GPTKB
Browse
Query
Compare
Download
Publications
Contributors
Search
White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/White_Fathers_(Missionaries_of_Africa)
GPTKB entity
Statements (55)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Catholic missionary society
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:M.Afr.
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Missionaries_of_Africa
gptkb:Pères_Blancs
gptkbp:approvedBy
gptkb:Pope_Pius_IX
gptkbp:category
Catholic missionary orders
Religious organizations established in 1868
Christian missions in Africa
gptkbp:femaleBranch
gptkb:Missionary_Sisters_of_Our_Lady_of_Africa
gptkbp:focus
gptkb:insurance
Education
Social services
Interreligious dialogue
Promotion of justice and peace
gptkbp:foundedIn
gptkb:Algeria
1868
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Charles_Lavigerie
gptkbp:habit
white
gptkbp:headquartersLocation
gptkb:Rome,_Italy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa)
gptkbp:leaderTitle
Superior General
gptkbp:membership
over 1,200 members (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:membersInclude
gptkb:foundation
priests
gptkbp:motto
Evangelizare pauperibus misit me
gptkbp:namedAfter
white habit
gptkbp:notableFor
Missionary work in North and Sub-Saharan Africa
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Bishop_Joseph_Kiwanuka
gptkb:Charles_Lavigerie
gptkb:Henri_Streicher
gptkb:Joseph_Dupont
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste-Frézal_Charbonnier
gptkb:Léon_Livinhac
gptkb:Paul_Voillard
gptkbp:notableWork
Abolition of slavery in Africa
Establishment of schools and hospitals
Translation of the Bible into African languages
gptkbp:officialLanguage
gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
English
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:Society_of_the_Missionaries_of_Africa
gptkbp:parentOrganization
Catholic Church
gptkbp:primaryMission
Evangelization in Africa
gptkbp:publishedIn
gptkb:Afrika_Bulletin
gptkb:Petit_Echo
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Americas
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation
Catholic Church
gptkbp:superiorGeneral
Stan Lubungo (as of 2024)
gptkbp:type
Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right
gptkbp:website
https://www.missionariesofafrica.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Uganda
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6