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Fr. Adrian Mkoba, born and educated in the diocese, is consecrated bishop in the cathedral of Morogoro.

The Province sends missionaries to Brazil and to the native peoples of Alberta.

The Spiritan mission to Paraguay is entrusted to the Province of Trinidad.

The beginning of the civil war in Nigeria. Subsequently, approximately 280 Irish confreres are displaced and later find work in other circumscriptions, including Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, PNG and Australia.

Guinée Conakry

President Sékou Touré expells non-African bishops, priests and religious from the country, including 31 Spiritans.

Publication of the encyclical "Populorum Progressio". Justice and Peace are intimately linked together by Pope Paul VI.

A missionary outreach to Brazil begins with Fr. S. Meagher. Others go to work with the Native Peoples (Cree) of Alberta.

P. Olavo Teixeira leaves Madrid to return definitively to Portugal. As Provincial of Portugal, parish priest in Madrid and novice master at Tortoreos, he dedicates himself to the consolidation of…

Inauguration of the Theological Institute of Eindhoven (TIE) in which the Spiritan scholastics of Gemert take part.

On this day, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the new Generalate is set up on Monte Mario in Rome.

The Superior General and his Council leave the rue des Pyrénées in Paris. On September 9th, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Generalate is set up…

P. Henrique Rüth is appointed Prelate "nullius" and Bishop of Leptiminus.

Père Albert Onyembo (Spiritan) is appointed bishop of Kindu. A Procure is opened at Lubumbashi to supply the missions of North-Katanga.

Creation of the Diocese of Nouakchott, comprising the whole of Mauritania. Mgr. Michel Ber-nard C.S.Sp. is the first bishop.

Common Declaration of Paul VI &...

In accomplishing this act of reconciliation, the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church see it as the expression of a sincere desire for reconciliation and an invitation to pursue…

The Spiritan District of Haiti is established once more.

The French Province buys a house in Dakar (S.P.E.M.) for the pastoral "stage" of young priests coming from Chevilly. The experiment only lasts for three years, after which the house…

Congo Brazzaville

The Marxist government nationalises all private schools but permission is given to open the Seminary of St. John at Brazzaville.

At the urging of five Tanzanian Spiritans, the District chapter of Kilimanjaro adopts the project of creating an East Africa Foundation, the first stage leading to our present Province of…

Nigerian Spiritans, Frs. Denis Ononuju and Francis Okonkwo, are appointed to work in Sierra Leone - the first Nigerian Spiritans to do missionary work outside the country.

A Spiritan scholasticate is opened at Isienu in the Diocese of Enugu.

Accidental death of Mgr. Joseph Landreau (Spiritan), the first Prefect Apostolic of Mauritania. The military plane in which he was travel-ling crashed at Zouerate and he was buried there.

The Gambia becomes independent.

P. José Maria de Sousa arrives in the country and is appointed superior. During his administration, land is bought for the Spiritan residence at Praia.

The Mulélistes rebels attack Kindu, killing many people. A Marist brother is killed and the Superior injured. At Kongolo, the only ones remaining are l'Abbé Nday (the future bishop), two…

Independence of Nyassaland: henceforth, it is known as Malawi.

The Province of the United States is split into two, USA-East and USA-West, with the Mississippi river as their boundary, except that all of Louisiana be-longs to USA-West.

The Prefecture of Same is separated from the Diocese of Moshi and confided to the Dutch Spiritans. The first Prefect if Mgr. Henry Winkelmolen.

Whilhelm Hansen becomes principal superior in the District of Brazil South and Heinrich Rüth superior in Alto Jurua. Both are from the German Province.

The Prefecture of Bangassou becomes a diocese. The first bishop is Mgr. Antoine Maanicus C.S.Sp.

An inter-denominational prayer service took place in the cathedral of Majunga, marking the beginning of the ecumenical movement in the country.

Christian Trade Unionists, in alliance with the Communists, defeat l'Abbé Fulbert Youlu.

P. Paolino Livramento Evora, the first Spiritan from Cape Verde, celebrates his first Mass on the islands.

Building starts on the "Kongolo Memorial" at Gentinnes. It will be inaugurated five years later in the presence of the King and Queen of Belgium. On the walls are commemorated…

The current District of Tefé is divided into Tefé and Central Brazil.

Fr Timothy O'Driscoll, the Irish Provincial, and Fr Patrick Walsh, the second Assistant, arrive in Rio de Janeiro to spend a month in Brazil in contact with the German and…

The Superior General moves to 393, rue des Pyrénées in Paris, while the Provincial of France returns to rue Lhomond.

The first edition of the review, "Encontro, Seleções Missionárias".

Marcel Lefebvre, Superior General: Letter to...

May the Holy Spirit living in us make us ever more aware of our allegiance to the Church, which is still totally submissive to the breath and fire of Pentecost,…

The beginning of the Second Vatican Council and the subsequent renewal programmes. There are 49 Spiritan Bishops attending, including the Superior General, Marcel Lefebvre.

Inauguration of the seminary at Silva.

Opening of the 12th General Chapter of the Congregation at Chevilly (July 24-August 13) with 75 capitulants. Mgr. Marcel Lefebvre is elected the 18th. Superior General of the Congregation.

Independence of Algeria. Confreres who are retired or parish priests in the region of Oran leave for France. The agricultural school at Misserghin continues as a private school recognised by…

The administrative centre of the diocese is moved from Otukpo to Makurdi; henceforth it is known as the Diocese of Makurdi.

The Villa Notre Dame at Montana is henceforth to be run by the Province of Switzerland as a rest house.

20 confreres (19 Belgian and 1 Dutch) are killed at Kongolo (Democratic Republic of Congo). A national memorial service is held in Brussels, led by Cardinal Suenens in the presence…

Tanganyika becomes independent. In 1964 it joins with Zanzibar and takes the new name of Tanzania.

Guinée Conakry

After the suppression of the Catholic Action movements in 1959, the private schools are nationalised in September, 1961. As a result of his vigorous protests, Mgr. de Milleville, the Spiritan…

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