Cimbebasia (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Alexandre Leroy · 1913
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An entry on Cimbebasia, long the name for the western part of southern Africa, and on the Prefecture of Upper Cimbebasia. The region first lay in the vast vicariate of Senegambia and the Guineas erected in 1842 under Bishop Barron. Propaganda cut Cimbebasia from it in July 1879 as a prefecture apostolic under the Holy Ghost Fathers, with Father Duparquet as first prefect.
The new field held three regions: the Portuguese north of Amboella and Gangela, the German south of Ovamboland and Damaraland, and Bechuanaland. After attempts in all three, the missionaries concentrated on the north. In August 1892 Propaganda gave Upper Cimbebasia to the Holy Ghost Fathers, Lower Cimbebasia to the Oblates of Mary, and Bechuanaland to the Orange Free State vicariate. Upper Cimbebasia, bounded by the Kassai, the Kunene, and the twenty-second meridian, is worked by twenty priests and eight brothers.
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| CREATOR | Alexandre Leroy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |