Catherine Noele Worlée was born in the Danish possession of Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, India, to a French colonial official stationed at nearby Pondicherry.
Moreover he maintained contacts between those Pietists and the missions in North America - particularly the community of Salzburgers at Ebenezer, Georgia - and in Southern India (Tranquebar, Madras) where he also supported the Danish-Halle Mission.
The Foot-Worshipper's Guide to Watching Maula Jatt (The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies Do to Writers., Ed. by Jai Arjun Singh, Tranquebar, 2011)