About Edouard Gasnier
Lived 1833 – 1896 (aged 62). Edouard Gasnier was a catholic priest, missionary and catholic bishop.
Edouard Gasnier (4 May 1833 – 8 April 1896) was a French Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Malacca-Singapore from 1888 to 1896.
Biography Born on 4 May 1833 in Angers, France, Edouard Gasnier was ordained as a priest in La Société des Missions Etrangères in 1857, and in the same year was sent to India.
In 1878, whilst serving as Parish Priest of St Patrick's Church, Bangalore, he was appointed titular Bishop of Eucarpia and Vicar Apostolic of Malacca and Singapore.
In 1888, the Diocese of Malacca was restored which raised the Vicar Apostolic of Malacca to a Diocese, and therefore, as Vicar Apostolic, he was elevated to Bishop of Malacca and Singapore.
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