The 8th December 2008, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the feast of the Pallottine Province in U.S.A of the same name, and the presence in Africa of Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz S.A.C and the General Secretary for the Missions, Fr. G. Orsolin S.A.C, had special significance for the history of our Society. On this day, a new dependent Pallottine Region with the name of the Most Holy Trinity, constituted of the two African countries of Cameroon and Nigeria, was officially erected, and the celebration was held in the church of the Holy Spirit in Yaoundé, associated with the great Pallottine missionary, bishop Mons. Heinrich Vieter.
The inaugural Eucharistic celebration, presided over by the Rector General and assisted by the Mission Secretary, was attended by numerous guests and religious from Cameroon, and above all, by the representatives of the Mother Province, the Provincial Vicar, Fr. N. Possmann S.A.C., the Provincial Bursar, Fr. St. Bruehl S.A.C., the ex-Provincial Rector, Fr. N. Hannappel S.A.C. and the Rector of the Local Community of Limburg, Fr. A. Holzbach S.A.C.