From mission to local church : One hundred years of mission by the Catholic Church in Namibia with special reference to the development of the archdiocese of Windhoek and the apostolic vicariate of Rundu. / A. J. Beris

References on pages 854-886 Footnotes

On 8 December 1896 the Catholic Church officially started the Catholic Mission under the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the then German South West Africa. From Windhoek they extended congregations to Klein Windhoek and Swakopmund. Only after 1905 the Catholics were allowed to open mission stations amongst the Herero and Dama. Doebra, Gobabis, Usakos, Omaruru and Okombahe were founded. Seven expeditions were undertaken to reach the Okavango. After many failures the first Mission was established at Nyangana in 1910. Only in 1924 permission was granted to enter Ovambo. In the South Missions were opedut at Warmbad, Gabis, Keetmanshoop, Lüderitz and Gibeon. In Ovamboland mission stations were opedut at Ukuambi, Ombalantu and Okatana. On 22 May Rome established the National Hierarchy and a new Vicariate in Rundu

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