Félix Perroy

Félix Henri François Donatien Perroy MEP (31 May 1866 – 10 April 1931) was a French Catholic missionary and bishop who served as Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma from 1925 to 1931.

Biography Perroy was born on 31 May 1866 in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, France. He was educated at the School of the Brothers of Saint Gabriel and at the seminaries of Sables d'Olonne and Luçon. He entered the Société des Missions Etrangères in September 1888, and was ordained a priest on 3 March 1889.

Perroy was sent as a missionary to southern Burma on 1 May 1889. After arriving in Rangoon, he was sent to Bassein to carry out missionary work and learn English and Burmese under Fr D'Cruz. After a severe attack of dysentery Bishop Bigandet recalled him to Rangoon where he recovered his health. After six months recuperation, he was sent to Thonze in May 1890 to assist the head of the mission and later that year took over the post. He soon built a large, sturdy church in the town to replace the small wooden church. and commissioned him to prepare a curriculum for use in Burma's primary schools and examination questions for all Burma's teacher training colleges. On 11 May 1920, he was appointed titular Bishop of Médéa and was consecrated bishop on 18 January 1921. On the death of Bishop Cardot he succeeded to the position of Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma on 18 October 1925. During the following years he became increasingly unwell, and in 1929 a coadjutor, Frédéric-Marie Provost, was appointed to administer the mission. Perroy retired to Thonze where he died on 10 April 1931. He was buried in the crypt of St Mary's Cathedral in Rangoon.