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Search for location "Guatemala"
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| 1936 (In the year) |
Mr E. R. and Mrs Loulie Mathews arrived in Guatemala, the first Bahá’í teachers to visit the country. |
Guatemala |
E. R. Mathews; Loulie A. Mathews (Loulie Mathews); Travel teaching; First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1939 27 Aug |
The first Bahá’í resident in Guatemala, Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius, arrived in the country from Toronto. [OBCC228] |
Guatemala |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1957 Ridván |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Mexico and the Republics of Central America was formed at Panama City, Panama. [BW13:257]
The countries involved were: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. |
Mexico; Panama; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Honduras; El Salvador; Guatemala |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1960 (In the year) |
The first Maya-Quiche to become a Bahá’í in Guatemala, Filomena Cajas de Velasquez, a tourist guide, enrolled.
Later she was the first Guatemalan woman to serve on the national spiritual assembly. |
Guatemala |
Filomena Cajas de Velasquez |
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| 1961 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Guatemala was formed. Prior they had been part of Regional Spiritual Assembly of Mexico and the Republics of Central America. [BW13:258]
Upon forming the Assembly was made responsible for administrating the Bahá’í community of British Honduras although there were no Bahá’ís in British Honduras at the time. British Honduras remained under its jurisdiction until forming its own National Spiritual Assembly in 1967. [BN No364 July 1961 p2] |
Guatemala; Honduras |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1939 27 Aug |
Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius— German-born, former U-boat captain, enrolled in November of 1932 and was a member of the Montreal Bahá’í youth group. He moved to Toronto in March 1935 and to Guatemala in 1939 as the second overseas pioneer. [OBCC97, 104-105]
He also pioneered to Honduras and later to Colombia. In the middle of 1940's Gerrard Sluter was removed from the rolls by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Shoghi Effendi later declared him a Covenant-breaker for his persistent political involvement. Later Sluter appealed to the judicial courts of Colombia to demand the cancellation of the legal status of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bogota. He failed in all his lawsuits against the Assembly. [BNVol2p315] |
Montreal, QC; Toronto, ON; Guatemala; Honduras; Bogota, Columbia |
Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius; Covenant-breakers |
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