(1 May 1834 – 3 October 1918) was a French Catholic missionary and bishop in Burma and Singapore.
Charles Arsène Bourdon, born in Caligny, Orne on 1 May 1834, was descended from an old Norman family.
[1][2][3][4] In 1872, he was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Burma with residence in Mandalay, and a year later was ordained as Titular Bishop of Dardanus.
[1][2][4][5] In 1887, he resigned from the Burma mission, and after a short residence in Hong Kong went to Singapore.
Although not attached to the Vicariate Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore, he continued ministering to the people, visiting patients at the General Hospital, and serving as H.M. Military Chaplain, a post he held from 1888 to 1911.