Africa
The first missionaries from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) to go to Africa set sail in 1752, to a part of west Africa that is in Ghana today.
Regions
Asia and the Middle East
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) first sent missionaries to India in 1820, before the country was divided into modern-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. SPG missionaries arrived in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1840 and China in 1863, but they were forced to withdraw from China in 1950/1951. Today, USPG has long and cherished relationships with churches across Asia. USPG is also in partnership with the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, which covers churches in Egypt, Eritrea and Ethiopia, the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and the Diocese of Egypt With North Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Britain, Ireland and the Diocese in Europe
In 1862, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) started sending chaplains to Europe as more British people began visiting the continent or became permanent residents there.
Oceania
The first missionaries the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) sent to Australia arrived in New South Wales in 1793. Between 1835 and 1841, the SPG presence in this region grew, covering Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Aotearoa/New Zealand.
The Caribbean and Latin America
The first missionaries from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) to be sent to the Caribbean arrived in the Windward Islands in 1712. SPG missionaries arrived in the Bahamas in 1733.
