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- c.1931-1972 (Creation)
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21 items; 21 cm x 14.5 cm; 15 cm x 10 cm; Black and white print
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A collection of black and white photographic prints mostly relating to Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls from 1936-50. Most of the prints have been captioned by his nephew, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. and some were published in Mgr. Killian Flynn as seen from his letters (Ndola, 2003). The file includes prints of Fr. Killian:
• As a novitiate and student.
• With his parents.
• With Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) probably on a ship during their first voyage to Africa in 1931.
• With African porters during a long trek into the bush, 1931-2.
• With Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958) celebrating the opening of the first mission church on 30 Oct. 1932.
• The exterior of the ‘Stone Police Camp’ at Livingstone, the site of the first mission chapel, 1932.
• With Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap. and Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., 1935.
• With Paramount Chief Yeta III of Barotseland.
• With Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, Nairobi Cathedral in 1967.
• At the first all-African Bishops’ Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 1969.
• At the Zambian Episcopal Conference.
• Receiving an MBE in Livingstone.
• Greeting Pope Paul VI in Kampala, Uganda. The Pope visited Uganda from 31 July to 2 Aug. 1969
• With Capuchin friars from East and Southern Africa in 1972.
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- Flynn, Killian, 1905-1972, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- O’Hanlon, Oliver, 1902-1957, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- O’Shea, Timothy Phelim, 1902-1979, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- O’Mahony, James, 1897-1962, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Butler, Casimir, 1876-1958, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- MacQuillan, Jerome, 1923-1968, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Cullen, Alban, 1898-1970, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Nesdale, Seraphin, 1897-1980, Capuchin priest (Subject)