Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1952
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Missionary work
Education
Byrne, Thomas, 1904-1978, Jesuit priest
Walsh, Patrick J, 1911-1975, Jesuit priest and missioner
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka
Mathew, David, 1902-1975, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Forces and historian
Chikuni Mission
Lee, William M, 1915-1992, Jesuit priest
Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka
MacMahon, Brian, 1907-1960, Jesuit priest and missioner
Ó Riordan, Colm, 1919-1992, Jesuit priest
Collins, Bernard P, 1910-1987, Jesuit priest and missioner
Murphy, Dermot J, 1916-1979, Jesuit priest and missioner
Folta, Marian, 1907-1989, Jesuit priest
McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner
Dowling, Maurice, 1896-1965, Jesuit priest, chaplain and missioner
O'Loghlen, Desmond, 1918-2003, Jesuit priest and missioner
Cummins, Patrick, 1920-1979, former Jesuit priest
O'Connor, Sean P, 1920-2006, Jesuit priest
O'Brien, Patrick JT, 1910-1991, Jesuit priest
Irish Jesuit Mission to Zambia, 1946-1969
A file of letters written during the year 1952 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
- Includes a letter from David Matthews, Archbishop of Apamea, Apostolic delegate, Delegatio Apostolica, PO Box 468 Mombasa to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning the proposed boundaries of the Vicariate of Lusaka to be given to the Irish Province. Includes a free hand map of the area (9 January 1952, 3pp).
- Includes a letter from Fr Patrick J. Walsh SJ, PO Box 125, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial informing him that the building of the residence at the regiment Church has begun. Refers to Mau Mau in Kenya and remarks 'It is likely that in the next few years we shall see similar developments in central Africa. There is a great spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction among the Africans here and there is quite a bit of Communist propaganda going on - especially through the African Congress' (29 November 1952, 1p).
1 January-19 December 1952
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Chikuni
Zambia (N. Rhodesia)
Upper Gardiner Street
Fumbo
Lusaka
Kasiya
Kasisi
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