Poland 1925 - Erection of the Vice-Province of Poland. Fr. Zygmunt Rydlewski is named superior with Michal Retka and Pawel Baranski as assistants. The councillors are Frs. Stanislas Kolipinski and Jozef Halba. | Poland

Madagascar 1925 - The Vicariat Apostolic of Mahajanga is created from the western part of the Vicariat of North Madagascar. Père Paul Pichot, the Vicar General of Mgr. Fortineau, is named as Bishop and is ordained on June 30 at rue Lhomond, Paris. | Madagascar

Nigeria 1976 - 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 by the newly elected provincial, Fr Moses Orakwudo. | Nigeria

Algeria 1986 - The Spiritan Group of Algeria is detached from the Province of France. Henceforth, it will de-pend directly on the Generalate. Père René You is the superior. | Algeria

"To carry out its mission and build up communion within, the Congregation gives itself various structures. Central to all these, however, is community living. It is practised differently in response to differences both in the members themselves and in the work they are doing (151). Every confrere has the right to live in a local Spiri-tan community (152). Circumscriptions exist to allow the Congrega-tion to be present and accomplish its apostolic task in one or more local Churches" (156). (Spiritan Rule of Life).