DON BOSCO MISSIONARY ASPIRANTATE SIRAJULLI, GUWHATI, ASSAM

The first Missionary Aspirantate was started in India in the year 2011, in the province of Guwhati. The inauguration of the house took place in the month of November 22^nd 2011. There were number of important dignitaries present for the grand inauguration. The Missionary Aspirnate, the house is named after  a bishop called Huber D’ Rosario. A part from all the regular time tables of the house , also have four groups for boys which are named after these missionary who came to India and to Assam.

In the present blog let us view about Bishop Huber D’ Rosario SDB and Bishop Orestes Marengo SDB

Bishop Hubert D' Rosario sdb - 2nd Bishop of Dibrugarh 1964 – 1969 He was born on the 21st February 1916. He was ordained a Salesian priest on the 16th April 1947. He was elected Bishop of Dibrugarh on the 6th July 1964 and his Episcopal ordination was held on the 6th September 1964 in Bombay during the Eucharistic Congress. He was transferred to Shillong on the 6th June 1969. THY KINGDOM COME was his Episcopal motto. Bishop Orestes Marengo SDB - 1st Bishop of Dibrugarh 1951 -1964 Born to Mr. Lorenzo and Agostina in 1906, Orestes Marengo, after completing his preliminary studies, joined the Salesians at Valdocco in 1919. He was selected to come to Assam. He and his companions arrived at Shillong on the 22nd December 1923 under the leadership of Fr. Stephen Ferrando sdb. Archbishop F. Perier ordained him a priest on the 2nd April 1932 in the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Shillong. As a priest he toured the whole region and did real wonders. On 23rd July 1951 he received the official communication of the erection of the Diocese of Dibrugarh and his nomination as the first bishop of Dibrugarh. His Episcopal ordination was held on 27th December 1951 at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Valdocco, Turin. On the 18th May 1952 Bishop Marengo was solemnly installed as the first Bishop of Dibrugarh. He was transferred to Tezpur in July 1964 and left for Tezpur on the 27th August 1964, after presenting his successor, Bishop Hubert D' Rosario sdb, to the people. Bishop Marengo had for his Episcopal motto: TO SEEK SOULS.