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power of Mohammedanism (especially in Nigeria),
the orgies of paganism, as well as anti-Catholic
propacanda particularly rife in South Africa.
Treacherous climatic conditions and financial need
enhance the hundship of the missionary. This latter
was felt especially during the war, due to the cessa-
tion of contributions from nations at war. The
enlistment of missionary priests and students, the
closing of seminaries (Paris, Lyons, Steyl, etc.),
left comparatively few to carry on the evangeliza-
tion of the African native. Especially did the
missions in the former German colonies suffer. The
German clergy were deported or interned, and the
missions left desolate. In Kamerim the Fallotines
were replaced by the Fathers of the Holy Ghost;
the prefecture of Adamawa was assigned to the
priests of the Sacred Heart; in German East Africa
the White Fathers carried on the work of the
Bavarian Benedictines. Untrained African minds
with difficulty reconciled the war in which they took
Eart with the (xospel of Peace preached to them. »ut in spite of these hardships of war Catholicism flourished. The abandoned missions are regaining their. former prosperity. In Khartum some of the interned priests have returned. That Americans are now fi^nng the task of evangelization is witnessed by the American members of the Holy Ghost Order in Africa, the La Salette priests ordained in 10^ for African missions, and the women who have taken their vows in African sisterhoods. One of the glories of the Chiu^h in Africa is the beatification (6 June, 1920) of the martyrs of Uganda. On the same date three natives of Uganda were ordained priests at Villa Maria and four others received
minor orders. The Congo and Nigeria have each
ordained a native priest. In Madagascar the Jesuits
have erected a seminary for natives. These native
clergy, through their knowledge of languages and cus-
toms, as well as their example, are a great help to the
missionaries. The catechists also are zealous aids.
The leper colonies are a special labor of charity,
this dread disease being prevalent along the east
coast of Africa. In leaser ailments, curing the body
to save the soul is also a great work of the mis-
sionaiy. Among the tribes converted in great num-
bers to the Church are the Baganda, the Babemba
of Rhodesia, and the Kabyles. The king and queen
of the Mendes tribe in Sierra Leone are Catholics,
as is also the supreme chief of the Basutos,. who
recently visited London. In Belgian Congo the
missions are flourishing. A special effort is being
made to evangelize the schismatic Copts of Egypt,
and among the Americo-Liberians and in Nigeria
there is great scope for work. On board the ship
"Africa" which sank 6 January, 1920, were one
bishop, ten priests, six brothers, one seminarian, and
one nun, all members of the Holy Ghost Order,
bound for Africa. An official document of impor-
tance to African missions is the mandate for East
Africa recently issued, by the terms of which com-
Slete religious liberty is granted in that territory, lany new vicariates and prefectures have been erected in the last several years. The Catholic missions in Africa are listed in the table below, with date of establishment, title, and the society in charge of each. The table following gives the num- ber of dioceses, vicariates and prefectures apostolic assigned to each society.
CATHOLIC AFRICA
Date of
Date of
Ereo-
Name
Title
Qergy
Erec-
Name
Title
Clergy
tion
tion
Alexandria (1805)
Coptic Patri-
Secular Clergy
1848
Mayotte Islands,
No6si-B«, Co-
Prefecture
Fathers of the Holy
archate
Ghost
CcBtuxy
Alexandria
Armenian Bish-
Secular Clergy
mores
•*
opric
1850
Saint-Denis (Re-
Bishoprio
Fathers of the Holy
Hennopoli8(1805)
Coptic Bishop-
Secular Clergy
union)
Ghost
ric
1850
Natal
Vicariate
Oblates of Mary
Thebes (1805)
Ck>ptic Bishop-
Secular Qergy
1852
Port Victoria (1802)
Bishopric
Capuchins
te
ric
1S55
Fernando Po (1904)
Vicariate
Missionaries of the
m
Carthage (1884)
Archbishopric
Secular Qergy
Immaculate Heart
1334
Moroceo (1006)
Vicariate
Franciscans
of Mary
Fathers of the Holy
1263
Ceuta (and Cadis,
Bishoprio
Secular C^gy
1858
Sierra Leone
Vicariate
^8**) ,
Ghost
1400
Cananes (Las Pal-
mas)
Bishopric
Secular Clergy
1860
Benin
Vicariate
African Missions of
Lyons Fathers of the Holy
1514
Funchal (Madeira)
Bishopric
Secular (^ergy
1860
Zanxibar (Northern
Vicariate
1532
Sfto Thiaffo de
Gabo Verde
Bishoprio
Secular Clergy
Zanguebar)
Ghost
1863
Senegambia
Vicariate
Fathers of the Holy
1534
Angra (Azores)
Bishopric
Secular (^ergy
Ghost
15S4
Saint Thomas
Bishopric
Secular Clergy
1866
Oran
Bishoprio
Secular CSergy
1586
Angola and Ck>ngo
Bishoprio
Fathers of the Holy
1866
Ckinstantine
Bishopric
Secular Clergy
Ghost
1868
Sahara [Bamako
Vicariates
White Fathers
1613
Mosambique
Prelaturenullius
Secular Clergy
(1921) and Wagh-
1640
Lower Congo (1865)
Prefecture
Fathers of the Holy
adugu (19201
Cape of (3ood Hope
Ghost
1874
Prefecture
Secular Clergy
1654
Tripoli (Libya,
1913)
Vicariate
Franciscans
(Central)
1879
Upper Cimebasia
Prefecture
Fathers of the Holy
1763
oenegai
Prefecture
Fathers of the Holy
Ghost
Ghost
1879
Gold Cota/L
Vicariate
African Missions of
1813
Cape of Good Hope
(Western)
Vicariate
Secular Clergy
Lyons
1879
Zambesia (1905)
Prefecture
Jesuits
1819
Teneriffe (San Ois-
Bishopric
Secular Clergy
1880
Upper CTongo
Vicariate
White Fathers
t o b a I de la
1880
Tanganyika (1886)
Vicariate
White Fathers
Laguna)
1882
Dahomey
Vicariate
African Missions of
1838
Algiers (1886)
Archbishopric
Secular CSergy
Lyons
1888
Absrssinia
Vicariate
Lasarista
1883
Victoria-Ny ansa
Vicariate
White Fathers
1830
Egvpt
(Saboon
Vicariate
Franciscans
(1915)
1813
Vicariate
Fathers of the Holy
Ghost
1884
Upper Nigeria
Vicariate
African Missions of
Lyons
1844
Tananarive (Cen-
tral Madagascar)
Vicariate
Jesuits
1884
Orange River (1808)
Vicariate
Oblates of St.
Francis of Sales
1346
Gallas
Vicariate
Capuchins
1885
Lower Nigeria
Vicariate
Fathers of the Holy
1840
Sudan (Khartum,
Vicariate
Sons of the Sacred
(1920)
Ghost
1913)
Heart (Verona)
1885
DelU of the Nile
Vicariate
African Missions of
1847
Cape of Good Hope
Vicariate
Secular Clergy
(1909)
Lyons
(Eastern)
1886
Kimberly in Orange
Vicariate
Benedictines of the
1847
Port Louis (Mau-
Bishopric
Fathers of the Holy
Primitive Obser-
ritius)
Ghost
vance
