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Corporate involvement of the Congregation in the form of a vice-province begins when Fr. George Ott (of the German province) and two others sail for the USA to establish a…

The General Council sets up the community of Braga to replace that of Santarém-Gibraltar. It is dedicated to St. Geraldo, the patron of Braga.

A cyclone does much damage to the whole of Bagamoyo Mission compound: roofs are blown off, walls collapse, trees are uprooted - but fortunately no lives are lost.

The birth at Libreville of Ignace Raponda Walker, the first priest from Gabon (ordained 21.07.1899) and a great expert on the history and culture of his people.

Bishop Maupoint (of Saint-Denis, Reunion) gives up his jurisdiction over East Africa, thereby allowing the Apostolic Prefecture of Zanzibar to be confided to the Spiritans.

A famous British journalist and explorer, Henry M. Stanley visits Bagamoyo mission and commends the Holy Ghost missionaries for the work they are doing in instilling in their converts \"principles…

The General Council decides to withdraw all Spiritans from Angola, leaving it to the Propaganda Fide to decide whether this should be a definitive or temporary decision. In the event,…

For various reasons, including the loss of the mission of Angola, it is decided to abandon the seminary at Santarém which had only been started two years and nine months…

The murder of the Parish Priest of Diego Martin and refusal of other priests to take the parish leads to the acceptance of this ministry by the Spiritans, the first…

A serious epidemic of cholera claims the lives of more than 1,000 people at Bagamoyo mission. Sister M. Julienne of the Filles de Marie, a collaborator with the Spiritan Pioneers,…

The Junior seminary of Saint-Martial is confided to the Spiritans. 43 Spiritans are working in the country at this time.

The death of Père Fulgence Lapeyre at the age of 28. He is the third victim of the mission of Angola : Père Espitalié and Mr. Billon have already died.

A minor Seminary is opened at Bagamoyo by the Spiritans. It is later transferred to Zanzibar in 1872 where it dies a natural death.

Père Olivier Hervé is the first Spiritan to be appointed Prefect Apostolic of Guyane. The future Superior General, Père Ambroise Emonet, will succeed him 4 years later.

The new director of the Congo Seminary arrives, P. Joseph Eigenmann.

P. Joseph Gebbard Eigenmann from Switzerland is appointed director of the Congo Seminary in Portugal, replacing Père Charles Duparquet. Joseph Eigenmann will subsequently be the first Provincial of the Portuguese…

Pères Horner and Baur establish the mission of Bagamoyo.

Fr. Antoine Espitallié dies in hospital in Luanda, the first Spiritan to die in Angola. He is buried in the cemetery at Cruzes, Luanda.

The first Roman Catholic Mission on the mainland of East Africa is founded at Bagamoyo (Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar) by Fathers Antoine Horner and Edouard Baur. Fr Horner and Brother…

Opening of the diocesan process towards the beatification of François Libermann. The tribunal is set up by Mgr. Darboy, Archbishop of Paris.

The Holy Ghost Fathers open a large diocesan secondary school, the Collège Saint-Louis at Port Louis. Thirty years later, their number had grown to 17.

In the evening, the first Spiritan community in Portugal is opened on rua de S. Lazaro. The ceremony consists of a novena to the Heart of Mary.

The Patriarch of Lisbon, Bishop Manuel Bento Rodrigues, approves the foundation of the seminary for the Congo at Santarém.

The General Council decides to start a seminary for the Congo and overseas possessions at Santarém in Portugal, dedicated to the Holy Spirit and depending directly on the Mother House.

Two Spiritan Brothers take charge of St Edward's School which houses 130 pupils. Fr Blanchet leaves Freetown for Senegal, but later returns as Pro-Vicar of the Church in Sierra Leone;…

Fr. Baur begins work at Bagamoyo. He builds a school, a church and a hospital, the latter run by the Sister of Mary from the island of Reunion. This work…

The first two Irish Spiritans are ordained to the priesthood: Fr Thomas Bracken is appointed to Sierra Leone and Fr William Power to Chandernagor in India.

Abbé Roussel starts the Work for First Communion which is the origin of the Work for the Orphans of Auteuil.

Spiritan missionaries celebrate Mass for the first time on Angolan soil (at Ambriz).

The first three Spiritans disembark at the port of Ambriz from the steamer "Lincolnshire": Frs. Joseph Marie Poussot (Vice-Prefect), Antoine Espitallié and Etienne Billon (an Agregé).

St Edward's Primary School is opened in Freetown. "Edward" is Father Blanchet's Christian name and it becomes very popular. He is looked upon as the Founder of the Church in…

Departure from Lisbon for the Congo of the first three Spiritan missionaries.

Departure from Lisbon of the first Spiritan group for the mission of Congo: Frs. Joseph Marie Poussot (who had already done 15 years in Guinée), Antoine Espitallié and a lay…

The Superior General, Père Ignace Schwindenhammer, is appointed Prefect Apostolic of Congo with permission to delegate his authority to a Vice-Prefect of his choice: he chooses Père Joseph-Marie Poussot.

Propaganda Fide confides the Prefecture of the Congo (Angola) to the Spiritans; it was first set up in 1640 and run by the Capuchins. On 09.09.1873, P. Hippolyte Carrie and…

The General Council decides to accept the mission of the Congo if the Propaganda Fide agrees.

A devastating cyclone is followed by a cholera epidemic. There are 6,000 victims in the region of Basse Terre alone.

The remains of Mgr. Luquet, the friend of Libermann and the inspiration for much of his missionary ideas, are transferred to the chapel of the French Seminary in Rome.

Mgr. Kobès founds the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Joseph at Ngazobil. He is regarded as the real founder of the Church of Sénégambia.

Holy Heart of Mary

Five years after its foundation, the Congregation has 9 novices (including 6 priests) with Libermann at La Neuville; at Notre Dame du Gard, with Pères Schwindenhammer, Clair and Lannurien, there…

The death of Père Jacques Laval, the apostle of Mauritius.

Jacques Laval to his sister, Mme...

May Jesus and his Mother console you, my dear sister; they are our only consolation on earth and in heaven. I am anxious to finish with the miseries of this…

Bishop Bessieux blesses the church of Sainte Marie. The school has 120 children divided into two categories: students (80) and apprentices. The school run by the sisters has 70 children.

Bishop Kobès ordains Guillaume Jouga, the first Senegalese priest to be trained entirely in the country.

Spiritans undertake the direction of the Scots College, Rockwell, Co Tipperary. It had been founded for the education of priests for Scotland. Fr P. Huvétys is appointed the first Superior.…

Père Schwindenhammer acquires Kaiserwerth in Westerwald (26.03.1864) and Marienthal (23.03.1864).

Frs Blanchet and Koeberle arrive in Free-town. This is the start of the new mission and of the Sacred Heart Parish which is still an active parish today.

Fr. Jean Lacombe appointed to Bathurst. He is the first African priest to join the Spiritans. Born in 1829 of a French father and a Fula mother in the Gambia.…

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