Raquel Constante

Raquel Constante
NSA memberCentral America
1951 - 1955
1957 - 1958
1960 - 1961
Panama
1961 - ????

Raquel Francois de Constante is a Bahá’í who helped develop the Bahá’í community of Central America and Panama, serving as a National Spiritual Assembly member.

Background[edit]

Constante was a member of the Panama Bahá’í community as of the 1940's and in November 1949 she was appointed to the National Teaching Committee of Latin America.[1] She was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Central America when the body was established in 1951,[2] and served on it intermittently until it was disbanded in 1961.[3]

An independent National Spiritual Assembly for Panama was established in 1961 and Constante was elected to the body,[4] and by 1971 she was serving as the Chairman of the body.[5] As of 1982 she was serving on the Pioneer Committee of the Americas.[6]

In 2010 she attended the 50th National Convention of Panama at which the Anniversary of the National Spiritual Assemblies establishment was celebrated.[7]

References[edit]

  1. https://bahai-library.com/pringle_background_panama_temple/
  2. https://bahai-library.com/lamb_bahai_latin_america#4
  3. Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 354, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  4. Baha'i News (July 1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 364, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  5. Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 489, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  6. Baha'i News (1982). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 619, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  7. https://news.bahai.org/story/769/slideshow/10/

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