The last German Catholic missionaries are expelled from the Carolines and Marshalls.

What happened

The Japanese authorities had already closed the German mission schools and confined or expelled some priests during the war. In Chuuk, the last Capuchins left in July 1919, after founding many new churches the year before. The German Liebenzell Protestant missionaries were sent home too.

Why it matters

Within about two years Japan invited Spanish Jesuits to take over the Catholic mission.