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- Title
- Belgian bishop slain in the Congo.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: C-31989 BELGIAN BISHOP SLAIN IN THE CONGO LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo -- Bishop Joseph-Pierre Albert Wittebols of Wamba, in the northeastern part of the Congo, was reported massacred by Congolese rebels who seized the Belgian-born prelate and other missionaries in the Wamba area as hostages. A number of missionaries of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, of which the bishop was a member, and nuns were believed missing from Wamba. Bishop Wittebols was born in Etterbeck, in 1912, and was ordained in 1937. He was named Titular Bishop of Callipoli and Vicar Apostolic of Wamba when that vicariate was formed in 1949. Ten years later, the vicariate was raised to a diocese and Bishop Wittebols became its first Ordinary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964, December 31, 1964, December 31, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Wittebols, Joseph, 1912-1964., Catholic Church--Bishops.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Bishops--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Colonies--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Violent deaths--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé.
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Haut-Uélé (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of Congo--Upper Uele--Wamba
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. C-31989; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_C-31989
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:355838