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Christian Trade Unionists, in alliance with the Communists, defeat l'Abbé Fulbert Youlu.

P. Paolino Livramento Evora, the first Spiritan from Cape Verde, celebrates his first Mass on the islands.

Building starts on the "Kongolo Memorial" at Gentinnes. It will be inaugurated five years later in the presence of the King and Queen of Belgium. On the walls are commemorated…

The current District of Tefé is divided into Tefé and Central Brazil.

Fr Timothy O'Driscoll, the Irish Provincial, and Fr Patrick Walsh, the second Assistant, arrive in Rio de Janeiro to spend a month in Brazil in contact with the German and…

The Superior General moves to 393, rue des Pyrénées in Paris, while the Provincial of France returns to rue Lhomond.

The first edition of the review, "Encontro, Seleções Missionárias".

Marcel Lefebvre, Superior General: Letter to the Congregation, 11.10.1962

May the Holy Spirit living in us make us ever more aware of our allegiance to the Church, which is still totally submissive to the breath and fire of Pentecost,…

The beginning of the Second Vatican Council and the subsequent renewal programmes. There are 49 Spiritan Bishops attending, including the Superior General, Marcel Lefebvre.

Inauguration of the seminary at Silva.

Opening of the 12th General Chapter of the Congregation at Chevilly (July 24-August 13) with 75 capitulants. Mgr. Marcel Lefebvre is elected the 18th. Superior General of the Congregation.

Independence of Algeria. Confreres who are retired or parish priests in the region of Oran leave for France. The agricultural school at Misserghin continues as a private school recognised by…

The administrative centre of the diocese is moved from Otukpo to Makurdi; henceforth it is known as the Diocese of Makurdi.

The Villa Notre Dame at Montana is henceforth to be run by the Province of Switzerland as a rest house.

20 confreres (19 Belgian and 1 Dutch) are killed at Kongolo (Democratic Republic of Congo). A national memorial service is held in Brussels, led by Cardinal Suenens in the presence…

Tanganyika becomes independent. In 1964 it joins with Zanzibar and takes the new name of Tanzania.

Guinée Conakry

After the suppression of the Catholic Action movements in 1959, the private schools are nationalised in September, 1961. As a result of his vigorous protests, Mgr. de Milleville, the Spiritan…

The death of Père Adolphe Cabon, the archivist of the Congregation. Between 1929 and 1956, he published the collection of "Notes et Documents relatifs à la Vie et à l'Oeuvre…

Mgr. Ndong, the first bishop from Gabon, is ordained by Mgr. Marcel Lefebvre, the Apostolic Delegate, at Libreville.

As Sierra Leone gains Independence from the United Kingdom, Catholics are 1% of the population. Joseph Ganda is ordained a priest in Bo - the first Sierra Leonean to become…

The Patrician Congress, commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St Patrick is celebrated in Ireland with Cardinal Agagianian as Papal Legate. Among the highlights is a Missionary Exhibition…

Père Albert Forgeur (Belgium), chaplain to the gendarmes of Katanga, is killed while helping a soldier who is gravely wounded. His body is thrown into the Lualaba river.

Makunka parish (Livingstone diocese) is one of the earliest mission which Spiritans take on arrival in the diocese (67 kms west of Livingstone).

Père Jean Courtcuisse leaves his house in the village of Botko before six in the morning to go to the chapel. Along with the village head and another man, he…

Fr Joseph Kilasara is ordained a Bishop in Rome. He is the first East African Spiritan Bishop as well as the first African-born Bishop of Moshi.

The work of the Spiritans in Arecibo (Puerto-Rico) is so successful that the Holy See creates the Diocese of Arecibo, entrusted to the diocesan clergy.

Arrival of the first sisters in Mauritania, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. With the proclamation of an Islamic Republic in 1960, mission work becomes more difficult; the…

The Prefecture of Otukpo is raised to a Diocese with Bishop James Hagan in charge. He resides in Otukpo.

A delegation goes to Rome for the beatification of Mère Anne-Marie Javouhey, the founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. Her first missionaries arrived in Guadeloupe in 1822…

First edition of the review "Spiritus".

Central African Republic

Just before the declaration of independence, l'Abbé Barthélémy Boganda, the President of the Council of Government, disappears in an air crash.

The creation of the diocese of Mouila. Libreville becomes an Archdiocese.

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,…

The General Council erects the new community of the Holy Spirit in the place of the community of Daulac. The senior scholasticate moves there with a team of four fathers.…

The junior seminary at Weert is officially recognised by the State as a secondary school.

Dakar replaces Saint-Louis as the capital of Senegal.

First Spiritan African noviciate opens at Awomama. Bishop J. B. Whelan of Owerri celebrates the inaugural mass for the five novices who start their noviciate with Fr J. Mohan as…

Bathurst becomes a diocese with Bishop Moloney at its head.

A seminary for late vocations opens at Hettem.

Appointment of Father Pedro Valdez as Principal of St Mary's College, the first past-student and Trinidadian to hold this post.

The encyclical "Fidei Donum" of Pius XII. In it, he invites bishops to send some of their diocesan priests and committed lay people to help in the missions.

Creation of the new Apostolic Vicariat of Kindu with Mgr. Jean Fryns as bishop.

Establishment of Holy Ghost Noviciate, Awo-Omamma.

The reign of terror of the Duvalier family. The Spiritans try to defend the people and look after the young. Père Grienenberger, the superior, as well as his successor, are…

Prefecture of Kaolack established and confided to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

On the day when the students are returning to the junior seminary at Paredas da Nava, P. José Maria Felgueiras is seriously injured while rescuing a student in danger of…

Profession of the first Spanish brother, Javier Jesœs Blanco Martinez.

The mission of Puerto Rico becomes a District. The central house is at Dorado and the first superior if Fr. R. Eberhard.

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