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- 1999- 2005 (Creation)
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5 items; Typescript copy
Name of creator
Biographical history
Baptismal name: Leo McKnight
Religious name: Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 14 July 1929
Place of birth: Kilkeel, County Down (Diocese of Down and Connor)
Name of father: Thomas McKnight
Name of mother: Elizabeth McKnight (née Hughes)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1949
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1950
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1953
Date of ordination (as priest): 30 May 1957
Educational attainments: BA (1953)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 5 Nov. 1957; Zambian Mission Custody Consultor, from 1973-6, 1976-9; Regular Superior of the Zambian Mission Custody from 1979-85.
Date of death: 21 Dec. 2012
Place of death: Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross, Dublin
Place of burial: Dardistown Cemetery, Dublin
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Scope and content
Lists of Capuchin friars in Zambia from 1931-99. The list was compiled for research purposes by Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap. (d. 21 Dec. 2012). The list gives the years in which each of the 101 named friars served in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). The file also includes personnel lists for the friars attached to the Vice-Province of St. Francis, Zambia. The information is given under the headings of name, address and contact details.