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This file supplements the project Missionary Linguistics in colonial Africa / Corpus de travaux linguistiques des missionnaires.
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This file provides a succinct overview of the provenance of the various missionary organizations represented in the project Missionary Linguistics in colonial Africa / Corpus de travaux linguistiques des missionnaires. All information is drawn from the organizations' websites.
La Congrégation du Saint-ÉspritLa Congrégation du Saint-Ésprit, known in English as the
Congregation of the Holy Spirit, is the original
Spiritan community. It was founded in 1703 by
Claude Poullart des Places (1679–1709). In 1848, it merged
with the Congregation of the Holy Heart of Mary, another
Spiritan organization which had been founded seven years
prior by François-Marie-Paul Libermann (1804–1852). La congrégation du Saint-Ésprit et du Saint-Cœur de MarieLa congrégation du Saint-Ésprit et du Saint-Cœur de Marie,
known in English as the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary is the joint Spiritan
organization, resulting from the merging of Congregation of the Holy
Spirit and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in
1848. La Compagnie de JésusLa Compagnie de Jésus, known in English as the Society
of Jesus is a Catholic religious order,
the members of which are called jésuites, or jesuits. The society was officially
recognized by Pope Paul III in 1540 by
Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) and several of his colleagues, namely,
Francis Xavier (1506–1552) and Peter Faber (1506–1546) . Les Pères BlancsLes Pères Blancs, known officially as Les missionnaires d'Afrique
and in English as the White Fathers, is a Catholic missionary organization. It was founded in 1868
at Maison Carée in
Algeria by Charles Martial
Lavigerie (1825–1892).