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Nigeria
A Spiritan scholasticate is opened at Isienu in the Diocese of Enugu.
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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.
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Gambia
The Gambia becomes independent.
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Cape Verde
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.
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Congo Kinshasa
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…
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Malawi
Independence of Nyassaland: hence-forth, it is known as Malawi.
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USA
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.
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Tanzania
The Prefecture of Same is separated from the Diocese of Moshi and confided to the Dutch Spiritans. The first Prefect if Mgr. Henry Winkelmolen.
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Brazil
Whilhelm Hansen becomes principal superior in the District of Brazil South and Heinrich Rüth superior in Alto Jurua. Both are from the German Province.
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Central Africa
The Prefecture of Bangassou becomes a diocese. The first bishop is Mgr. Antoine Maanicus C.S.Sp.
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Madagascar
An inter-denominational prayer service took place in the cathedral of Majunga, marking the beginning of the ecumenical movement in the country.
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Congo
Christian Trade Unionists, in alliance with the Communists, defeat l'Abbé Fulbert Youlu.
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Cabo Verde
P. Paolino Livramento Evora, the first Spiritan from Cape Verde, celebrates his first Mass on the islands.
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Belgium
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…
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Tefé
The current District of Tefé is divided into Tefé and Central Brazil.
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Brazil SW
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…
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C.S.Sp.
The Superior General moves to 393, rue des Pyrénées in Paris, while the Provincial of France returns to rue Lhomond.
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Portugal
The first edition of the review, "Encontro, Seleções Missionárias".
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Rome
The beginning of the Second Vatican Council and the subsequent renewal programmes. There are 49 Spiritan Bishops attending, including the Superior General, Marcel Lefebvre.
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Portugal
Inauguration of the seminary at Silva.
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C.S.Sp.
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.
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Algeria
Independence of Algeria. Confreres who are retired or parish priests in the region of Oran leave for France. The agricultural school at Mis-serghin continues as a private school recognised by…
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Makurdi
The administrative centre of the diocese is moved from Otukpo to Makurdi; henceforth it is known as the Diocese of Makurdi.
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Switzerland
The Villa Notre Dame at Montana is henceforth to be run by the Province of Switzerland as a rest house.
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Congo Kinshasa
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…
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Tanzania
Tanganyika becomes independent. In 1964 it joins with Zanzibar and takes the new name of Tanzania.
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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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France
The death of Père Adolphe Cabon, the archivist of the Congregation. Between 1929 and 1956, he published the collection of "Notes et Documents relatifs à la Vie et à l'Oeuvre…
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Gabon
Mgr. Ndong, the first bishop from Gabon, is ordained by Mgr. Marcel Lefebvre, the Apostolic Delegate, at Libreville.
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Sierra Leone
As Sierra Leone gains Independence from the United Kingdom, Catholics are 1% of the population. Joseph Ganda is ordained a priest in Bo - the first Sierra Leonean to become…
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Ireland
The Patrician Congress, commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of the death of St Patrick is celebrated in Ireland with Cardinal Agagianian as Pa-pal Legate. Among the highlights is a Missionary Ex-hibition…
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Congo Kinshasa
Père Albert Forgeur (Belgium), chaplain to the gendarmes of Katanga, is killed while helping a soldier who is gravely wounded. His body is thrown into the Lualaba river.
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Zambia
Makunka parish (Livingstone diocese) is one of the earliest mission which Spiritans take on arrival in the diocese (67 kms west of Livingstone).
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Cameroon
Père Jean Courtcuisse leaves his house in the village of Botko before six in the morning to go to the chapel. Along with the village head and another man, he…
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Tanzania
Fr Joseph Kilasara is ordained a Bishop in Rome. He is the first East African Spiritan Bishop as well as the first African-born Bishop of Moshi.
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U.S.A.
The work of the Spiritans in Arecibo (Puerto-Rico) is so successful that the Holy See creates the Diocese of Arecibo, entrusted to the diocesan clergy.
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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…
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Makurdi
The Prefecture of Otukpo is raised to a Diocese with Bishop James Hagan in charge. He resides in Otukpo.
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Guadeloupe
A delegation goes to Rome for the beati-fication of M"re Anne-Marie Javouhey, the founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny. Her first missionar-ies arrived in Guadeloupe in 1822…
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France
First edition of the review "Spiritus".
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Central African Republic
Just before the decla-ration of independence, l'Abbé Barthélémy Boganda, the President of the Council of Government, disap-pears in an air crash.
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Gabon
The creation of the diocese of Mouila. Libreville becomes an Archdiocese.
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Gambia
Bishop Moloney is enthroned as the first Bishop of the new Diocese of Bathurst in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. The same day, but 53 years before,…
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Canada
The General Council erects the new community of the Holy Spirit in the place of the com-munity of Daulac. The senior scholasticate moves there with a team of four fathers.…
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Netherlands
The junior seminary at Weert is officially recognised by the State as a secondary school.
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Senegal
Dakar replaces Saint-Louis as the capital of Senegal.
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Nigeria
First Spiritan African noviciate opens at Awomama. Bishop J. B. Whelan of Owerri celebrates the inaugural mass for the five novices who start their noviciate with Fr J. Mohan as…
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Gambia
Bathurst becomes a diocese with Bishop Moloney at its head.
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