East Africa

Spiritan Forum on Interreligious Diologue Zanzibar, 3-9 December 2018

Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer moves the seat of his diocese from Zanzibar to Nairobi. He retires on 24.04.1913 and is replaced by Bishop Gerald Neville of the Irish Province.

Mgr. Xavier Vogt becomes Vicar Apostolic of the New Vicariat of Central Zanzibar. He establishes his residence in Bagamoyo. The new Vicariat has 30 priests, 20 brothers and 13.600 Christians.…

The Holy See creates the Vicariat of Bagamoyo (Central Zanzibar) out of the Vicariat of Northern Zanguebar. Fr François-Xavier VOGT is appointed Bishop for the new Vicariat of Kilimanjaro.

The Vicariat of Central Zanzibar becomes the Vicariat of Bagamoyo.

A minor Seminary is opened at Bagamoyo by the Spiritans. It is later transferred to Zanzibar in 1872 where it dies a natural death.

The Superior General signs a contract with Bishop Maupoint of Reunion in which the Congregation accepts "the mission of Zanzibar in its entirety".

Père Horner lands in Zanzibar with Père Baur and two brothers. Nearly all the first converts are freed slaves. The idea of Fr. Horner is to put these converts in…

The Congregation takes on responsibility for East Africa and Zanzibar (The Prefecture Apostolic of Zanzibar). Bishop Maupoint becomes Apostolic Delegate for East Africa and Prefect Apostolic for the new Prefecture.

Père Armand Fava begins the mission in Zanzibar and asks for more missionaries.

Bishop Maupoint of Reunion asks his Vicar General, Père Armand Fava, to make an exploratory expedition to Zanzibar.

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