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Name: BALBO, Giovanni (Father)
Nee: 22.10.1884 Mirafiori di Torino, Italy
Birth Date: 21.12.1937 Torino
First Date: 1907
Last Date: 1936
Profession: Italian Mission
Area: Meru
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Witchmen, Baur, Red Book 1912, Red 19, North
General Information:
Witchmen - To Meru in 1911 - Giovanni Balbo
Baur - In 1926 the Apostolic Vicariate of Meru was erected with Fr John Balbo as Prefect. The subsidies from Rome came but the negotiations for getting a share of the properties in Nyeri dragged on for too long. In the meantime Mgr Balbo bought expensive machinery for an industrial workshop hoping in this way to help his church to grow. His priests disagreed, convinced that the major investments had to be made in the field of education, where the Consolata badly lagged behind the Protestants. In 1929 Mgr Balbo had to resign as prefect.
Red Book 1912 - G.B. Balbo - Nyeri
Red Book 1919 - Father G. Balbo - RC Mission, Meru
Red 31 has Rev. Fr. J.B. Balbo, Meru.
Hut has Fr. G. Balbo
North has Giovanni Balbo