NSA:Northeast Asia

Northeast Asia
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:Northeast Asia
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:Northeast Asia
NSA of Northeast Asia for 1958-1959
Membership
History:
 -  Established 1957 
 -  Preceded Korea (1964)
 -  Preceded Taiwan (1967)
 -  Preceded Japan (1974)
 -  Preceded Hong Kong (1974)
Sister Projects

The Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Northeast Asia was a body responsible for administrating the Faith in the region of Northeast Asia.

History

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The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Northeast Asia was formed in 1957, and administrated the Faith in Japan, Korea, Formosa, Macau, Hong Kong, Hainan Island and Sakhalin Island.[1]

In 1964 the National Spiritual Assembly of Korea was formed, and the jurisdiction of the Northeast Asia Assembly changed to cover Japan, Formosa, Hong Kong, and Macau.[2] In 1974 the Northeast Asia Assembly was disbanded when independent Assemblies for Japan and Hong Kong were formed.[3]

Past members

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Name Served
Agnes Alexander 1957 - 1964
William H. Maxwell, Jr. 1957 - 1962
Yadullah Rafaat 1957 - 1959
Hiroyasu Takano 1957 - 1965
Barbara Sims 1957 - 1974
Noureddin Momtazi 1957 - 1961
Philip Marangella 1957 – 1962
1965 – 1970
Ata'u'llah Moghbel 1957 - 1958
1961 - 1968
1969 - ????
Michitoshi Zenimoto 1957 - 1959
1962 - 1964
David M. Earl 1958 - 1964
Masazo Odani 1959 - ????
Ikuo Mizuno 1959 - ????
Rúhu’lláh Mumtází 1962 - 1968
Yasuyuki Hosoda 1964 - 1965
Eugene Schreiber 1964 - 1966
1967 - 1970
Hiroshi Yamazaki 1965 - 1967
1969 - ????
‘Abbás Katirai 1965 - 1974
Hideya Suzuki 1966 - 1969
Toshio Suzuki 1968 - ????
Toshikazu Taniguchi 1970 - ????
Naomi Hashimoto 1970 - ????
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  1. ↑ List of National Spiritual Assemblies
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 393, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1978). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 16 (1973-1976), Pg(s) 254. View as PDF.

Notes

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  • 1957-58 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (July 1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 317, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF..
  • 1958-59 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 330, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF..
  • 1959-60 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 341, Pg(s) 20. View as PDF..
  • 1960-61 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 353, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF..
  • 1961-62 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 367, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF..
  • 1962-63 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1962). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 378, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF..
  • 1963-64 Assembly reported in Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre. ISBN 0-85398-350-X., p 410..
  • 1964-65 Assembly reported in Barbara R. Sims, Traces That Remain, Baha'i Publishing Trust of Japan, Tokyo, 1989, p 253
  • 1965-66 Assembly reported in Barbara R. Sims, Traces That Remain, Baha'i Publishing Trust of Japan, Tokyo, 1989, p ???
  • 1966-67 Assembly reported in Barbara R. Sims, Traces That Remain, Baha'i Publishing Trust of Japan, Tokyo, 1989, p 255
  • 1967-68 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 439, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF..
  • 1968-69 Assembly reported in Barbara R. Sims, Traces That Remain, Baha'i Publishing Trust of Japan, Tokyo, 1989, p 251
  • 1969-70 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 461, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  • 1970-71 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 478, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.

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