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At Bafia, Mgr. Loucheur opens a professional school and a leprosium (at Nyamsong).

Bishop Herman van Elswijk resigns and is succeeded by the first African bishop in the diocese. There are 87 priests, 19 brothers and 168,000 Catholics in the diocese.

Opening of the Africa Museum at Berg en Dal. It receives a large number of visitors and becomes an important means of spreading missionary awareness.

A few Brothers and Fathers move into a new house at Berg en Dal. It will be used as a community for those studying at the university.

P. José Maria Felgueiras arrives in Madrid from Nova Lisboa (Angola) to take over responsibility for the works of the Congregation in Spain.

The hierarchy is established in Kenya.

The community moves to 12, de la Calle de los Olivos, Madrid 3, which will be the headquarters of the Congregation in Spain.

Fr Thomas Brosnahan from Nigeria and Ireland is appointed the first residential Bishop of Freetown and Bo. He undertakes a major campaign in the expansion of primary and secondary schools.…

P. Agostinho de Moura, the Provincial of Portugal, is appointed bishop of Portalegre and Castelo Branco.

The theologate moves from Viana do Castelo to Torre d'Aguilha. The first official act is the enthroning of the Blessed Sacrament.

Bishop Ambrose Kelly is the first Spiritan Bishop to die in Sierra Leone; he is buried in Free-town.

Fr. John Jordan founds the Holy Ghost Juniorate at Ihiala, the main source of vocations for the future Province.

Foundation of Collège Vogt at Yaounde and Collège Libermann at Douala (by P. Boulanger). It was confided to the Jesuits in 1956.

Fr. Dalkowski is arrested at Lesno. Several others are imprisoned for periods between one to seven years. By 1956 all have been released and the Junior Seminary is re-opened in…

The Senior Seminary (Libermann) is transferred from Popenguine to Sebikhotane; the students are from various diocese in Senegal and a few from Guinée Conakry.

German Spiritans take on responsibility for a mission territory in the south of Brazil.

The first two Nigerians make their profession in Ireland as Spiritans: Frs. Godfrey Okoye and Anthony Nwedo.

Bishop Ambrose Kelly welcomes the Xaverian Fathers from Italy into his diocese; they are given the care of the Northern Province, centered on Makeni.

The only priests in the country are military chaplains. The Church of Rosso is built by Fr. Salomon (Spiritan) but it is not occupied until 1958.

Death in Pittsburgh, USA, of P. Joaquim Alves Correia of the Portuguese Province. He had a great influence on the catholic renewal movement in Portugal during the time of the…

Publication of the first missionary encyclical of Pius XII, "Evangelii Praecones". The Pope praises the work accomplished by missionaries and sets them new tasks. He talks of the place of…

Fr Anthony Nwedo is the first Nigerian to profess as a Spiritan at Kilshane, Ireland. He had been ordained a diocesan priest in 1945. He was also the first Nigerian…

The Vicariat Apostolic of Fort-Rousset is created, with Mgr. Verhille as the first Vicar.

The jurisdiction of Tefé becomes a Prelatura Nullius, under the direction of Mgr. Joaquim de Lange.

Opening of the 11th General Chapter (July 24-5 August) with 82 capitulants. Fr. Francis Griffin of the Irish Province is elected the 17th Superior General of the Congregation.

The Holy Year. Many West Africans go on pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Pius XII announces the creation of the hierarchy of West Africa. Sierra Leone is made into a diocese,…

One half of the confreres in the U.S.A. are engaged directly in mission work with African-Americans (90), Africans in Kilimanjaro (51) and Puerto Ricans (26); the others are in ethnic…

Téfé devient une ‘Prélature Nullius’ sous la direction de Mgr Joaquim de Lange.

Fr. Joseph Whelan of the Irish Province is ordained Vicar Apostolic of Owerri in Onitsha.

Mgr. Georges Guibert becomes the auxiliary of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre at Dakar. Since October 23, 1948, the latter had also been Apostolic Delegate for French Africa.

Numerous vocations to the Holy Ghost Congregation from past students of the College. Eventually, 14 Trinidadians are to serve on the Nigerian mission, mainly with the Irish Spiritans.

President Estimé asks the Congregation to direct a house for street children, and it does so for the next ten years. The Spiritans witdraw from the work in 1960 because…

Tefé becomes a Prelature Nullius and Joaquim de Lange is ordained the first bishop, to be succeeded by Mário Clemente Neto in 1980.

Père Le Cam arrives at Wacapou to start the evangelisation of the Maroni.

Guinée Conakry

Kankan becomes an Apostolic Prefecture.

Mgr. Teerenstra of the Netherlands was chosen as Auxiliary to Mgr. Graffin with responsibility for the region of Doumé. This was the solution chosen to avoid possible difficulties with the…

The Vicariate Apostolic of Loango changes its name to the Vicariate Apostolic of Pointe-Noire.

The Province of Kabba is detached from the Prefecture of Otukpo with Mgr. Delisle as Prefect Apostolic. Mgr. James Hagan is named as Prefect Apostolic of Otukpo.

In 1948 and 1949, many fathers and brothers arrive as a result of the end of the second world war. The Dutch Province sends personnel for the new Vicariat of…

Land is bought at Quinta da Torre d'Aguilha for the building of a theology house for Portuguese Spiritans. The first Mass is celebrated there on the first Sunday of Advent.

Founding of the Senior Seminary of Puszczykówko. The communist government that follows the war is very hard on the Church; 7 of our confreres are arrested and accused of spying…

The Benue Province of Nigeria, previously staffed by members of the German Province, is confided to the Province of England. The same area now covers four dioceses with their own…

The Prefecture Apostolic of Kroonstad, is entrusted to the Spiritans in 1922. It becomes a Vicariate in 1935 and is later divided into the Vicariates of Kroonstad (1948) and Bethlehem…

Guinée Conakry

The General Council approves the foundation of the mission of Faranah in a strongly Moslem area. Frs. Petersen and Chamagne are put in charge.

The regional senior seminary is transferred from Libreville to Brazzaville.

The Apostolic Vicariat of Gabon now becomes the Apostolic Vicariat of Libreville. On July 7th, Père Jean-Jerome Adam is appointed the Vicar and is ordained at Colmar on December 9th.

Mgr. Marcel Lefebvre is appointed Vicar Apostolic of Dakar. He invites many congregations to join in the work: White Fathers, Marists, Sacred Heart of Issoudun, Maronites, Presentation Sisters, Carmelites etc.…

Père Joseph Hascher C.S.Sp. from Alsace is appointed as the second Bishop of the Prelature. The ordination is held at Blotzheim (Alsace).

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