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Père Henri Nique (1883-1939) is appointed Provincial of France. During his 11 years in office, he strives to increase the number of missionar-ies in the Province. fr pt

Arrival of the first group of German Spiritans in the Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé. fr pt

Promulgation of the Organic Statutes of the Catholic Mission by João Belo, which gave a privileged place to Catholic missions and which led to a new phase of intensive missionary… fr pt

The Belgian/Dutch Province buys an old office at Gennep belonging to the railway, known affectionately as "The Barracks"! It is used for the philosophers and, subsequently, for the novices. fr pt

Bishop John Murphy confides several more parishes to the Spiritans: Pamplemousse, New-Grove, Chemin-Garnier, Notre-Dame du Rosaire and the service of the cathedral. fr pt

Foundation of several independent mis-sion stations: Ladybrand (1925), Bethlehem (1926), Winburg (1926), Heilbron (1930), Ficksburg (1933), Vrede (1934), Senekal, Arlington and Frankfort (1935). fr pt

Erection of the Vice-Province of Poland. Fr. Zygmunt Rydlewski is named superior with Michal Retka and Pawel Baranski as assistants. The councillors are Frs. Stanislas Kolipinski and Jozef Halba. fr pt

The Vicariat Apostolic of Mahajanga is created from the western part of the Vicariat of North Madagascar. Père Paul Pichot, the Vicar General of Mgr. Fortineau, is named as Bishop… fr pt

Arrival of the first group of Spiritans in Kroonstad. fr pt

Bishop Shanahan founds the first Seminary in Southern Nigeria in the town of Igbarian. In 1951 this Seminary took the name of the Bigard Me-morial Seminary after Jeanne Bigard and… fr pt

The first Gambian priest, Fr. J. Mendy, is ordained at (Bathurst) Banjul by Mgr. Le Hunsec, Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia. fr pt

Arrival of Frère Blaise; he will work there for the next 54 years. fr pt

Appointment of the new Prefect Apostolic of Kroonstad, Mgr. Leon Klerlein. fr pt

Guinée Conakry

Père Orcel prints the first Coniagui catechism with the Sunday Gospels. Père Leclerc begins the seminary at Dixinn. fr pt

Joseph Shanahan founds the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary to assist him in his work with the women of Nigeria. fr pt

Opening of the house of philosophy at the Abbaye Blanche, Mortain. fr pt

A junior seminary is opened at Mvolyé with 10 students (4 of whom are eventually ordained). Later, the seminary moves to Nlong and then Akono. fr pt

In the wake of the communist revolution in Russia, the Congregation is asked by Pius XI, through Cardinal Gasparri, to open a seminary in Rome for the training of priests… fr pt

Several German confreres are working in Haiti: Frs. Spies, Scherer and Weik. Fr. Scherer starts a meteorological station and Fr. Daniel Wiek is the founder of the fire brigade of… fr pt

German personnel to Trinidad: Fr. Leimann returns and Brothers Benno and Florian are sent on loan. Fr. Leonard Graff remains there until the 1960s. fr pt

Death of Fr. Armandus Acker (born in Weyersheim, Alsace 24.04.1848). He is the founder of the German Province. fr pt

Inauguration of the seminary of Viana do Castelo in a former Convent of Ursuline Sisters, with 8 philosophers and 2 theologians. The first Direc-tor is P. Pinho who continues in… fr pt

Founding of the missions of Ankoro and Malela. Père Louis Lempereur succeeds Père Callewaert as Prefect Apostolic of North Katanga. He will be succeeded by Père Georges Hazaert in 1930. fr pt

The "Holy Ghost Fathers" are legally incorporated into Belgium. fr pt

The Portuguese government allows brothers to enter the country, on condition that they do not work in groups. fr pt

St. Edward's Secondary School is opened and blessed by Bishop O'Gorman. It becomes one of the great schools of the country, both academi-cally and on the sports field. fr pt

Fr. Sigismund Rydlewski, of the U.S.A. Province, is authorised to lay the foundation of a province in Poland and opens a junior seminary at Bydgoczsz. fr pt

The Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin by Mr Frank Duff and Mr Michael Toher, both Black-rock alumni. In 1948, Frank Duff is made an associate member of the… fr pt

At Donguila, three girls take the habit in the new congregation of the Sisters of Mary: Marie Philomène Fatou Berre, Catherine Toubanga Diouf and Anna Raspe. fr pt

Guinée Conakry

Thanks to a lessening in the militant anti-clericalism of recent times, the Spiritans are able to move ahead with their schools programme. fr pt

The first four Canadian Spiritains are ordained: Pères Gawlick, Bériault, Chalifoux and Do-lan. There are two novices at Grignon in France and three more are preparing to succeed them. fr pt

The first serious attempt at a mission to the Tiv people of central Nigeria: Frs Mellett (Ireland) and Douvry (France) go to live in Ogoja to the north-east of Igboland… fr pt

Founding of the Mission Society of the Holy Ghost. fr pt

Arrival of Fr. Zygmunt Rydlewski at Bydgoszcz where he opens the house at 2, Jary Road and then reopens an "Orphanage for the children of the defenders of the Country"… fr pt

The Province is canonically erected. fr pt

The Foundation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit. fr pt

Père Malessard is appointed Apos-tolic Administrator. He reorganises the Vicariat, re-opens the missions that the German Palatine Fathers had been forced to abandon and establishes new ones. He dies suddenly… fr pt

The Congregation buys the property of Allex and transfers there the junior seminary of St. Joseph; it had been started at Beauvais and subsequently moved to Seyssinet and Susa (in… fr pt

By the end of the first half of the year, nearly all the German missionaries have been repa-triated after the war: 12 priests and 26 brothers. fr pt

The junior seminary at Heimbach becomes the noviciate of the Province of Germany. fr pt

Opening of the house at Bois-Noir. Having started a missionary school in his own village, Père Villetaz now moves it to a rented house at Bois Noir, near Saint-Maurice. It… fr pt

The French Jesuits finally leave the house in Gemert and it becomes a junior seminary for the Spiritans. fr pt

The "Afrique", after leaving Bordeaux on January 9 with 599 persons on board, is ship-wrecked off the coast of the Ile de Ré in France, with the loss of Mgr.… fr pt

Mgr. Le Roy and the General Council decide to create the Vice-Province of England as from 1 January 1920. Mgr. Le Roy writes to the Irish Provincial, "As for the… fr pt

Decree of Rodrigues Caspar, in the preparation of which the Spiritan, P. José Maria Antunes, collaborates. It acknowledges the value of missionary activity. fr pt

Père Moisés Alves de Pinho, who has recently been called home from Angola to restore the Province of Portugal, promises the Sacred Heart of Jesus that if he succeeds in… fr pt

P. Moisés Alves de Pinho is appointed Provincial of the Portuguese Province by Mgr. Le Roy. fr pt

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