NSA:Central America
Central America |
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 First NSA of Central America, 1951.
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| Membership | ||
| History: | ||
| - | Established | 1951 |
| - | Preceded | Greater Antilles (1957) |
| - | Preceded | Costa Rica (1961) |
| - | Preceded | El Salvador (1961) |
| - | Preceded | Guatemala (1961) |
| - | Preceded | Honduras (1961) |
| - | Preceded | Mexico (1961) |
| - | Preceded | Panama (1961) |
| - | Preceded | Nicaragua (1961) |
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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Central America was the body responsible for administrating the Bahá’í communities of several Central American countries.
Formed[edit]
The National Spiritual Assembly of Central America was established in 1951 as the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America, Mexico and the Antilles.[1] The Assembly was incorporated as a Religious Body of International Character in Panama in 1952.[2] The Assembly operated under the guidance of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States until becoming fully independent in 1953.[3]
In 1957 the jurisdiction of the Assembly changed to cover Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, as a new National Spiritual Assembly of the Antilles was formed to assume administration of the Faith in several countries that had been administrated by the Central America Assembly.[4] As of 1957 the Assembly was called the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America and Mexico,[5] and from 1958 it was called the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America, Mexico, and Panama.[6]
The Assembly was disbanded in 1961, and replaced with independent Assemblies for its constituent Countries.[7]
Past members[edit]
| Name | Served |
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| Artemus Lamb | 1951 - 1961 |
| Raquel Constante | 1951 - 1955 1957 - 1958 1960 - 1961 |
| Cora Oliver | 1951 - 1953 |
| Louise Caswell | 1951 - 1953 |
| David Escalante | 1951 - 1953 |
| Zeynada Jurado | 1951 - 1953 |
| Natalia Chavez | 1951 - 1952 |
| Elena Maria Marsella | 1951 - 1953 |
| James Facey | 1951 - 1961 |
| Randolph Fitz-Henley | 1952 - 1957 |
| Jenny Taylor | 1953 - 1958 |
| Amy McAllister | 1953 - 1959 1960 - 1961 |
| Esteban Canales | 1953 - 1961 |
| Marcia Steward | 1953 - 1955 |
| Sheila Rice-Wray | 1954 - 1956 |
| Juan Rene Cabrera | 1955 - 1957 |
| Carmelo Perez | 1955 - 1957 |
| Donald Witzel | 1956 - 1961 |
| Alfred Osborne | 1957 - 1959 |
| Elai K. Kalantar | 1957 - 1959 |
| Valeria Nichols | 1958 - 1959 |
| Dr. Edris Rice-Wray | 1958 - 1961 |
| Armando Fonseca Duval | 1959 - 1960 |
| Salomon Escalante | 1959 - 1960 |
| Harold Murray | 1959 - 1961 |
| Luis Bouche | 1959 - 1961 |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1951). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 244, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_260.pdf&page=8
- ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 265, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_312.pdf&page=7
- ↑ Baha'i News (July 1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 317, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 328, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_352.pdf&page=9
References[edit]
- https://bahai-library.com/lamb_bahai_latin_america#4 1951-52 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 257, p 6: 1952-53 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 277: 1953-54 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 280, p 16: 1954-55 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 292, p 13, 1955-56 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 317, p 9, 1957-58 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 328, p 10, 1958-59 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 342, p 12, 1959-60 Assembly reported
- Bahá’í News, No. 354, p 8: 1960-61 Assembly reported
