Auguste-Siméon Colas
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The Most Reverend Auguste-Siméon Colas M.E.P. |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore | |
Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas
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| See | Archdiocese of Pondicherry |
| Appointed | 24 June 1930 |
| Installed | 29 September 1930 |
| Term ended | 28 October 1955 |
| Predecessor | Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel |
| Successor | Ambrose Rayappan |
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| Ordination | 24 June 1900 |
| Consecration | 29 September 1930 by Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel |
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| Birth name | Auguste-Siméon Colas |
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December 29, 1876 Paris, France |
| Died | October 24, 1968 (aged 91) Bangalore |
| Buried | Cemetery adjacent to Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Motto | Credo |
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Styles of Auguste-Siméon Colas |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | The Most Reverend |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel |
| Co-consecrators | Henri-Aimé-Anatole Prunier |
| Date of consecration | 29 September 1930 |
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Bishops consecrated by Auguste-Siméon Colas as principal consecrator
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| Peter Francis Rayappa | 29 June 1931 |
| Oubagaraswami Bernadotte | 25 July 1940 |
| Joseph Mark Gopu | 29 September 1948 |
| Francis Xavier Muthappa | 26 April 1950 |
| Ambrose Rayappan | 25 March 1953 |
| Daniel Paul Arulswamy | 21 September 1955 |
Auguste-Siméon Colas (29 December, 1876 – 24 October, 1968) was a member of Paris Foreign Missions Society and the last missionary archbishop of Archdiocese of Pondicherry. On 29 September 1930 he succeeded Archbishop Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel when the later resigned due to health reasons. He was the bishop until 28 October 1955. He was succeeded by Ambrose Rayappan.
He was born on December 29, 1876 at the parish of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France. He did his early schooling at Lycée Henri-IV for two years. Then he entered the joint minor Seminary of Notre Dame des Champs. Desiring to become an official in the French army, for his secondary education he entered Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève under the care of Jesuits. In March 1895, he entered the at Issy-les-Moulineaux. He entered Paris Foreign Missions Society in September 1896. He was ordained priest on 24 June 1900.
Prevented from going to Indochina because of unspecified serious events, he was sent to Pondicherry mission. One hearing this news he exclaimed "then the society is afraid to make martyrs". He arrived at Pondicherry on August 18, 1900, and was appointed Professor in seminar-College, under the strict direction of father Elisabeth. After three years of service there, in August 1903, he was sent to Tindivanam as assistant to father Combes. In April 1904, he was sent to Chetpet, as vicar of father Darras. He was parish priest of Chetpet until 1915. This post at Chetpet really was father Colas's preferred position. During World War I French Mobilization, he had to leave for France in January 1915. He was sent to Salonika. In March 1917, he was demobilised and returned to Pondicherry to regain his post at Chetpet.
In 1925 father colas was put in charge of the parish at Tindivanam. He was also in-charge of the normal school and the school of catechists at Tindivanam built by father Gavan Duffy. With financial assistance from the father G. Duffy, he managed to finish the beautiful church begun in 1898 by father Combes.
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