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Joseph-Isidore Godelle took which position from 1867 to 1868?
Joseph-Isidore Godelle Joseph-Isidore Godelle ( 7 March 1806 – 15 July 1867 ) was a missionary of Paris Foreign Missions Society and was the Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry from 21 March 1861 until his death on 15 July 1867 . He was born in Hannapes , Ardennes on 7 March 1806 . After his ordination on 1 June 1833 , he served as pastor in Remaucourt , Aisne and Logny-lès-Chaumont ( now a part of Chaumont-Porcien ) . In 1834 he served in Librecy . He joined the Seminary of Paris Foreign Missions on 4 May 1839 . He was sent to Pondicherry , India on 6 January 1840 . In India . Coming to India he served in Tanjore , Kovilur in Dharmapuri District , Tranquabar and also in Karaikal . He became the rector of the Petit Seminaire in Pondicherry and served for five years from 1846 to 1850 . The caste Catholics had viewed the decision of the Synod of Pondicherry with regard to the admissions to Petit Seminaire as a veiled threat to the caste system . Tamil news papers from Madras carried letters and articles condemning the acts of the priests . The seminary authorities declared indefinite holidays and the seminary was closed . Normalcy returned only in April 1847 with the intervention of Mgr . Bonnand . As a Bishop . He was appointed as the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry on 3 April 1857 . He was ordained a Bishop by Ordained Bishop Mgr . Bonnand on 27 August 1857 at Karoumatampatty , Coimbatore with Thermopylae as his titular see . He was simultaneously appointed as an administrator of Coimbatore . When Mgr . Bonnand was appointed as the apostolic visitor of the missions of India and set off for his apostolic visitation in November 1859 , Godelle took charge of the mission of Pondicherry . He succeeded Bonnand as the Vicar Apostolic on 21 March 1861 after the death of the prelate , while remaining an administrator of Coimbatore . He remained in this additional post until 1865 the Vicariate of Coimbatore was entrusted to Bishop Depommier . Death . In 1867 , the Catholic bishops of the world were invited to Rome to solemnize the 18th centenary of the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul and to attend the canonization of Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan . Mgr . Godelle , accompanied by Mgr . Charbonnaux , went to Rome . At the end of the celebrations they met the Pope in private audience and started their return journey . During that journey Mgr . Godelle fell ill and he was taken by Mgr.Charbonnaux to Chambéry , where he was admitted in the general hospital , since Mgr . Godelle refused to seek hospitality from the Archbishop of Chambéry on account of his austerity and simplicity . He asked Mgr.Charbonnaux to proceed to India while he remained alone in the hospital , in the company of a missionary from China . On 15 July 1867 he received the last sacraments in the presence of Cardinal , the Archbishop of Chambéry , and died that day . He was buried in the graveyard of Chambéry and a monument was erected in the Cathedral . On 14 August 1867 , a solemn service was held for him at Pondicherry which was attended by all the members of the government and at which military honours were rendered . In 1870 around the cemetery chapel a vault was prepared to bury clergymen including Mgr . Godelle . His remains were later transferred to the cathedral . References .