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IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/37
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Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1952
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- 1 January-19 December 1952 (Creation)
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53 items
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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).
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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: [email protected]
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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- Zambia (N. Rhodesia) » Southern Province (Zambia) » Monze » Chikuni
- Zambia (N. Rhodesia)
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Upper Gardiner Street
- Zambia (N. Rhodesia) » Southern Province (Zambia) » Fumbo
- Zambia (N. Rhodesia) » Lusaka Province (Zambia) » Lusaka
- Zambia (N. Rhodesia) » Southern Province (Zambia) » Kasiya
- Zambia (N. Rhodesia) » Kasisi
Name access points
- Byrne, Thomas, 1904-1978, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Walsh, Patrick J, 1911-1975, Jesuit priest and missioner (Subject)
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (Subject)
- Mathew, David, 1902-1975, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Forces and historian (Subject)
- Chikuni Mission (Subject)
- Lee, William M, 1915-1992, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka (Subject)
- MacMahon, Brian, 1907-1960, Jesuit priest and missioner (Subject)
- Ó Riordan, Colm, 1919-1992, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Collins, Bernard P, 1910-1987, Jesuit priest and missioner (Subject)
- Murphy, Dermot J, 1916-1979, Jesuit priest and missioner (Subject)
- Folta, Marian, 1907-1989, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner (Subject)
- Dowling, Maurice, 1896-1965, Jesuit priest, chaplain and missioner (Subject)
- O'Loghlen, Desmond, 1918-2003, Jesuit priest and missioner (Subject)
- Cummins, Patrick, 1920-1979, former Jesuit priest (Subject)
- O'Connor, Sean P, 1920-2006, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- O'Brien, Patrick JT, 1910-1991, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Irish Jesuit Mission to Zambia, 1946-1969 (Subject)