Enciclopedia Cattolica

DRIESDALE RIVER, MISSIONE DI

Driedale River, Mission of

Volume IV · p. 1121 · 1950

English translation · Testo originale italiano

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Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

DRIESDALE RIVER, Mission of. — It is an autonomous mission detached from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia and erected by decree on 4 May 1910 for the evangelization of the Aborigines. As early as 1908, the Benedictines of New Norcia had founded II. About five fathers have always worked there. During the last war, the mission was bombed, suffering serious damage.

Bibl.: Centenary of the Catholic Church in Western Australia 1846–1946 (no pagination). Saverio Paventi