Author Archives: Chidiebere Obiora

Kumasi, 2 December 1959Cover note in French, vota in LatinSee ADA II/V, 220 * André van den Bronk (1907-1997), S.M.A. was a Dutch missionary to Ghana Eminence, Ci-joint veuillez trouver les voeux qu’en réponse à l’appel du Saint Père je désire soumettre, hélas bien tardivement. Veuillez avoir l’obligeance de les accepter encore si vous lesContinue reading “Response of André VAN DEN BRONK, the bishop of Kumasi, Ghana, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

25 September 1959Cover note in English, vota in LatinSee ADA II/V, 219-220 * Joseph Oliver Bowers (1910-2012), S.V.D. was a Dominican (from Dominica) missionary to Ghana. Your Eminence, In reply to Your Eminence’s request, under the date of 18 June, 1959, I am enclosing herewith the vota ad Concilium generale proponenda of the Diocese ofContinue reading “Response of Joseph Oliver BOWERS, the bishop of Accra, Ghana, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

Cape Coast, 29 August 1959Written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 222 * John Kodwo AMISSAH (1922-1991) was a Ghanaian auxiliary of Cape Coast on the eve of Vatican II Eminentissime Pater, Pro litteris Prot. N. I C/59-2184 quae ut mihi mitterentur curare non aspernata est Eminentia Vestra, maximas gratias sincerasque gratissimo animo ago. Haud dubiumContinue reading “Response of John Kodwo AMISSAH, the titular bishop of Bencenna, Tunisia and the auxiliary of Cape Coast, Ghana, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

Parakou, 16 August 1959written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 95 * Fr. Robert CHOPARD-LALLIER (1921-1973), S.M.A., was a French missionary to Benin. Ill.me ac Rev.me Domine, Honorifice subsignatas has litteras circa concilium accepi 30 mensis iulii et diligentissime perscribo secundum vota magni momenti Ecclesiae Sanctissimi Patris Nostri. I. Ad unitatem fovendam Membra ecclesiarum quae fidemContinue reading “Response of Robert CHOPARD-LALLIER, the apostolic prefect of Parakou, Benin, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

Cotonou, 30 August 1959written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 86-87 * Bernardin GANTIN (1922-2008) was a Beninois auxiliary of Cotonou on the eve of Vatican II Eminentissime Domine, Imprimis, devotissimum ac gratum me praebere faveas erga Summum Pontificem Dominum ac Patrem Nostrum Ioannem XXIII fel. regn. quem Deum vivificet et conservet. Pariter, Pontificiae Commissionis AntepraeparatoriaeContinue reading “Response of Bernardin GANTIN, the titular bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania, Algeria and the auxiliary bishop of Cotonou, Benin, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

Ouidah, 12 August 1959written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 46-47 * Louis Parisot (1885-1960), S.M.A., was a French missionary to Benin. Quoad opportunitatem Concilii. Futurum Concilium Oecumenicum, si ad unitatem tantum pertineret, in angustias iturum videretur; attamen, etsi non adhuc matura, omnium Ecclesiarum etiam dissitarum, quasi ab omnibus optata, apparet Conventio. Concilium scilicet ad falsasContinue reading “Response of Louis PARISOT, the archbishop of Cotonou, Benin, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

Yaoundé, 5 May 1960written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 133 * Paul ETOGA (1911-1998), was a native Cameroonian auxiliary of Yaoundé on the eve of Vatican II Eminentia Reverendissima, Ut responsum darem litteris quibus Vestra Eminentia mihi mandavit de quaestionibus utiliter proponendis Commissioni Antepraeparatoriae pro futuro Concilio Oecumenico, utile visum est instari: 1) in litterisContinue reading “Response of Paul Etoga, the titular bishop of Cyparissia, Greece and the auxiliary of Yaoundé, Cameroon, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

14 April 1960written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 132-133 * René Marie Graffin (1899-1967), C.S.Sp., was a French missionary to Cameroon Eminentissime Domine, Cum in litteris suis (1484 bis die Martii XXI) dignaretur Eminentia Reverendissima Tua mihi mandare ut ad Antepraeparatorium Concilii Oecumenici Coetum mitterem de quibus rebus hoc Concilium mundo moderationes dare posset, iamContinue reading “Response of René Marie GRAFFIN, the Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

20 August 1959written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 131-132 * Yves-Joseph-Marie PLUMEY (1913-1991), O.M.I., was a French missionary to Cameroon Eminentisime Domine, Die 18 iunii huius anni, epistolam sub N. 1 C/59-531 Eminentia tua dignata est mittere, in qua observationes ac suggestiones meas pro Pontificia Commissione Antepraeparatoria Concilii Oecumenici liberalissime petiit. Quapropter, re mature perpensa,Continue reading “Response of Yves-Joseph-Marie PLUMEY, the bishop of Garoua, Cameroon, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”

22 August 1959written in Latin, see ADA II/V, 130 * Jacques Teerenstra (1911-1961), C.S.Sp.,  was a Dutch missionary to Cameroon Eminentissime Pater, Litterae quas mihi misisti in Dioecesim meam Dumensem, ad obtinendum consilium pro futuro Concilio Oecumenico, mihi pervenerunt in hisce diebus in Hollandia, ubi iam sum per tres menses. Tempus ideo breve est etContinue reading “Response of Jacques TEERENSTRA, the bishop of Doumé, Cameroon, to Vatican II’s Antepreparatory Commission”