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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Porter    
First Name(s)  George    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Right Rev. D.D.    
Birth Year  1825    
Death Year  1889    
Entry  First Catholic Archbishop of Bombay : of Scotch extraction : born Aug. 27, 1825: entered the Society of Jesus, Sep. 7, 1841 : nominated Archbishop of Bombay : the first to fill that post in the newly constituted Catholic hierarchy in India, Dec. 21, 1886 : arrived in India, Feb. 14, and consecrated at Allahabad, Feb. 27, 1887 : being sent to a tropical climate at so advanced an age (61), he soon succumbed to the climate and died, Sep. 28, 1889 : buried in the cemetery at Sewree : his remains were translated to the Bombay Cathedral : a collection of his private letters written from India was published in England.     
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