Translation of Die Abra -Mission auf Nord Luzon, Philippine.
Von 1598-1955

Includes bibliographical references

Contents

The Mission work in Abra during the Spanish Regime (1598-1898)--Preliminaries: the discovery of the Philippines and Spanish colonization--The beginning of Mission work in Abra--Breakthrough and standstill--Mission work in Abra in the 19th Century: The "Golden Age" of the Abra Mission--The secular clergy in Abra--Three hundred years of the Abra Mission as reflected statistics! 1598-1898--Retrospect--The Abra Mission from 1898 to 1909--Outbreak of the revolution and the expulsion of the Augustinians--The Christians orphaned-the non-Christians neglected--The American occupation and its consequences--Aglipay and the "Philippine Independent Church"--The Divine Word Missionaries in Abra--Negotiations with Father Arnold Janssen and Father Nicholas Blum (1904-1909)--The First missionaries in Abra: Father Louis Beckert and Father John Scheiermann--Development of the Mission to the beginning of the first World War -- The First World War and the expulsion of the Missionaries--Return of the Missionaries and the expansion--The "Abra question"- The contact with Bishop of Vigan--The Latest Development of Abra up to the Erection of the Prelature Nullius of Bangued (1923-1955)--Conclusion--Results and prospects.