1958 | Gambia
Bishop Moloney is enthroned as the first Bishop of the new Diocese of Bathurst in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. The same day, but 53 years before, Fr. John Meehan from the Irish Province, arrives in Gambia where he works until his death in 1954.
1973 | United Kingdom
The only Spiritan house in Scotland is transferred from Uddingston to Carfin; it will continue with vocations work and youth apostolate. The first superior is Scottish Spiritan, Fr. Frank O'Donnell.
1974 | Sierra Leone
A Senior Seminary is set up in Gbarnga, Liberia, for the training of future priests from Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Liberia. Spiritans are associated with the seminary. Later, during the Liberian Civil War in 1990, it is transferred to the town of Makeni in Sierra Leone.
1975 | Malawi
At this point, there are eight Spiritans working in four parishes.
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