Bishop Hurth was succeeded by Bishop Francis Frederick Linneborn, CSC, who was also born in Germany. He was already 65 when he took over the diocese. He was consecrated April 11, 1909 in Rome and took over his See in Dacca on Christmas Eve of that year. During the First World War some Italian and German-born priests and religious in some Bengal dioceses were repatriated or interned. Fa¬ther Louis Lazarus, CSC went back to Germany from 1914 to 1919.’ Bishop Linneborn obligingly died on July 21, 1915 after his health’ failed suddenly. Father Emile LaFond, CSC served as administrator’ for two years, residing at Solepur where he took the opportunity to allocate himself a new house.’