Grech-Cumbo, John, 1892-1960, Jesuit priest

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Grech-Cumbo, John, 1892-1960, Jesuit priest

27 January 1892-29 March 1960

Born: 27 January 1892, Strada Molini al Vento, Valletta, Malta
Entered: 23 June 1913, Tullabeg (HIB for Siculae Province - (SIC)
Ordained: 24 August 1924, Malta
Final Vows: 02 February 1927
Died: 29 March 1960, St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Bengal, India - Kolkata Province (CCU)

One of eleven boys and two girls. Out of these there are four surviving boys of which he is the eldest. One of his brothers is a novice of the Sicilian Province.

early education at Billim’s School in Valletta and then at the Lyceum. After this he went to St Aloysius College. He then went to work at the French Consulate with his father

by 1916 at Rathfarnham (HIB) studying

◆ Irish Province News
Irish Province News 35th Year No 3 1960
Obituary :
Fr John Grech-Cumbo (1891-1960)
Prayers are asked for the repose of the soul of Fr. John Grech Cumbo, who died at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, on 29th March, 1960, in his 69th year and his 47th in religion. In our Catalogues of 1914 and 1915, John Grech Cumbo (Prov. Sicula) appears as a novice in Tullabeg, having entered in June 1913. He was ordained in Malta in August 1925. In 1929 he went to India, where he laboured strenuously among the Santals for thirty-one years. May he rest in peace.

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