The Abra mission in Northern Luzon, Philippines, 1598-1955 : a historical study /

Schmitz, Josef, 1925-

The Abra mission in Northern Luzon, Philippines, 1598-1955 : a historical study / by Josef Schmitz, S.V.D. ; Translated by John Vogelgesang, S.V.D. - Cebu City : University of San carlos, [c1971] - xi, 240 p. : illus. , map; 23 cm - San Carlos publications. Series D: Occasional monographs, no. 2 .

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.


Catholic Church in the Philippines
Mission--Abra--Philippines
Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines

FIL BV 3380 / .S36

FIL 266.2 / Sch56
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