Joseph Thekedathu – “The starting of the first salesian work in Bombay and its consolidation (1928-1950)” in “Insediamenti e iniziative salesiane dopo don Bosco”

Several of the above mentioned factors convinced mgr. Louis Mathias, the first provincial of the Salesians in India, of the importance of starting a Salesian house in Bombay.

He had, however, another compelling reason. Every year several groups of Salesians from Europe used to land in Bombay and occasionally someone had also to be repatriated. Before the Salesians opened a house in that city, a superior from Assam had to go down to Bombay every time a new group arrived from Europe and for the departure of certain people.

Molti dei fattori sopra menzionati convinsero mons. Louis Mathias, il primo ispettore salesiano in India, dell’importanza di fondare una casa salesiana a Bombay. Aveva, inoltre, un’altra ragione impellente. Ogni anno molti gruppi di salesiani dall’Europa sbarcavano a Bombay e occasionalmente qualcuno doveva essere rimpatriato. Prima che i Salesiani aprissero una casa in quella città, un superiore dell’Assam doveva scendere a Bombay ogni volta che un nuovo gruppo arrivava dall’Europa e per la partenza di altre persone.

Index:

• 1. General information about the city of Bombay
• 2. Entry of the Salesians into Bombay
  • 2.1 Importance of starting a Salesian house in Bombay
  • 2.2 Difficulty of entering into Bombay
  • 2.3 Double ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Bombay
  • 2.4 The Catholic Educational Institute, Tardeo, Bombay
• 3. The Salesians at Tardeo, Bombay
  • 3.1 Rectorate of fr. Hauber
  • 3.2 Rectorate of fr. Tornquist
  • 3.3 Rectorate of fr. Maschio
• 4. The interlude at Cumballa Hill
• 5. The Salesians at Matunga, Bombay

Reference time period: 1928 – 1950

Reference institution:
Istituto Storico Salesiano