Most. Rev. Ignatius Conrad Dubbelman O. Praem (1954-1966)

Date of Birth: 12.10.1894 at Rotterdam, Holland
Joined the Abbey of Berne: 08.10.1914
Final Profession: 20.12.1919
Ordination to the Priesthood: 18.08.1920
Left for India: 25.09.1923
Arrived in India (Madras): 26.10.1923
Came to Jabalpur: in September 1929
Asstt. Priest: Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Jabalpur: 1930-1933
Appointed Apostolic Prefect of Jabalpur: 29.05.1933
Installed as the Apostolic Prefect of Jabalpur: 11.07.1933
Became Indian Citizen: 1950
Appointed as the First Bishop of Jabalpur: 18.07.1954
Ordination as the First Bishop of Jabalpur: 19.10.1954
Date of Retirement: 08.01.1966
Decoration (Officer in the Order Oranje Nassau) by the Dutch Govt: 08.02.1977
Expired at Katra Hospital, Mandla: 20.12.1977
Buried at Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral: 21.12.1977