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|name= [[Venerable]] <br> Anastasius Hartmann
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|death_place= St. Joseph's Orphanage [[Patna]], [[India]]
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'''Anastasius Hartmann''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catholicsindia.in/?page_id=19551|title=Servants of God from the Latin – Catholics Indian|website=catholicsindia.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> born as Joseph Alois Hartmann (* 24. February 1803 in Altwis, Canton Lucerne, [[Switzerland]] ; † 24. April 1866 in Kurji in Patna, India ), was a Capuchin,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capuchins.org/saints-blesseds/|title=list of capuchins saints-blesseds|website=capuchins.org|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> a missionary in India, Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dioceseofallahabad.org/History.aspx#|title=Diocese Of Allahabad|website=www.dioceseofallahabad.org|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> and Bombay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uibk.ac.at/theol/leseraum/texte/1169.html|title=Bishop Anastasius Hartmann (1803-1866). A Visionary Ahead of His Times|last=Ekka|first=Cornelius|website=www.uibk.ac.at|language=de|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhar.html|title=Bishop Anastasius (Alois) Hartmann [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Altwis]] in 1803, the son of [[peasant]]s Joseph Hartmann and his wife Barbara Nietlisbach and baptised on the day after his birth in the local parish.

He attended [[school]] in [[Solothurn]] and entered the novitiate of the [[Capuchin Order]] on 17 September 1821.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://catholicsaints.info/the-holiness-of-the-church-in-the-nineteenth-century-anastasius-hartmann/|title=The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century – Anastasius Hartmann|date=2018-02-22|work=CatholicSaints.Info|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Priesthood ==
In 1822 he professed his vows and was ordained a priest on September 24, 1825. After ordination, he worked as a [[chaplain]] in [[Luzern]], then as novice master and teacher of [[theology]] at [[Fribourg]] until 1830. In 1839, he was sent to Solothurn to teach [[philosophy]]. During his teaching days, he started to feel a strong desire to go to the overseas missions. Permission was granted him to go as a missionary only after much hesitation from his superiors.

In September 1841, Hartmann left [[Switzerland]] and traveled to [[Rome]] on foot. In 1843, he was chosen to go with the Mission to [[Agra]] in [[India]]. After five months, he was reassigned to head the mission station in the town of Gwalior, in what is now [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://catholicsaints.info/the-holiness-of-the-church-in-the-nineteenth-century-anastasius-hartmann/|title=The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century – Anastasius Hartmann|date=2018-02-22|work=CatholicSaints.Info|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Episcopate ==
In September 1845, [[Pope]] [[Gregory XVI]]. made him the [[Vicar Apostolic]] of [[Patna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dioceseofallahabad.org/History.aspx#|title=Diocese Of Allahabad|website=www.dioceseofallahabad.org|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> and [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Derbe (Diocese)|Derbe]], with episcopal [[ordination]] at [[Akbar's Church]] on 15 March 1846 by the local Apostolic Vicar [[Alessandro Borghi (bishop)]],<ref>Sevartham (journal), St. Albert's College Ranchi, Volume 22, page 64</ref> Hartmanns [[bishopric]] consisted of seven parishes that were supervised by four priests. He worked with great zeal and under difficult conditions.

On July 9, 1854 Anastasius Hartmann became Vicar Apostolic of [[Bombay]].<ref>Anton Huonder SJ: "standard-bearer of the Cross", Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1915, pages 146 and 147.</ref>

== Death ==
Bishop Anastasius Hartmann died on 24 April 1866 in his residence at St. Joseph's Orphanage at Kurji,(near Patna),<ref>Fulgentius Vannini: Bishop Hartmann, page 308, St. Paul Publications, 1966</ref> from [[cholera]] . In life he had a reputation of holiness. He was buried in the (old) Cathedral of Patna.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mattersindia.com/2016/04/bishop-anastasius-hartmann-patnas-first-vicar-apostolic/|title=Bishop Anastasius Hartmann, Patna's first vicar apostolic|date=2016-04-25|work=Matters India|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en-US}}</ref>

== As Venerable ==
Bishop Anastasius Hartmann was venerated as " [[Venerable]] "<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholictime.com/news1/world-diocese-church-news/449-india/india-news/286-catholic-servants-of-god-venerables-beatified-and-saints-from-india|title=CATHOLICTIME.COM - Catholic Servants of God, Venerables, Beatified, and Saints from India|last=admin|website=www.catholictime.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-09-14|archive-date=2018-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165330/http://www.catholictime.com/news1/world-diocese-church-news/449-india/india-news/286-catholic-servants-of-god-venerables-beatified-and-saints-from-india|url-status=dead}}</ref> on 21 December 1998 by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saintscatholic.blogspot.com/2014/03/bishop-anastasius-hartmann.html|title=ALL SAINTS: Bishop Anastasius Hartmann|website=ALL SAINTS|access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref>
[[File:Bishop_Anastasius_Hartmann.jpg|thumb|Anastasius Hartmann]]

== See also ==
[[List of saints of India]]

[[List of Servants of God]]

== References ==
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