Papua New Guinea

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The Province of Nigeria becomes a partner in the PNG mission due to the acute shortage of personnel. At present, five Spiritans from the province are working in the country.

The Indian Ocean Foundation (IOF) makes PNG one of its priority missions, sending its first members in 1988. In 1995, the Nigerian Province also becomes a partner in the mission.

First 3 missionaries of the Foundation set out from Mauritius for Papua New Guinea.

The Spiritan missionaries move over to Kerema diocese in the Gulf Province where the need is greatest. Mother Teresa, who visits her sisters working in Kerema diocese, describes the Gulf…

TransCanada Province begins work in Papua New Guinea (Frs. Kelly and Corrigan).

An offer by the bishop of Mount Hagen to take responsibility for a section of the diocese is not accepted due to the lack of personnel, but four parishes are…

The presence of Spiritans in PNG starts in 1971 when seven priests from the Irish Province who have worked in Nigeria arrive in the Mount Hagen area. These pioneer Spiritans…

The beginning of the civil war in Nigeria. Subsequently, approximately 280 Irish confreres are displaced and later find work in other circumscriptions, including Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, PNG and Australia.