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| type = archbishop
| honorific_prefix = [[The Most Reverend]]
| name = Paul ''Monsignor'' Goethals
| honorific_suffix = [[Society of Jesus|SJ]]
| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archbishop of Calcutta]]
| image = Paul Goethals, archbishop of Calcutta.jpg
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| caption = Mgr Paul Goethals, first Archbishop of Calcutta
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archdiocese of Calcutta]]
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| term_start = 25 November 1886
| term_end = 4 July 1901
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| successor = [[Brice Meuleman]]
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| other_post = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal, India (1877-1878)]], [[Diocese of Hierapolis|Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (1878-1886)]]

| ordination = 11 September 1862
| ordained_by = [[Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano]]
| consecration = 24 February 1878
| consecrated_by = [[Johan Joseph Faict]]
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| rank = Archbishop

| birth_name = Paul François Marie Goethals
| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|11|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kortrijk]], [[Belgium]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1901|07|04|1832|11|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
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| nationality = Belgian
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| residence = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
| parents = Ferdinand Goethals'''(Father)'''
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| alma_mater = [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Leuven]]'''(1863–1867)'''
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{{Ordination
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| ordained priest by = [[Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano|Archbishop Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano]]
| date of priestly ordination = 11 September 1862
| place of priestly ordination =
| consecrated by = [[Johan Joseph Faict|Bishop Jean Joseph Faict]].
| co-consecrators = Bishop Théodore-Joseph Gravez, Bishop Edmond Hyacinthe Theodore Joseph Dumont
| date of consecration = 24 February 1878
| place of consecration = [[Saint Martin's Church (Kortrijk)]]
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| sources =
| bishop 1 = Theodore Dalhoff
| consecration date 1 = 31 January 1892
| bishop 2 = [[Ladislaus Michael Zaleski]]
| consecration date 2 = 15 May 1892
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'''Paul-François-Marie Goethals''', [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] (11 November 1832, [[Kortrijk]], [[Belgium]] – 4 July 1901, [[Calcutta]], [[India]]), was a Belgian [[Jesuit]] [[Catholic priest|priest]], missionary in [[British India]] and the first [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archbishop of Calcutta]].

==Early years and Formation==
Paul-François-Marie Goethals was born in [[Kortrijk]], [[Belgium]], into an influential and politically active family. His father, Ferdinand Goethals (1786–1860), was member of the founding [[National Congress of Belgium]] of 1831. Paul did his secondary studies at [[Collège Saint-Servais (Liège)|Collège Saint-Servais]], a Jesuit high school in [[Liège]], Belgium. After joining the [[Society of Jesus]] he did his [[philosophical]] studies in [[Namur (city)|Namur]] (1856–1857) and [[theology]] at the [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|Catholic University of Leuven]] (1863–1867), both in Belgium.

==Rector and Provincial==
Goethals was the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the second Collège Saint-Michel, a Jesuit high School in [[Brussels]] (1868–1869) and soon afterwards the Provincial Superior of the Belgian Jesuits (1870–1876). Then he was the Rector of another Jesuit high school, this time in [[Namur (city)|Namur]] at Collège Notre-Dame de la Paix, where the [[Université de Namur|University of Namur]] now stands. Everything seemed to have him destined for a successful administration career in Jesuit educational institutions. However, his destiny was changed when, because of his combination of leadership qualities and good knowledge of [[English language|English]], he was chosen as [[Apostolic Vicar]] of Calcutta. The [[Bengal]] mission was at that time entrusted to the Belgian Jesuits.

==Archbishop of Calcutta==
Goethals arrived in [[Calcutta]], as the Vicar Apostolic, on 4 November 1878. When the [[Catholic hierarchy]] was established in India (1 September 1886), he became the first Archbishop of Calcutta. The 23 years with Archbishop Goethals at the helm were years of development and consolidation of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[East India]], with the establishment of the Jesuit Theologate (now the [[Vidyajyoti College of Theology]]) in [[Kurseong]], near [[Darjeeling]] (1889), the arrival of numerous religious congregations who opened missions, schools and dispensaries. He is also the founder of the first indigenous [[religious congregation]] of women, the Daughters of St Anne, in 1899.

Goethals actively encouraged evangelization and education in the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] of Central India and was an effective help to [[Constant Lievens]]'s work among the [[Mundas]], [[Oraons]] and [[Kharia people|Kharias]] in the future state of [[Jharkhand]]. In and around [[Darjeeling]], in the foothills of the [[Himalayas]], he also opened new missionary centres and backed the Jesuits' foundation of the [[St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling|St Joseph High School]] in Darjeeling. A boarding school in Kurseong keeps his memory alive with the name of ''[[Goethals Memorial School]]''.

In Calcutta, Archbishop Goethals started a Catholic [[printing press]], establishes several new parishes and gathered a collection of more than 6000 books on India (religions, geography, travels, culture and languages) that became the nucleus of the present ''Goethals Indian Library and Research Centre'' (attached to [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta]]). The Archbishop was always intellectually open and quite active in the cultural and social life of the city. At one time, he was the president of the ''[[Asiatic Society of Bengal]]'', an association of scholars (founded by [[William Jones (philologist)|William Jones]]) devoted to promoting a better knowledge and appreciation of [[Languages of India|Indian languages]] and civilisations. He died in [[Calcutta]] on 4 June 1901.

==Legacy==
[[File:Goethals Memorial School door.jpg|thumb|250 px|Entrance of [[Goethals Memorial School]], [[Kurseong]]]]

===Goethals Memorial School===
[[Goethals Memorial School]] is a boarding school in [[Kurseong]]. It was founded in 1907 and was named after Paul Goethals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Website of Goethal Memorial School|url=http://www.gms.edu.in/|accessdate=7 November 2017}}</ref>

===Goethals Library===
Goethals library is located above the chapel of [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]]. In 1908 the college received a large collection of rare books, periodical and journals from [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archbishop of Calcutta]] Paul Goethals. These well preserved collections are made into a library and named after Paul Goethals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Website of Goethals Library|url=http://www.goethals.in/}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|en}} Official website of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018115652/http://goethalsmemorialschool.com/ Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong]
* {{in lang|en}} Official website of the [http://goethals.org Goethals Indian Library and Research Center, Calcutta]

==Bibliography==
*{{in lang|en}} Paul Goethals: ''A Catalogue of books on India, and Indian subjects'' (Calcutta: Publisher unknown, 1894)
*{{in lang|fr}} Anonymous, ''Missions belges de la Compagnie de Jésus'' [''Belgian Missions of the Society of Jesus''] (Brussels: C. Bulens, 1904)
*{{in lang|en}} Fidelis de Sa, ''Crisis in Chota Nagpur: with special reference to the judicial conflict between Jesuit missionaries and British government officials, November 1889-March 1890'' ([[Bangalore]]: Redemptorist Publications, 1975)
*{{in lang|fr}} Henri Josson, ''La Mission du Bengale occidental ou Archidiocèse de Calcutta. Province belge de la Compagnie de Jésus'' [The Mission of the West Bengal and the Archdiocese of Calcutta: Belgian Province of the Society of Jesus], Volume II ([[Bruges]]: Imprimerie Sainte-Catherine, 1921)

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