Cross

This cross was presumably the property of the missionary Ignaz Knoblecher. He was the vicar general apostolic of Central Africa and resided in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, as of 1848. From Khartoum, Knoblecher travelled along the White Nile to expand the influence of the mission. After founding the “Society of Mary for Promoting Catholic Missions in Central Africa” in Vienna, he travelled to the region of today’s South Sudan and established the mission stations Gondoroko und Heiligenkreuz.