Resignation and Death Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel



tomb of mgr. elie-jean-joseph morel


but in 1919, believed duty resign because of health. suffering cataract. mgr. auguste-siméon colas succeeded him.


wanting spend time useful, became chaplain of sisters of st. joseph of cluny on mountain of yerkaud. lasted time, , forced retire @ st. martha hospital, bangalore, built mgr. colas, sick , aged missionaries. during absence of mgr. despatures, bishop of bangalore, mgr. morel served giving few confirmations in diocese.


but strength declined , after receiving last sacraments , after 2 days of agony, died l5 june l948, eighteen years after resignation. body transferred pondicherry, funeral mass said in cathedral. body buried next predecessor mgr. gandy, in cemetery adjacent immaculate conception cathedral, pondicherry.








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