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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…

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…

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