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Portugal
Departure from Lisbon for the Congo of the first three Spiritan missionaries.
5 Feb 1866
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Portugal
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…
27 Jan 1866
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Congo
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.
14 Jan 1866
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Angola
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…
9 Sep 1865
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Portugal
The General Council decides to accept the mission of the Congo if the Propaganda Fide agrees.
2 Sep 1865
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Guadeloupe
A devastating cyclone is followed by a cholera epidemic. There are 6,000 victims in the region of Basse Terre alone.
9 Apr 1865
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Rome
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.
13 Mar 1865
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Senegal
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.
3 Mar 1865
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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…
1 Nov 1864
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Mauritius
The death of Père Jacques Laval, the apostle of Mauritius.
9 Sep 1864
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Jacques Laval to his sister, Mme Cadot, 05.09.1864. He died 4 days...
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…
5 Sep 1864
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Gabon
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.
5 Aug 1864
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Senegambia
Bishop Kobès ordains Guillaume Jouga, the first Senegalese priest to be trained entirely in the country.
31 Jul 1864
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Ireland
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.…
20 Jul 1864
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Germany
Père Schwindenhammer acquires Kaiserwerth in Westerwald (26.03.1864) and Marienthal (23.03.1864).
18 Mar 1864
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Sierra Leone
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.
28 Jan 1864
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Gambia
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.…
1 Jan 1864
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Trinidad
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…
1 Aug 1863
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East Africa
The Superior General signs a contract with Bishop Maupoint of Reunion in which the Congregation accepts "the mission of Zanzibar in its entirety".
8 Jul 1863
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East Africa
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…
16 Jun 1863
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Senegambia
The Vicariate of the Two Guineas is divided in two. Mgr. Kobès becomes the first bishop of Senegambia.
6 Feb 1863
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United Kingdom
The Spiritans are invited by the Archbishop of Birmingham to accept a parish in his diocese. The offer is declined, as well as another request to take on the parish…
30 Jan 1863
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East Africa
The Congregation takes on responsibility for East Africa and Zanzibar (The Prefecture Apostolic of Zanzibar). Bishop Maupoint becomes Apostolic Delegate for East Africa and Prefect Apostolic for the new Prefecture.
16 Jan 1863
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Ireland
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…
19 Oct 1862
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East Africa
The Spiritans take on responsibility for East Africa and Zanzibar.
24 Jul 1862
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East Africa
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…
24 Apr 1862
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Gabon
The school at St. Marie now has between 73 and 80 students. Six have begun to study Latin with Mgr. Bessieux, when he is not cutting, clearing the ground, planting…
23 Feb 1861
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Jacques Laval to the Superior General, 03.11.1860
My health is still bad- a lack of energy, an ever-increasing state of nervousness. My big worry is that shortly I will no longer be able to celebrate Mass because…
3 Nov 1860
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Jacques Laval to the Superior General, 03.11.1860
I stick to the parlour where I do the job of door-keeper. This gives me the chance to give some help to those who come and go, which is also…
3 Nov 1860
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Haiti
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.
10 May 1860
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France
The first edition of The Messenger of St. Joseph, the bulletin of the Archconfraternity of St. Joseph. It continues to this day.
28 Mar 1860
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Rome
Visit by Pope Pius IX to the French Seminary.
17 Mar 1860
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East Africa
Père Armand Fava begins the mission in Zanzibar and asks for more missionaries.
13 Jan 1860
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Sierra Leone
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…
8 Jan 1860
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St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Curé d'Ars, a contemporary of Libermann. Paroles, 1860
When a person is led by a God of strength and light, he cannot be mistaken. The Holy Spirit is strength and light: it is he who enables us to…
1 Jan 1860
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St. Jean-Marie Vianney, curé d'Ars, a contemporary of Libermann. Paroles, 1860
Without the Holy Spirit, we are like a stone you find on the road. Take a wet sponge in one hand and a little stone in the other; squeeze both…
1 Jan 1860
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Rome
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"…
14 Jul 1859
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Guadeloupe
The first diocesan synod takes place.
13 Apr 1859
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Haiti
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…
5 Jan 1859
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Sierra Leone
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…
4 Jan 1859
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Guadeloupe
Four Sisters of Saint-Paul de Chartres go to the camp of Désirade for lepers. Sr. Elisa Brière will work there for the next 35 years.
28 Mar 1858
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East Africa
Bishop Maupoint of Reunion asks his Vicar General, Père Armand Fava, to make an exploratory expedition to Zanzibar.
11 Jan 1858
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France
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…
26 Dec 1857
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Senegambia
Père Jean Lacombe makes his profession at rue Lhomond, Paris. Born of a Fulani mother at Gorée, he had been ordained priest by Mgr. Kobès in 1852. He becomes the…
20 Dec 1857
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Gabon
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…
20 Apr 1857
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Senegal
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.
13 Apr 1857
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France
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.
31 Dec 1856
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Rome
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…
9 Apr 1856
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