20 January 1879 – Fr. Siméon Lourdel and Brother Amans left Kageye on the southern side of Lake Victoria by canoe, heading for Buganda, while other members of the first White Fathers caravan remained behind for the moment.
17 February 1879 – They landed at Kyettale/Kigungu (near present-day Entebbe), the event traditionally commemorated as the arrival of Catholicism in Uganda.
17–19 February 1879 – They stayed briefly at Kigungu after landing; Missionaries of Africa accounts say they rested and repaired their canoe for about two days before moving onward.
Around 19 February 1879 – As they proceeded from Kigungu toward the royal capital, their canoe broke apart near Kaweta/Bugonga, and they continued the journey on foot; local Ugandan narratives also place them at Bugonga, where news of their arrival was sent to the Kabaka.
21 February 1879 – The two missionaries were hosted at Kitebi by the family of Amir Sekikkubo while awaiting the Kabaka’s permission to remain in Buganda.
23 February 1879 – They were received/approved by Kabaka Muteesa I, who sanctioned their presence and, according to several narratives, later agreed to help bring in the rest of their colleagues from across the lake.
7 March 1879 – They moved into their first more permanent base at Lubya–Nabulagala near Rubaga, which became the earliest Catholic mission station in Uganda.
11 April 1879 – Kabaka Muteesa I provided canoes so that Brother Amans could go back and fetch the other missionaries who had remained behind.
17 June 1879 – The remaining missionaries—Léon Livinhac, Ludovic Girault, and Léon Barbot—reached Kigungu, completing the first White Fathers group’s arrival in Buganda.
Late June 1879 – These additional missionaries joined Lourdel and Amans at Nabulagala, consolidating the Catholic mission in Buganda.
15 May 1971: The General Council took the decision to withdraw the Missionaries of Africa from Mozambique
25 June 1975: Two Fathers Perez and Pille arrived in Mozambique and were joined later by Francesco Silota.
From 1983 the trickle of returnees to Mozambique: Alberto Rovelli, Hermann Hinkelmann and Odilo Cougil arrived and later Pampalk.
In May 1983, the Fathers were requested to staff the major seminary at Maputo.