Jean-Marie Beurel was born on 5 February 1813 at Plouguenast, in Lower Brittany, France. He was assigned to the Mission of Siam by the Missions Étrangères de Paris and arrived in Singapore on 29 October 1839 at the age of 26. He was responsible for the construction of the Church of the Good Shepherd - now the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Singapore - and worked in the Mission for the next 29 years till 1868 when he returned to France on account of illness. He died in Paris, France on 3 October 1872 at the age of 59 and was buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery.
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5 February 1813 Plouguenast, France
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1872 (aged 58) Singapore
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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