 0802846807. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[lafrique-2] "Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database". africabib.org. Retrieved 2 May 2012. 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.

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