Society of African
Missions
378 Upper Brook Street,
Manchester,
M13 0EP
Great Britain
Tel..0161-224-4949
Fax..0161-248-0241

Society of African
Missions
Abbey house
Dunblane
Perthshire
FK15 9HB
Tel..01786-824-002
Fax..01786-825-997

Society of African
Missions
28 and 33 Lyonsdown Road
New Barnet
Herts
EN5 1JG
Tel..0208-440-4715
Tel..0208-441-3061
Fax..0208-441-8497

 

 

 

 

The SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS is an international community of Catholic missionaries who serve the people of Africa and people of African descent around the world. SMA stands for our official name: Society of African Missions. People often ask, then why SMA and not SAM? The initials refer to the name in Latin: Societas Missionum ad Afros.

The SMA was founded at Lyons (France) in 1856 by Mgr Melchior de Marion Brésillac. It will celebrate 150 years in 2006.
Where We Come From

The 944 members of the SMA come from Africa, America, Asia and Europe and work in a number of African countries as well as Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.

The SMA members from Africa and Asia are our more recent foundations.
African members come from

Benin, Central Africa, Congo, Ghana,
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania,
Togo and Zambia.

Asian members come from
India and the Philippines.
American members come from
Argentina, Canada and the USA.