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| 1940 (In the year) |
Eleanor Smith Adler, a new Bahá’í from Los Angeles, settled in La Paz, the first pioneer to Bolivia. |
La Paz; Bolivia |
Eleanor Smith Adler |
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| 1941 18 May |
Yvonne Cuellar, a French woman, became a Bahá’í in Bolivia.
Although Marina del Prado was the first to become a Bahá’í, on 2 February 1941, she did not remain active, so Yvonne Cuellar is recognized as the first Bahá’í in Bolivia. She was called by Shoghi Effendi ‘Mother of Bolivia’.
For the story of her life see BW19:619–22. |
Bolivia |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1957 Ridván |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia was formed at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [BW13:257]
Prior to this time, since 1951 it had been administer by the National Spiritual Assembly of South America. [Bahaipedia NSA; South America] |
Buenos Aires; Argentina; Chile; Uruguay; Paraguay; Bolivia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1960 (In the decade) |
A number of Bahá’í primary schools were opened in Bolivia. |
Bolivia |
Bahai schools |
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| 1961 21 – 25 Feb |
The first Indian congress of Bolivia was held in Oruro, with Indians participating. [BW13:268] |
Oruro; Bolivia |
Conferences; Indigenous people |
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| 1961 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Bolivia was formed. [BW13:258] |
Bolivia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1961 8 Jul |
The Custodians announced that mass conversion had begun in Ceylon, Central and East Africa, and Bolivia, while in Canada native peoples had begun to enter the Faith. [MoC293] |
Sri Lanka; Africa; Bolivia; Canada |
Custodians; Mass conversion; Native Americans; First Nations |
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| 1970 Apr - Aug |
More than 6,000 people became Bahá’ís in Bolivia. [BW15:232] |
Bolivia |
Mass conversion |
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| 1970 14 – 16 Aug |
The Continental Conference was held in La Paz, Bolivia. [BW15:317; VV5]
For pictures see BW15:301–2. |
La Paz; Bolivia |
Continental Conference; Conference |
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| 1984 (In the year) |
The first Bahá’í university, Universidad Núr, opened in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [VV82–3]
Website. |
Santa Cruz; Bolivia |
Bahai schools |
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| 1984 Naw-Rúz |
The inauguration of Radio Bahá'í of Bolivia on the medium-wave band at Caracollo, Bolivia. Construction of the new station and its associated Teaching Institute was completed in January 1984 and inaugurated on March 21, the Baha’i new year Naw-Ruz. [Mess63-86p619]
A country-wide radio production and broadcasting programme began in 1983 as prelude to opening of the station. [BW18p111]
The radio station reaches a region in Bolivia and Peru encompassing more than four hundred Local Spiritual Assemblies. Its mission is the socioeconomic development of the indigenous Bahá'ís in that region. Farsheed Ferdowsi and his brothers provided partial funding for this project in memory of their father, Fatollah Ferdowsi. To their pleasant surprise, the National Spiritual Assembly of Bolivia decided to name the Teaching Institute after him. [The Ferdowsi Institute]
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Caracollo; Bolivia |
Bahai radio; Teaching Institutes; Bahai-owned radio |
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| 1987. 15 Feb |
The passing of Eleanor Hollibaugh (b. 17 February 1897 in Hastings, Nebraska) in Montraux, Switzerland. She was a pioneer to La Paz, Bolivia but when she had to return for reasons of health, she settled in Reno, Nevada. At the end of World War II the European Teaching Committee asked her to join fellow American Dagmar Dole in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1949 they asked her to move to the Netherlands and in 1958, again at their request, she moved to France where she remained until 1960 when the Committee requested that she go to Switzerland. [BW20p868-871]
Find a Grave. |
Hastings; Nebraska; Montreux; Switzerland; La Paz; Bolivia; Reno; Nevada; Amsterdam; Netherlands; Copenhagen; Denmark; Nancy; Dijon; France |
In Memoriam; Eleanor Hollibaugh |
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| 1988 26 Nov - 4 Dec |
Over a thousand people became Bahá’ís in Bolivia during a teaching project. [BINS189:2]
A later report indicated that over 2,000 people had become Bahá’ís. [BINS195:1] |
Bolivia |
Mass conversion |
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| 1993 29 – 31 Jan |
The first Latin American Bahá'í Social and Economic Development Seminar took place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [BINS308:2; BW92–3:139] |
Santa Cruz; Bolivia; Latin America |
Conferences, Bahai; Social and economic development; First conferences |
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from the Main Catalogue
- Birth of Radio Bahá'í of Lake Titicaca in Peru, The, by Boris Handal, in Bahá'í News (1981). On a momentous international Bahá'í teaching project linking the sister communities of Peril and Bolivia. [about]
- Guidance for Bahá'í Radio from the Bahá'í World Centre (1990). Selection of guidance received from the Bahá'í World Centre on Bahá'í radio from May, 1980 to December, 1989, on four major themes: administration; programming, training and production; finance and technical matters. [about]
- In Memoriam: Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), Spiritual Father of Peru, Mentor and Counselor, by Boris Handal (2021). On the life of a distinguished Bahá'í from Rasht, Iran, who travel-taught to Africa and South America and later became a member of the National Spiritual Assemblies of Bolivia and Peru. [about]
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice (1996). [about]
- Radio Bahá'í del Lago Titicaca, 20 años de historia, by Rene Quiñonez, in La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2 (2002). Un breve relato sobre los logros de un proyecto de desarrollo socio económico al servicio de los pobladores del altiplano peruano boliviano. [about]
- References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, by United States Department of State (1991). Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on discrimination against the Bahá'í Faith and persecution of its adherents in twenty countries. [about]
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