Paul Goethals


Paul Monsignor Goethals

Archbishop of Calcutta
Mgr Paul Goethals, first Archbishop of Calcutta
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Calcutta
Installed25 November 1886
Term ended4 July 1901
SuccessorBrice Meuleman
Other post(s)Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India (1877–1878), Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (1878–1886)
Orders
Ordination11 September 1862
by Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
Consecration24 February 1878
by Johan Joseph Faict
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born
Paul François Marie Goethals

(1832-11-11)11 November 1832
Died4 July 1901(1901-07-04) (aged 68)
Calcutta, India
NationalityBelgian
DenominationRoman Catholic
ResidenceCalcutta, India
ParentsFerdinand Goethals(Father)
Alma materCatholic University of Leuven(1863–1867)
Styles of
Paul Goethals
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleMonsignor
Ordination history of
Paul Goethals
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byArchbishop Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
Date11 September 1862
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorBishop Jean Joseph Faict.
Co-consecratorsBishop Théodore-Joseph Gravez,
Bishop Edmond Hyacinthe Theodore Joseph Dumont
Date24 February 1878
PlaceSaint Martin's Church (Kortrijk)
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Paul Goethals as principal consecrator
Theodore Dalhoff31 January 1892
Ladislaus Michael Zaleski15 May 1892

Paul-François-Marie Goethals, S.J. (11 November 1832, Kortrijk, Belgium – 4 July 1901, Calcutta, India), was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary in British India and the first Archbishop of Calcutta.