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Paul Chuwa is the first member of the East African Foundation to be ordained a priest: it takes place at Usa River in Arusha Diocese. fr pt

300 young people come to celebrate Easter in the Noviciate community. The organisers see this as a way to attract young people to Jesus and the challenges of his Gospel. fr pt

Establishment of the Province of Eastern Nigeria by the General Council. Fr Philip Aguh, who has been principal superior, will end his mandate on 5 January 1977 to be succeeded… fr pt

Death of Fr. Ties Thijssen (Holland) and Br. Alfonso Rodriques (Portugal), killed by a govern-ment soldier at the mission of Caconda. fr pt

Ethiopia Sidamo

The school is officially opened in the presence of government representatives. fr pt

The District of Ontario becomes a Province. The superior, Fr. Michael Doyle, is named the first Provincial. fr pt

At this point, there are eight Spiritans working in four parishes. fr pt

Nationalisation of the Spiritan agricultural school at Misserghin; all the confreres leave the country, apart from one who remains as chaplain to the Trinitarian Sisters. The Provincial Council in France… fr pt

The death of Dr. Nuno Simões who is instrumental in the building of the seminary at Torre d'Aguilha. He also gives the Province a house at Pedras Salgadas. fr pt

Arrival in Rio de Janeiro of P. Francisco Fernandes Correia, asked by the Generalate to welcome confreres transferring from Angola and Portugal. On 21.05.1977, he is nominated by the Portuguese… fr pt

P. Paulino Evora is appointed bishop of Cabo Verde. fr pt

The Episcopal Conference decides to set up a mobile team for on-going formation of priests, sisters and laity in the four dioceses of the country. fr pt

Ethiopia Sidamo

The team leave Addis Abeba for Dadim and by 11th of March they have everything ready to begin work. fr pt

A period of great difficulty because of the changes of personnel over 14 years. But also a time of listening to the people, adaptation, training of catechists and creation of… fr pt

Mgr. Pierre Sagna is appointed the second bishop of Saint-Louis. He succeeds Mgr. Prosper Dodds. fr pt

The General Council releases the defini-tive text of the 1974 General Chapter: "Guidelines for Animation". fr pt

A Senior Seminary is set up in Gbarnga, Liberia, for the training of future priests from Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Liberia. Spiritans are associated with the seminary. Later, during… fr pt

The 14th General Chapter (August 1st-September 12th) opens at Chevilly with 77 capitulants. Fr. Frans Timmermans of the Dutch Province is elected the 20th Superior General on September 6th. The… fr pt

The Spiritans withdraw from the College/Seminary which they have directed for more than 100 years and in which some confreres, famous for their work with languages, flora and fauna, wereÂ… fr pt

The first-ever meeting of African Spiritans starts at Awomamma, Nigeria. Statistics from the meeting show that there are now 102 professed African members. A resolution is passed asking the forth-coming… fr pt

Beginnings of the Lay Spiritan Association in Ontario. fr pt

East African Province

The first group of East African Foundation Novices make their temporary profession. They are Liberatus Kundy, Daniel Macha, Paul Chuwa and Alois Minde. fr pt

Mgr. Robert de Chevigny is appointed the second bishop of the diocese and is ordained at Chevilly on 23.02.1974. He retires in 1995 and is replaced by a Missionary of… fr pt

The only Spiritan house in Scotland is transferred from Uddingston to Carfin; it will continue with vocations work and youth apostolate. The first superior is Scottish Spiritan, Fr. Frank O'Donnell. fr pt

Start of a new noviciate at Bydgoszcz. fr pt

Spiritans join the Calgary diocese in a mission outreach to Malawi, where as many as five Spiritans and two Calgary Diocesan priests eventually worked together (until 1983). fr pt

The community at Ste. Foy moves to 2121 rue de La Somme. A house in Hull opened the year before but it has to close in 1975. The Spiritan house… fr pt

The first group of Novices are received into the Noviciate: this marks the beginning of the East African Foundation (at Usa River, Tanzania). fr pt

Frs. Edward Kelly and William Jackson set out to open a mission of first evangelisation at Dadim among the Borana people; it is a joint under-taking with the Dutch Province. fr pt

Frs. Kelly, Jackson and Nass travel to Ethiopia and establish themselves in Addis Ababa. fr pt

Closure of junior seminary at Weert. The senior scholasticate also closes at Gemert, because of the small number of students; those remaining attend the faculties of Heerlen, Nijmegen and Amsterdam. fr pt

A local bishop takes over the running of the diocese; henceforth, the diocesan clergy have prime responsibility for the pastoral care of the diocese. fr pt

4 Irish confreres start missionary work, first in Lusaka Diocese (Kabwe), then in Livingstone Diocese; nine more Spiritans join the group in the two dioceses (parishes, diocesan seminaries, schools). fr pt

The first team of Spanish Spiritans leaves from Lisbon for the mission of Balombo in the Diocese of Benguela, Angola. A second team goes to the mission of Camacupa in… fr pt

The first meeting of the European Provincials takes place in the Senior Seminary of San Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona). fr pt

7 Tiv priests are ordained by Bishop Donal Murray, among whom is the one who will eventually succeed him as bishop of Makurdi, Fr. Athanasius Atule Usuh. fr pt

Fr. Francis Okonkwo, the first Nigerian novice master, reopens the noviciate at Awo Omama at the end of the civil war with 35 novices. fr pt

Congo Brazzaville

Death of Mgr. Théophile Mbemba, the first local Archbishop of Brazzaville. He is succeeded by his coadjutor, Mgr. Biayenda. fr pt

Inauguration of the "Instituto Poullart des Places", the Spiritan formation community in the Vila Mangalot district of São Paulo. fr pt

The Spiritans take over the parish of Kasiya (Monze Diocese). fr pt

The first three Spiritans arrive; seven more will follow during 1971. A special appeal is made by the Archbishop for staff for the Minor Seminary so as to upgrade it…

Papua New Guinea

The presence of Spiritans in PNG starts in 1971 when seven priests from the Irish Prov-ince who have worked in Nigeria arrive in the Mount Hagen area. These pioneer Spiritans… fr pt

The arrival of the first three Spiritans at Tanlajas (in the State of San Luis Potosi) in the newly-created diocese of Cuidad Valles. The local people are Tenek Indians (Huastecos),… fr pt

The first group of Spiritans (6 Irish confreres) arrives in Zambia and starts working in the diocese of Monze, run by the Jesuits. fr pt

Guinée Conakry

Mgr. Tchidimbo C.S.Sp., the Archbishop of Conakry, is arrested for "plotting" and imprisoned at Boiro: he will not be released until August, 1979. In December 1979, Mgr. Sarah becomes the… fr pt

St Michael's College, Dublin, founded in 1944 as a primary school for Blackrock College, now becomes an independent community, operated as a full second-level educational facility. fr pt

St. Pierre & Miquelon

The islands become an Apostolic Vicariat. On the same day, Père François Maurer is appointed the first bishop. fr pt

The first session of the Provincial Chapter begins in the senior scholasticate of San Cugat del Valles in Barcelona. The second session in June 1971 draws up the Directory of… fr pt

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