| LC control no. | n 50069716 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | White Fathers |
| Variant(s) | Missionaries of Africa Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa of Algeria Missionarii Africae Missionnaires d'Afrique P.B. (White Fathers) Padres brancos Padri bianchi PB (White Fathers) Pères blancs S.M.A. (Societas Missionum ad Afros) SMA (White Fathers) Societas Missionum ad Afros Société des missionnaires d'Afrique Society of Missionaries of Africa W.F. (White Fathers) Weisse Väter WF (White Fathers) |
| Beginning date | 1868 |
| Field of activity | Missions--Africa Catholic Church--Missions |
| Found in | Buniol, J. The White Fathers, 1929. Catholic rel. orders, 1957 (White Fathers; Missionaries of Africa, Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa of Algeria, Missionarii Africae, Missionnaires d'Afrique, Pères Blancs, Societas Missionum ad Afros, Society of Missionaries of Africa; abbrev.: P.B., S.M.A., W.F.; founded: 1868, Algeria (1942, U.S.)) Letter from Missionaries of Africa, March 2, 2000: (were known as the White Fathers because of their white robes but the legal name is Missionaries of Africa) Web search, March 2, 2000: (White Fathers is still used as heading predominantly, including on the White Fathers UK Home Page, the Encyc. Britannica website entry, and on the Catholic Encyc. website (c1999 for the c1912 hardcopy ed.)) |
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