Comboni
St. Daniel’s Timeline
1831 — Daniel Comboni is born March 15th at Limone on Lake Garda in Italy
1849 — Consecrates his life to Africa
1854 — Ordained a priest by Blessed John N. Tschiderer, Bishop of Trento on December 31st
1857 — Makes his first trip to Africa but returns to Italy because of extreme challenges from climate and disease
1864 — Launches a project designed to “Save Africa through Africa,” with full confidence that Africans will become the leading agents of their own evangelization
1867 — Founds the Comboni Missionary Institute
1870 — Approaches the First Vatican Council to petition the Bishops that every local Church be involved in the conversion of Africa
1872 — Founds the Comboni Missionary Sisters and has no qualms about bringing them to Africa to work shoulder-to-shoulder and heart-to-heart with him
1877 — Is consecrated bishop and named Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa
1881 — Dies in Khartoum (Sudan, Africa) in the late hours of October 10th, worn out from sickness and never-ending ministry
1995 — Is recognized for the miraculous cure of an Afro-Brazilian girl, Maria José de Oliveira Paixão that came about through his intercession
1996 — Beatified by John Paul II in St. Peter’s on March 17th
2003 — Is recognized for the cure of a Muslim mother from Sudan, Lubna Abdel Aziz, a miracle worked through his intercession.
2003 — Is canonized by John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica on October 5th
