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Founder of
Loyola College
Father Bertram was born in Montigny les Metz, in the Lorraine
province of France on 23 July 1870. He offered himself to
Father Boutelant, the procurator of Madurai mission. Being a
feeble boy with a very weak physique, he was a remarkably
broad-minded man, the perfect type of a man of honour, a
great organizer and an ideal priest. He served as
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Rev.
Fr. Francis Bertram, S.J.
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the Principal of St. Joseph's College, Trichy, from 1908 to
1916, during which the college reached remarkable growth. He
became a university syndicate member in the year 1916 and
held the post till his death.
He founded
Loyola College in Chennai on July 1925 and was the Principal
of the college from then on till 1935 and also served the
community as Rector from 1926 to 1935. On 2 June 1936 he
peacefully fell asleep in the Lord in the Van Allen hospital, Kodikanal.
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