NSA:Central America

Central America
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:Central America
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:Central America
First NSA of Central America, 1951.
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)
Sister Projects

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

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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

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Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America, 1956.
National Spiritual Assembly of Central America, 1958.
National Spiritual Assembly of Central America, 1959.
Name Served
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

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  1. ↑ Baha'i News (1951). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 244, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_260.pdf&page=8
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 265, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_312.pdf&page=7
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (July 1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 317, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 328, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_352.pdf&page=9

References

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