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- c.1985 (Produção)
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62 pp; Typescript
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História biográfica
Baptismal name: Michael Browne
Religious name: Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 12 Sept. 1920
Place of birth: Kilcorney, Mallow, County Cork (Diocese of Cloyne)
Name of father: John Browne (Publican and Farmer)
Name of mother: Hannah Brown (née Herlihy)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1939
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1940
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1943
Date of ordination (as priest): 27 May 1948
Educational attainments: BA, 1st class hons. (1943); MA, 2nd class hons. (1944)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 11 Nov. 1949. He returned to Ireland on 15 Nov. 2004.
Date of death: 11 Apr. 2008
Place of death: Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Cork
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A history of Katima Mulilo in the Caprivi Strip in South West Africa (Namibia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history is divided into four distinct sections:
• The history of the Makalolo on the Zambezi, 1800-1870
• The first missionaries to Linyanti
• The colonial era / the poachers on the Kwando, 1890-1940
• The Capuchins at Katima Mulilo, 1944-1984
The final section of the history contains copy letters and documents relating to the administration and staffing of the Holy Family Mission in Katima Mulilo including statistical information re the area and population of the district and a list of resident friars in the mission from 1940-72.