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The White Fathers (French: Pères Blancs), officially known as the Missionaries of Africa (Latin: Missionarii Africae), and abbreviated MAfr, [1] are a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right (for men). They were founded in 1868 by Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie, who was then the Archbishop of Algiers. [2]
The White fathers contacted the Mill Hill Mission in England to send in the British Catholic Fathers to remove Kabaka Mwanga's doubts. [3] In 1895, Bishop Henry Hanlon from the Mill Hill Mission arrived in Uganda and he was given Nsambya Hill by Kabaka Mwanga. [3] The Mill Hill missionaries spread Christianity in the Tooro region.
Daniele Comboni. Daniele Comboni was a missionary in Sudan briefly in 1858–1859. [6] In 1864 he wrote a plan for the regeneration of Africa to focus the global Catholic Church's interest in the evangelization of the continent [7] while emphasizing the African people themselves as agents of this evangelization. [8]
Lionel Bruce Greaves (1895–1984) was a Welsh missionary to Africa, soldier, educator, and author. His published reports were essential during United Kingdom discussions considering independence movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. [1] He was awarded the Military Cross (UK), The Order of the White Eagle(Serbia), and the OBE (UK).
The Catholic Church in colonial Rwanda had significant influence over the country as a result of the church's involvement in most aspects of the country's infrastructure. [1] [2] [3] The Catholic missionaries, also known as the White Fathers, arrived at the same time as the first German colonial empire administrators, so both parties were very involved in shaping the influence of colonizers on ...
The Society of African Missions (Latin: Societas Missionum ad Afros; French: Société des Missions Africaines), also known as the SMA Fathers, is a Catholic religious society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men founded by Melchior de Marion Brésillac in 1856. [8] They serve the people of Africa and those of African descent.
Igboho was planned to be the starting point of his missionary work in Africa because it was close to the Fulani empire, converting the Fulani's was thought to be critical to spread Christianity in West Africa. [2] Upon approval from the mission board of SBC, Bowen and two other colleagues Robert Hill and Hervey Goodale proceeded to Africa in ...
The three largest Pentecostal denominations that are present in South Africa include the Apostolic Faith Mission, the South African Assemblies of God, and the Full Gospel Church of God. [4] In the early 1990s, there was a surge of Nigerian, Kenyan, and Ghanaian preachers in South African townships.