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Conclusion of the Berlin conference which had begun on 15.11.1884 under the presidency of the German Chancellor, Otto von Bismark. Central Africa is divided amongst several European countries. "Christian missionaries,…

Dom Antonio Macedo da Costa, the bishop of Belém, asks the Spiritans to take over the direction of the Junior Seminary of Our Lady of Carmel in Belém.

The Berlin Conference divides the region of the prefecture of the Congo between Portugal (Angola and the enclave of Cabinda), King Leopold II (the independent State of the Congo) and…

Père Prosper Augouard starts the first mission in the interior of Congo at Linzolo, 25 kms. from Brazzaville.

The Prefecture Apostolic becomes a Vicariat and Raoul de Courmont is named the first bishop on November 23, 1883. The pastoral aim is to create a Christian village community of…

On the death of Père Frederic Le Vavasseur, Père Ambroise Emonet is elected Vicar General of the Congregation.

Opening of the 5th General Chapter at Chevilly which will last for two days. The 32 capitulants (20 present and 12 by letter) elect Ambrose Emonet as the 14th Superior…

The college at Pittsburgh obtains a charter enabling it to confer degrees.

Ordination of Père Simon Fall at Ngazobil by Mgr. Duboin. He is the first Spiritan from Senegal.

Funeral of Le Vavasseur in the chapel of the Séminaire du Saint-Esprit.

Frédéric Le Vavasseur dies in Paris.

After two years, there are already 150 students in the upper school and the group of brothers expelled from Germany begins to build a large house in the "Golden Triangle"…

Foundation of the mission of Boma under the patronage of Our Lady of Victories. The Spiritans left Boma in 1888. The first priest from Zaire, l'Abbé Maombe, ordained in 1897,…

Foundation of the mission of Boma by Pères Carrie and Visseq- the first in Belgian Congo.

Despite dire warnings against accepting African-Americans as members of the Congregation, Fr. Strub courageously begins to admit some as postulant brothers in Arkansas. As a former missionary in Senegal, he…

Frs. John Quinn and Michael Dunne arrive in Pittsburgh to teach in the newly opened High School. They are followed by Fr William Power, who is appointed the first rector.…

The first caravan of White Fathers to the interior is organised by Fr. Baur and Br. Oskar (Spiritans) On 11.06.1878, it sets out from Bagamoyo with 300 porters to the…

The Spiritan pioneers are restricted to 300 miles from the coast with the arrival of the White Fathers who, at the end of February, 1878, are granted permission by Propaganda…

Fr. Strub obtains a property of 900 square miles near Morrilton, Arkansas. A brothers' community is opened and confreres build schools and churches throughout the region. The project comes to…

Bro Onuphre Cooney set out from Ireland with Fr Charles Duparquet for the mission of Cimbabasie (Angola), later to be followed by Frs. John Hogan, Gerald Griffin and Joseph Lynch.

Père Weick, professor of physics, sets up a me-teorological station at St. Martial which continues to function until 1969. The first fire brigade at Port-au-Prince is established by the Spiritans.

After three years in the Seminary of the Congo at Santarém and two years at St Bernard's College at Gibraltar (1870-1872) the Congregation finds a permanent home at Braga where…

The house at Braga becomes a principal community.

Opening of a junior seminary for American aspirants at Perrysville, Pa.

The first Junior Seminary starts at Ross Manor: it is transferred to Perrysville a few months later.

The population of Guadeloupe is a little over 110,000 and there are 85 priests to minister to them, i.e. 1 priest per 1,650 people. (The figure in 2000 is 1…

After the Mission had recovered from the destruction of the cyclone the original idea of penetrating into the interior was taken up again and a Mission was founded at Mhonda…

The first Junior Seminary is started at Ross Manor: it transfers to Perrysville a few months later.

Père Emonet, Prefect Apostolic and future Superior General, consecrates Guyane to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Pius IX signs the decree introducing the cause of François Libermann.

The death of King Denis, baptised on his death-bed by his son, Félix Adendé.

The death of Mgr. Bessieux. He holds his crucifix in his right hand as he is dying.

Fr. James Browne from Ireland is appointed Principal of St. Mary's College. With one exception, from this time till 1957, all the College Principals are Irish.

In a letter to the Minister in Paris, the Governor of Guyane, Delacroix, insists that the Spiritans be put in charge of the pastoral care of the island.

The College of the Holy Spirit is moved from rua do Carvalhal to Quinta das Hortas in Braga.

The Mission continues to grow under the energetic care of Père Blanchet. The turnover of missionaries is the highest in the Congregation: the average length of service there is five…

Jean-Jacques Katty, son of the king of Thia, writes to Mgr. Duret (Vic. Apostolic of Conakry) asking for missionaries. He had been instructed and baptised by the Spiritans, along with…

The first Spiritan brother, Philip Mzuako, makes his profession.

Foundation of the junior seminary of Landana (Père Duparquet), subsequently transferred to Loango in 1887.

Armand Bambara from Gabon receives the tonsure at St. Joseph de Ngazobil (Senegal). He continues with his theological studies but dies at Libreville (Gabon) on June 30th, 1883.

Spiritans make exploratory journeys along the river as far as Boma. In 1876, Père Carrie buys 5 hectares of land there for a future mission.

St. Pierre & Miquelon

The Congregation opens a sec-ondary school on St. Pierre.

In a settlement with the Scottish Bishops, brokered by Cardinal Cullen, the Spiritans purchase Rockwell College for the sum of £ 7,000; it is henceforth used as a college and…

The junior seminary with 24 students is moved from Zanzibar to Bagamoyo. Brother Oscar from Dusseldorf runs a sort of procure for the mission, collaborating with the White Fathers and…

Arrival of Fr. Joseph Strub and other Spiritans exiled from Germany as "Jesuit- related". Fr. Strub becomes the true founder of the Province and makes Pittsburgh the centre. Its purpose:…

During the Kulturkampf, the Spiritans are expelled from Germany because they are equated with the Jesuits.

A British Minister, Sir Bartle Frere on his mission to abolish the slave trade, visits Bagamoyo mission and commends the Holy Ghost missionaries in their work of liberating and rehabilitating…

Propaganda approves the setting up of a new mission in the Prefecture of the Congo. The chosen centre is Landana in Cabinda. It was from this base that the evangelisation…

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