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Mauritania
Echoes of the Daniel Brottier Association on the Rosso border
The city of Rosso, located in Mauritania, is an important crossing point on the border between Mauritania and Senegal. This border is marked by significant economic, social and political issues…
October 13, 2026
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Enlarged Council of the Province of North-West Africa (PANO)
Nineteen Spiritan delegates met from June 14 to 17, 2026 at the Foyer de Charité in Cap des Biches, near Dakar (Senegal), to hold the Enlarged Provincial Council of the…
June 29, 2026
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JPIC Newsletter nº 3, October 2016
Spiritan Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation and InterReligious Dialogue - GENDER CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPIRITAN JPIC - ALONGSIDE THE OPPRESSED IN GERMANY - LAY SPIRITAN MISSION IN BOLIVIA - WOMEN AND…
October 1, 2016
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L’islam en Mauritanie
Marc Botzung
May 15, 2006
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Mauritania
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…
December 21, 1973
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Mauritania
Blessing of the cathedral in the capital, Nouakchott. Each year, the pastoral agents come together to expand their study of the country, of Islam and of the nature of the…
December 15, 1968
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Mauritania
Creation of the Diocese of Nouakchott, comprising the whole of Mauritania. Mgr. Michel Ber-nard C.S.Sp. is the first bishop.
January 16, 1966
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Mauritania
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.
June 16, 1965
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Mauritania
Arrival of the first sisters in Mauritania, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. With the proclamation of an Islamic Republic in 1960, mission work becomes more difficult; the…
June 22, 1959
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Mauritania
The only priests in the country are military chaplains. The Church of Rosso is built by Fr. Salomon (Spiritan) but it is not occupied until 1958.
June 14, 1951
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Mauritania
Mauritania, which had been confided to the White Fathers in 1901, is once more attached to Saint-Louis at the request of Mgr. Jalabert.
March 10, 1915
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Mauritania
L'abbé Baradère, a Spiritan and parish priest of Saint-Louis, makes a journey to visit the Fulani and Moors.
January 29, 1819
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Mauritania
L'Abbé Glicourt (Spiritan) is made Prefect Apostolic of Saint-Louis in Senegal.
January 18, 1779
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