THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

IN TROPICAL AFRICA

1445-1850

 

by

Joseph Kenny, O.P.

 

Ibadan University Press & Dominican Publications

1982

CONTENTS

Preface

 

INTRODUCTION

          PORTUGUESE AFRICAN DISCOVERIES

          ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTIONS

 

CHAPTER 1: THE DIOCESE OF GOA - THE PORTUGUESE IN EAST AFRICA

          1.1 THE RED SEA AND ETHIOPIA

          1.2 THE NORTHERN COASTAL TOWNS

                   Military intervention

                   The Franciscans and Augustinians

          1.3 THE SOUTH COAST: EVANGELlZATION AND COLONIZATION               The Jesuits

                   The Dominicans

                   Events of the 17th century

Madagascar

          1.4 THE DECLINE OF PORTUGAL IN EAST AFRICA

 

CHAPTER 2: THE DIOCESE OF SÃO SALVADOR - CONGO AND ANGOLA

          2.1 EARLY EVANGELIZATION OF CONGO

                   King João Nzinga Nkuwu (? - 1506)

                   Afonso I (1506-43)

                   Diogo I (1545-61)

          2.2 FIRST CONTACTS WITH ANGOLA

          2.3 A MORE INDEPENDENT CONGO

                   Álvaro I (1568-87)

                   Álvaro II (1587-1614)

                   Álvaro III Mvika a Mpanzu (1615-22)

                   Pedro II Nkanga a Mvika (1622-24)

                   Garcia I (1624-26)

          Ambrósio I (1626-31), Álvaro IV (1631-6), Álvaro V (1636) and Álvaro VI (1636-41)

          2.4 CONTINUED CONTACT WITH ANGOLA

          2.5 THE CAPUCHINS IN CONGO

                   Garcia II (1641-60)

                   António I (1661-5) and the period of anarchy (1665-1709)

                   The dark years (18th and 19th centuries)

 

CHAPTER 3: THE DIOCESE OF SÃO TOMÉ - LOWER GUINEA

          3.1 SÃO TOMÉ ISLAND

          3.2 ELMINA AND THE SURROUNDING COAST

                   The Portuguese period (1471-1642)

                   The French and Castilian Capuchins (1637-84)

                   The French Dominicans (1686-1704)

                   Protestant efforts

          3.3 BENIN AND WARRI

                   15th and 16th century contacts with Benin

                   Warri accepts the Christian faith

                   The Capuchin missions: preparations

                   The mission of Ángel de Valencia (1651)

                   The mission of Angelo di Ajaccio and Bonaventura da Firenze (1656)

                   Francesco da Monteleone and the mission of 1684-95

                   Further contact with Benin and Warri

          3.4 SUPPLEMENT: THE EARLY EVANGELIZATION OF BENIN

 

CHAPTER 4: THE DIOCESE OF SANTIAGO - UPPER GUINEA

          4.1 First contacts (1445-1600)

          4.2 The Jesuits (1604-42)

          4.3 The Capuchins (1634-1700)

          4.4 The Franciscans (1657 to mid-18th century)

          Résumé

 

CHAPTER 5: THE GOSPEL ACROSS THE SAHARA AND FROM NUBIA

          5.1 EARLY SAHARAN AND NUBIAN INFLUENCE

                   Evidence of archaeology and Christian symbols

                   Evidence of traditions and reports

          5.2 EUROPEANS WHO CROSSED THE SAHARA

                   Pieter Fardé OFM in Agadez and the north of Nigeria (1686-88)

                   The Franciscans in Agadez and Katsina (1710-11)

                   Filippo da Segni OFM (1850)

          CONCLUSION

 

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