Apostolic Vicariate of Shire
The Vicariate Apostolic of Shiré (
Archdiocese of Blantyre
.
Geographic location
Nyassaland Protectoriate lies between 9°41' and 17°15' S. lat., and 33° and 36° E. long. It is about 520 miles (840 km) long, its width varying from 50 to 100 miles (160 km). It covers an area of 43,608 square miles (112,940 km2). The white population is at most 600, while there are millions of natives. Nyassaland is divided into thirteen districts. The mission of the
Portuguese East Africa. The territory lies 130 miles (210 km) as the crow flies from the Indian Ocean. The name is derived from the Shire River
which flows through the length of the vicariate.
History
Fathers of the Holy Ghost, and died in France on 4 December 1910. On 4 May 1910, one of the missionaries received from Rome the notification of his elevation to the dignity of Apostolic vicariate. Mgr Auneau was consecrated at Chilubula, Northern Rhodesia, by Mgr Dupont
of the White Fathers, 1 Nov., 1910.
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