Saving Africa through Africa

Daniele Comboni, who became the first Bishop of Central Africa and founder of two missionary institutes, was born into humble circumstances. He was born on March 15, 1831, in Limone sul Garda, northern Italy, into a poor family of farmers working for a landowner. His parents, Luigi and Domenica, were deeply religious yet their lives were marked by continual sorrow: Daniele was the only one of their eight children to survive past infancy.