Louis Charles Casartelli
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The Right Reverend Louis Charles Casartelli |
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| Bishop of Salford | |
Bishop of Salford 1903-1925
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| Diocese | Salford |
| Appointed | 28 August 1903 |
| Term ended | 18 January 1925 |
| Predecessor | John Bilsborrow |
| Successor | Thomas Henshaw |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 September 1876 by Herbert Vaughan |
| Consecration | 21 September 1903 by Francis Bourne |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 November 1852 Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England |
| Died | 18 January 1925 (aged 72) Salford, England |
| Buried | St Joseph's Cemetery, Moston, Manchester, England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Joseph Louis Casartelli and Jane Henrietta Casartelli (née Ronchetti) |
Louis Charles Casartelli (14 November 1852 - 18 January 1925) was a Roman Catholic priest and was the fourth Bishop of Salford.
Born of Italian parents at 2 Clarence Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, 14 November 1852. His parents, Joseph Louis (an optician) and Jane Henrietta Casartelli (Ronchetti), had resided in the area for some time. He was believed to have been considered an intelligent as well as pious child, something which was felt he learned from his mother.
At the age of nine he attended Salford Catholic Grammar School and became fluent in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Whilst there he came under the influence of those two masters, Canon Augustus De Clerc and Bruno de Splenter. "Wax to receive, marble to retain,". Louis went on to study at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw where he won a gold medal for classics as well earning an MA degree externally from University of London in 1873.
In 1884 he began specialist theology studies at the University of Louvain, in Belgium, where he also specialised in Eastern languages, an interest first acquired - so he said - through a chance encounter with a book in the Manchester Free Library. He was an avid diary keeper, often writing in several languages on the one page, and frequently using the prayer (in Latin) "O God be merciful to me a sinner".
Louis was ordained to the priesthood on the 10 September 1876 by the then Bishop Herbert Vaughan. He was seconded to the teaching staff of St Bede's College, Manchester although in 1884 he returned once more to the University of Louvain and gained a doctorate in Oriental literature. Upon completion of his studies, he returned to St Bede's and in 1891 he was appointed rector. From 1898 he lectured five times each Lent term at Louvain, Sanskrit, Zend and Pehievi becoming his speciality. He was lecturer in Iranian languages in the University of Manchester, and was offered a position as the Katrak lecturer in Iranian studies at Oxford University but although he accepted he was unable to give the lecture due to illness.
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