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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. fr pt

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

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

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). fr pt

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… fr pt

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

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… fr pt

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. fr pt

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… fr pt

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

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

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. fr pt

Mgr. Kob"s founds the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Joseph at Ngazobil. He is regarded as the real founder of the Church of Sénégambia. fr pt

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… fr pt

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

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. fr

Bishop Kob"s ordains Guillaume Jouga, the first Senegalese priest to be trained entirely in the country. fr pt

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.… fr pt

Père Schwindenhammer acquires Kai-serwerth in Westerwald (26.03.1864) and Marienthal (23.03.1864). fr pt

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 to-day. fr pt

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.… fr pt

Foundation of St Mary's College, by Frs. Victor Guilloux and Albert Sundhauser, due largely to the efforts of Mgr. George Talbot, domestic Prelate to Pope Pius IX. The courses are… fr pt

The Superior General signs a contract with Bishop Maupoint of Reunion in which the Congregation accepts "the mission of Zanzibar in its entirety". fr pt

Père Horner lands in Zanzibar with Père Baur and two brothers. Nearly all the first converts are freed slaves. The idea of Fr. Horner is to put these converts in… fr pt

The Vicariate of the Two Guineas is divided in two. Mgr. Kobès becomes the first bishop of Senegambia. fr pt

The Spiritans are invited by the Arch-bishop of Birmingham to accept a parish in his dio-cese. The offer is declined, as well as another request to take on the parish… fr pt

The Congregation takes on responsibility for East Africa and Zanzibar (The Prefecture Apos-tolic of Zanzibar). Bishop Maupoint becomes Apos-tolic Delegate for East Africa and Prefect Apostolic for the new Prefecture. fr pt

Brother Francis Carey is professed at Langonnet in France on 28 September and is immediately appointed to Chandernagor in India. He is the first Irish Spiritan to be sent to… fr pt

The Spiritans take on responsibility for East Africa and Zanzibar. fr pt

As a result of negotiations between Rome and the Congregation, including the intervention of Mgr. Maupoint C.S.Sp., Apostolic Delegate for East Africa, the Superior General (Schwindenhammer) agrees to take on… fr pt

The school at St. Marie now has between 73 and 80 students. Six have begun to study Latin with Mgr. Bessieux -Àwhen he is not cutting, clearing the ground, planting… fr pt

A Concordat with Rome is approved by the Government of Haiti. Henceforth, bishops will be appointed by the Head of State instead of by the Vatican. fr pt

The first edition of The Messenger of St. Joseph, the bulletin of the Archconfraternity of St. Joseph. It continues to this day. fr pt

Visit by Pope Pius IX to the French Seminary. fr pt

Père Armand Fava begins the mission in Zanzibar and asks for more missionaries. fr pt

The Vicariate Apostolic is restored to the Congregation. It is made up of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Bishop Kobes is placed in charge after the death of Mgr de… fr pt

By the Bull "In Sublimi", Pope Pius IX, at the request of the bishops of France, gives canonical approval to the French Seminary in Rome and confides it "in perpetuity"… fr pt

The first diocesan synod takes place. fr pt

Propaganda asks the Congregation to negotiate a concordat between Rome and the State of Haiti. Three priests are sent to help Mgr. Monetti, the Apostolic Delegate. He appoints Père Pascal… fr pt

Mgr. de Bresillac and the first five members of the Society of African Missions arrive in Freetown. Within six months, all are dead. They are buried in the Circular Road… fr pt

Four Sisters of Saint-Paul de Chartres go to the camp of Désirade for lepers. Sr. Elisa Bri"re will work there for the next 35 years. fr pt

Bishop Maupoint of Reunion asks his Vicar General, Père Armand Fava, to make an exploratory expedition to Zanzibar. fr pt

A property is bought at Cellule, Puy-de-Dôme, France; an imperial decree authorises the opening of a junior seminary for the colonies. It would serve as the scholasticate of the province… fr pt

Père Jean Lacombe makes his profession at rue Lhomond, Paris. Born of a Fulani mother at Gorée, he had been ordained priest by Mgr. Kob"s in 1852. He becomes the… fr pt

Frère Grégoire dies at sea on the way home to France for medical treatment. A native of Bordeaux, he was in the first group of Libermann's missionaries to the west… fr pt

Admiral Protet installs the first French troops at Dakar, more than 10 years after the arrival of the first missionaries in the Cap Vert peninsular. fr pt

The Congregation acquires the Abbey of Langonnet. For many years, it will serve as a formation house for French, Irish and German students before becoming a retirement home for Spiritans. fr pt

A Motu Proprio of Pius IX gives the ruined church of Santa Chiara to the French Seminary. In the same year, they buy the old Poor Clare convent which is… fr pt

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