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18 unusual facts about Mill Hill Missionaries


Antonin Guillermain

Bishop John Joseph Hirth took the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nyanza, the English Mill Hill Missionaries took the eastern part, called the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile, and Antonin Guillermain was assigned the western part, called the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nyanza.

Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam

The present Catholic community in the country finds its roots in the ministry of the Missionary Society of St. Joseph (Mill Hill Missionaries).

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza

In 1894 the diocese of Nyanza was split into Southern Nyanza, south and west of Lake Victoria, an eastern portion called "Upper Nile" that was given to the English Mill Hill Missionaries, and a northern portion called "Northern Nyanza" that covered the south and west of today's Uganda.

Brian Thorp

“It is possible that he was killed because he might have recognised the robbers”, according to Rev Anthony Chantry, the Mill Hill Missionaries' general superior.

Colin Cameron Davies

Colin Cameron Davies was born in Las Palmas, Spain and ordained a priest on 13 July 1952 from the religious order of the St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill.

Henry Hanlon

He was ordained Priest on the 21 September 1889 for the Mill Hill Missionaries and travelled to Northern India, where he served until 1894 when he was recalled to Rome to be appointed the first Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile District of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo, being consecrated 17 July 1894 and taking the title of Titular Archbishop of Teos.

Bishop Dr Henry Hanlon MHM (7 January 1862-18 August 1937) was an English Roman Catholic bishop, belonging to the order of the Mill Hill Missionaries.

Ignatius Arnoz

Ignatius Arnoz was born in Bodenbach, Bohemia, ordained a priest on July 25, 1910 from the religious order of the Mill Hill Missionaries.

Jinja College

The school was founded in 1946 as a junior school by the Mill Hill Missionary fathers.

John Joseph Hirth

In 1894 the diocese was split into Southern Nyanza, south and west of Lake Victoria, an eastern portion called "Upper Nile" that was given to the English Mill Hill Missionaries,

John Luck

In 1886 Luck obtained members of the Society of Joseph for the Foreign Missions, known as the Mill Hill fathers, for work among the Māori people, who, except for the mission of James McDonald, had been neglected by the Catholic Church since the 1860s.

John Wijngaards

After a spell as Vicar General of the Mill Hill Missionaries in London (1976–1982), he became Director of Housetop, an international centre of adult faith formation (1982–2009).

Josephite Fathers

It was formed in 1871 by a group of priests from the English Foreign Mission Society of Saint Joseph, also known as the Mill Hill Missionaries.

Namilyango

Around 1900, the Mill Hill Missionaries settled on the hill and begun to build Namilyango College, a prestigious middle and high school, intended originally to educate the sons of chiefs.

Namilyango College

The school was opened on 23 March 1902, with 13 students, by the Mill Hill Missionaries, and was the first post-primary boarding school in Uganda.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Miri

The present Catholic community in the country finds its roots in the ministry of the Missionary Society of St. Joseph (Mill Hill Missionaries) They started schools all throughout Miri, starting with Good Shepherd School, at Claude Town,(or present day Marudi).

Rubya

In 1894 the Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria–Nyanza was split into the vicariates of Southern Victoria Nyanza, south of Lake Victoria, an eastern portion called "Upper Nile" that was given to the English Mill Hill Missionaries, and a northern portion called "Northern Nyanza" that covered the south and west of today's Uganda.

St. Mary's High School, Peshawar

In 1970, the Marist Brothers took over the administration of St. Mary's from the Mill Hill Fathers.