Item 8/1/1/4 - Overseas Missions: Vicariate:

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Overseas Missions: Vicariate: South Africa: Botswana: Oblates and Jesuits: Report Of The Meeting Held at Bloomfontein on July 2nd, 1948, between Bishop Meysing, O.M.I., V.A. of Kimberly Vicariate, Fr. M. O'Ryan, Assistant General, Fr. Nottebaert, O. M.I., Belgian Provincial & Fr. Kress, O.M.I., Vicar of Missions, Kimberley O.M.I. Vicariate. At the Bishop's request two Belgian Oblate fathers had been assigned to the Vicariate by the Fr. General and three more "given their obedience". The area which he, the Bishop, had in view, first, for the Belgian Fathers - i.e., the magesterial districts of Rustenbergand Marico, and "our part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate" were now out of the question.. The former had been alotted to the Vicariate of Pretoria while the latter, "the Bechuanaland part" would in all proability be detached from Kimberley in the near future. The rest of the report deals with the staffing of the Orange Free State area of the Vicariate.

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