Monsignor Fortunatus Henry Caumont was born in Tours, in France on December 10, 1871, to Monsieur Salvat Caumont and Madame Pauline Caumont. She had a great and lasting influence on her son. In school, he was the joy of his teachers. He was studious and hardworking, gifted with great intelligence, delicate artistic sense and personal charm.

In 1913, the see of Ajmer was erected and Msgr. Fortunatus Henry Caumont appointed its first Bishop. This great personality was a man of vision and he was able to read the sign of the times. The women of Rajasthan with their peculiar customs were in dive need of help and only women of great courage could reach out to them. At that period unlike now, the women of Rajasthan were very much secluded and isolated from the main stream of life; and no man, much less a foreigner could approach them. He pleaded with the religious of St. Mary of the Angels to help him in coming to their rescue. Mother Matilda barely 30 years of age, trained by her saintly mother, Mother Felicity nurtured the Congregation of St. Mary of the Angels. She never left her Congregation of St. Mary of the Angels but continued to be its member till death. With the permission of the saintly Holy Father, Pius X, Msgr. Henry Caumont started the congregation of the Mission Sisters of Ajmer on 26th April, 1911 and placed it under the protection of Our Lady of good Counsel. The constitution of this congregation was in keeping which brought her into contact with many local schools encouraging this noble work of women’s education.

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