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There are 61 priests in the diocese: 22 seculars and 39 Spiritans.

Opening of St. Mary's College in Nairobi.

The "Echo" and the missionary calendar are suppressed by the government.

Opening of St. Mary's School, Nairobi.

Fr Alfonse Mtana, a diocesan priest of the Apostolic Vicariat of Kilimanjaro, becomes the first African priest to be ordained in the Holy Ghost Vicariates of East Africa.

First edition of the "Bulletin de la Province de France."

Opening of the 10th General Chapter (24-31 July) with 68 capitulants and 4 observers. Mgr. Le Hunsec is re-elected Superior General. The Chapter accepts modifications to the Constitutions and approves…

The northern area of the Benue Prefecture is given to the Irish Augustinians. Four new German confreres arrive in the Benue District.

The 800th anniversary of Knechtsteden.

The death of Mgr. Alexandre Le Roy, Superior General from 1896 to 1926. A great missionary and ethnologist, he guided the Congregation through the crises of the French anti-clericalism and…

Central African Republic

Mgr. Grandin, now Vicar Apostolic, consecrates the new cathedral and ordains his first priest, l'Abbé Barthélémy Boganda. The western part of the Vicariat (Berbérati, Bozoum and Doba) is given over…

Apostolic Vicariate of Mahajanga is cut off from a territory in the north to form the Prefecture Apostolic of Ambanja (a name given to it in 1938).

The headquarters of the Church in the Benue Prefecture is moved to Otukpo. Fr. Strick opens a new mission in Gboko. Adamawa Province in the north is detached from the…

Opening of a new house at Wlóki-Chelmszczonka. The growth of the boarding school is such that this larger property in the countryside is necessary.

Opening of the seminary at Silva, left to the Province by the owner, D. Maria Antónia de Sousa e Silva Alcoforado. It begins as a junior seminary, with the hope…

Mgr. Pichot receives the vows of the first sisters at Maevatanana after a noviciate of 7 years!

Launching in Fatima of an organisation for the promotion and support of missions by P. Agostinho de Moura and two scholastics, José Felício and Augusto Teixeira Maio. This body came…

The newspaper "Cameroun Catholique" is launched by the diocese of Brazzaville.

Consecration of the new cathedral at Makurdi, built by Brother Baldomir (German Province). He and other brothers from Germany, trained many Nigerians to work with them as builders, carpenters etc.…

Clocolan (1936), Lindley (1947), Reitz (1953), and Mariadal are all opened as mission stations.

Consecration of the new chapel of the "Kasteel" at Gemert.

The death of Daniel Brottier, worn out by his total dedication to the young people of Auteuil.

The "Ad Lucem" foundation sends personnel for a medical establishment. It is still in existence today.

Mgr. Philip Winterle is made Prefect Apostolic of the Benue. There are now 200 pupils and 11 teachers in the Catholic Primary School, Makurdi town. 500 copies of a Bible…

Père Brottier, 01.01.1936. Lt.14.

The future looks bright for the Oeuvre d'Auteuil and our founders would surely be happy at the prospect. If Père Libermann would rejoice to see his sons looking after the…

Launching of a newspaper in the Ewondo language, "Nleb Bekristen".

Consecration of the cathedral of Tefé.

Brother Mauritius is transferred from Nigeria to Cameroon where he will spend almost 40 years as a builder.

The Prefecture of Kroonstad is raised to a Vicariate.

The Prefecture of northern Katanga is raised to a Vicariate. Mgr. G. Haezaert is ordained bishop.

The clerical noviciate opens at Quinta de Baixo, Fraião, with 17 novices.

Père René Lefebvre, the elder brother of Marcel, starts many social works in the country, especially for young people. The national football stadium of Libreville is named after him.

A property at Kilshane, Tipperary, is purchased in August and opens as a Novitiate for both clerics and brothers. It is able to accommodate 60 residents, novices and staff. Of…

Bishop John Wilson, Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo, is appointed to succeed Bishop O'Gorman in Sierra Leone. He is already in poor health and only spends two years in the country.…

Profession of the first sisters of the Filles de Marie in the Vicariat of Yaoundé. They are sent to Nkolavolo with two novices and a Spiritan sister.

First edition of the review 'Entre Nós', which in 1940 will become 'Acção Missionária'.

Mgr. Charles Heerey founds the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and builds Onitsha Cathedral.

Joseph Shanahan to Sister Columba, 20.02.1933....

Strange to say I thought our Lord Himself nearer to me in Nigeria. The continued miracle of the visible effects of his Divine Grace in ourselves and in all those…

Seven Spiritans are appointed to The Gambia. Due to illness or death, they serve the mission for an average of only ten months.

The Holy See names an American citizen, Fr. Joseph Byrne, as Vicar Apostolic of Kilimanjaro in East Africa, a Vicariat it entrusts to the U.S. Province.

Episcopal ordination of P. Moisés Alves de Pinho, at Viana do Castelo, by Mgr. Le Hunsec, Superior General of the Congregation. He is accompanied on this trip by Père Daniel…

Consecration of the chapel of the community at Bydgoszcz by the Superior General, Mgr. Le Hunsec, accompanied by Père Daniel Brottier.

There are already 70 pupils and 3 teachers in the Catholic primary school in Makurdi town, only 2 years after the arrival of the German Spiritans.

The Province of the United States takes over responsibility for the Vicariat of Kilimanjaro. Two years later, Dutch Spiritans will be asked to run Bagamoyo.

Bishop O'Gorman resigns and dies in Switzerland in 1935.

The ordination of Georges Magloire who came from Les Saintes on the island.

Father Maupeou is mortally wounded by a polygamous Christian with whom he is in discussion. His attacker asks his forgiveness and the Spiritan blesses him as he dies.

P. Moisés Alves de Pinho is named Bishop of Angola and Congo and is ordained on the 17.07.1932 at Viana do Castelo. Prior to this he was Provincial for 13…

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