cover image: An indigenous priest and a woman stand before a church, Yoko, Cameroon, 1953

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An indigenous priest and a woman stand before a church, Yoko, Cameroon, 1953

1953

A man in a clerical robe and a woman stand before the large white pillars of a church building. The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French, with a printed title "19. Premier Pretre originaire de YOKO: Abbe J. B. Djimbe, 15 aout 1953" ("First originating Priest of YOKO: Abbot J.B. Djimbe, August 15, 1953"), information about the mission agency "Mission Catholique, a YOKO (Cameroun) C. C. Marselle 9760", and the name of the publisher "Helio Maison Jean-Bernard, editeur, St-Etienne".
clergy churches group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12332
Dates
1953
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Cameroon Yoko
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Cameroon
Reference
impa-m12332 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-004-0000-0062
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/98e63c85c99cbfad3c66ea3daefaa290

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