The Basque Bishop Miguel Angel Olano’s vision of Guam

description of the archival sources (1918-1970).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/nav.505871
Keywords: Capuchin Mission of Guam (1911-1945), Mons. Miguel Ángel Olano Urteaga (1891-1970), Guam, World War II, India, Philippines, Provincial Historical Archive of Capuchins of Pamplona (Navarra)

Abstract

This article, which is an integral part of a larger study on the missionary and pastoral life of Msgr. Miguel Ángel Olano Urteaga, bishop of Guam from 1934 to 1945, is basically a descriptive and statistical study of the sources about the prelate, stored in the Provincial Historical Archive of the Capuchins of Pamplona (Navarra), in the Personal Funds Section. For an objective vision, our analysis is based on the following categories: 1. quantitative, according to the form of each source, and 2. qualitative, according to the subject of each source. Consequently, we see: 1. that his epistolary pastoral activity tackled the danger of the faithful of his mission, Guam, 1942-1945, from distant soils; but when Olano resigned, it calmed down, although his friends did not abandon him; 2. that official and private correspondences formed firm bond between Olano and other priests; 3. the parallel usage of Spanish and English.

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07-03-2022
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Nagase, Y. . (2022). The Basque Bishop Miguel Angel Olano’s vision of Guam: description of the archival sources (1918-1970). Naveg@merica. Electronic magazine edited by the Spanish Association of Americanists., (28). https://doi.org/10.6018/nav.505871
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