Venerable Anastasius Hartmann
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- Also known as
- Alois Hartmann
- Profile
- Capuchin Franciscan Friar.
Educated in Solothurn.
Ordained in 1825.
Energetic missionary to India beginning in Agra in 1843.
Vicar Apostolic of Patna, India (modern diocese of Allahabad) in 1845.
Titular Bishop of Derbe on 13 March 1846.
Administrator-Apostolic of Bombay in 1849.
Vicar-Apostolic of Bombay in 1854.
Founded the Bombay Examiner.
Bishop Hartmann built the old cathedral of Patna, which is now unused, in bad condition, and in the care of the nearby Jesuit school.
In the 1930s there were reports that occassionally at midnight the old building would be flooded with light, an odor of incense would fill the air, and a man in vestments would be seen silently celebrating the Mass.
The man was generally believed to be Venerable Anastasius.
The Jesuits have begun asking for his intervention in their work, and the converts in the region went from a handful each year to hundreds.
- Born
- 24 February 1803 in Altwis, Switzerland as Alois Hartmann
- Died
- 24 April 1866 in Patna-Kurijee, India of cholera
- Venerated
- 21 December 1998 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the beatification of Venerable Anastasius, contact:
Saint Fidelis Ashram
Vikas Nagar P.O.
Lucknow 226 022, INDIA
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