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unusual facts about Holy Ghost Fathers


Marcel Lefebvre – Archbishop in Stormy Times

Following a career as an Apostolic Delegate for West Africa and Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers, he took the lead in opposing the changes within the Church associated with the Second Vatican Council.


Charismatic Movement

Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, which was founded by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, a Catholic religious community, began hosting charismatic revivals in 1977.

Jimmy O'Dea

He was educated at the Irish Christian Brothers O'Connell School in Richmond Street, Dublin, where a classmate was future Taoiseach Sean Lemass, by the Holy Ghost Fathers at Blackrock College, and by the Jesuits at Belvedere College.

Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny

Chevigny was born in Besançon, France and was ordained a priest on 3 October 1948 in the Holy Ghost Fathers.


see also

Kimmage

Kimmage Manor is the location of The Holy Ghost Fathers College which prepared priests for the religious life, now the Kimmage Development Studies Centre.

Religion in Chad

Isolated efforts began as early as 1929 when The Holy Ghost Fathers from Bangui founded a mission at Kou, near Moundou in Logone Occidental Prefecture.