Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XXI
Province of St. Francis in Brazil (São Paulo)
Mother Province: Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy)
On January 5, 1949, Friars Vittorio VALENTINI...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XX
Provincial Delegation in Chile
Mother Province: Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy)
The decision to open a new presence in Chile was made...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XIX
Provincial Custody of St. Francis in Bolivia
Mother Province: St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow)
Because of a great shortage of clergy...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XVIII
Provincial Delegation in Paraguay
Mother Province: Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow)
This mission officially began when the 1991 Chapter...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XVII
Provincial Delegation in Ecuador
Mother Province: Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Poland (Gdańsk)
During its Chapter of 1993, the Province of Gdańsk decided to...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XVI
Provincial Delegation in Peru
Mother Province: Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow)
The Conventual Franciscan Mission in Peru was officially...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XV
Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in India
Mother Province: Province of St. Paul the Apostle in Malta
The Conventual Franciscan mission in India officially began...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XIV
Mission in Sri Lanka
Mother Province: Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in India
Sri Lanka is known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. The...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XIII
Province of Mary Immaculate in Indonesia
Mother Province: The Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy)
In 1937, Friars Minor Conventual from Holland and...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XII
Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception
and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza in the Philippines
Mother Province: Province of the Seraphic Father St. Francis in Italy (Naples)
On...