Item 9 - Report on the Capuchin Mission in Zambia

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IE CA AMI/2/2/9

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Report on the Capuchin Mission in Zambia

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  • 1979 (Creation)

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4 pp; Typescript

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(14 July 1929-21 December 2012)

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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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Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Regular Superior, for the Provincial Chapter. The report is arranged into the following sections:

  1. A spirit of openness
  2. Office in common
  3. Decreasing numbers of missionaries
  4. Provincial Visitation
  5. Preparation for the Chapter
  6. The First Mission Chapter
  7. Withdrawal from some stations
  8. The House of Formation
  9. Pastoral Council
  10. The death of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
  11. Conclusion

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