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Logo for 175 years jubilee celebrations in Gabon 2018-2019

Gabon Church to Continue “spiritual, pastoral” Passion experienced during yearlong Jubilee

Oct 2, 2019

The people of God in Gabon who just concluded the yearlong celebrations to mark 175 years of Catholicism in their country have been encouraged to maintain the pastoral and spiritual passion that they experienced throughout the year, the Papal delegate to the concluding ceremony, Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso said Sunday, September 29.

Part of logo for 175th Anniversary of Catholicism in Gabon

175 years of Evangelization in Gabon, A Moment of Thanksgiving

Sep 24, 2019

The Church in Gabon is marking 175 years of Catholicism in the country with thanksgiving to God for the accomplishments made since the first missionary, Fr Jean- Rémi Bessieux arrived in 1844.

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