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Born: 1683, County Galway
Entered: 1699, Goa, India - Goana Province (GOA)
Ordained: 1708,
Final Vows: 1717
Died: 02 December 1721, Mysuru, Karnataka, India - Goana Province (GOA)
◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
1708-1711 After finished studies and ordination he taught at Daman College, Daman and Diu, India for a few years.
1711 Then sent as a missioner to Mysore (Mysuru), Karnataka, India where he died 10 years later
◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973
Father Francis Skerret 1683-1721
Fr Francis Skerret was born in Galway in 1683 and entered the Society at Goa in India in 1699.
After his studies he was ordained in 1908, and taught for a few years at the College of Daman. He was then sent as a missioner to Mysore, where he died in 1721 after two years evangelising the Indians.
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