Bukumbi

Bukumbi
Village
Bukumbi is located in Tanzania
Bukumbi
Bukumbi
Coordinates: 2°42′52″S 32°55′16″E / 2.714431°S 32.92124°E / -2.714431; 32.92124
CountryTanzania
RegionMwanza

Bukumbi is a village on the south shore of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, situated in Mwanza Region.

In 1883 the White Fathers, a group of missionaries led by Léon Livinhac, established a Catholic mission called Kamoga at Bukumbi. The location was chosen as being less disturbed by Buganda, to the north of the lake.[1] In the late 1880s it was the location of the Catholic seminary headed by John Joseph Hirth.[2]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Minnaert 2007.
  2. ^ Shorter 2011, p. 286.

Sources

  • Minnaert, Stefaan (20 March 2007). "Archbishop Livinhac (1846-1922)". Translated by Donald MacLeod. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  • Shorter, Aylward (2011-12-01). Les Pères Blancs au temps de la conquête coloniale: Histoire des Missionnaires d'Afrique (1892-1914). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-0575-4. Retrieved 2013-03-26.


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