Elsa de Koninck

Elsa de Koninck
NSA memberBenelux Countries
1957 - 1959
Belgium
1962 - ????

Elsa de Koninck is a Belgian Bahá’í who served on the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of the Benelux Countries and the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of Belgium.

Background[edit]

In 1957 Koninck was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Benelux Countries which was formed to administrate the Bahá’í communities of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg,[1] and she was re-elected in 1958.[2] In 1959 she was elected to the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Antwerp in Belgium and was not re-elected to the Benelux National Spiritual Assembly.[3][4]

In 1962 Koninck was elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly of Belgium when it was established,[5] and in 1963 she attended the First International Convention in Haifa casting a vote in the establishment of the Universal House of Justice as a member of the Belgian National Assembly.[6] In 1963 she also accompanied fellow Belgian Lea Nys on a pilgrimage to Iran visiting the Bahá’í Holy places in Tihran, Isfahan, and Shiraz.[7]

In 1972 Koninck helped man a Bahá’í booth at an International Book Fair in Brussels which was visited by King Baudouin of Belgium.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 316, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 329, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 348, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 342, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1962). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 381, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre. ISBN 0-85398-350-X., p 410
  7. ↑ Baha'i World: In Memoriam 1992-1997, p 7
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 497, Pg(s) 20. View as PDF.
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