 In 1923, the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus - also known as the Verona Fathers - moved to realise ""a long-dreamed plan of expansion in the west"" by preparing the grounds for the founding of a mission station in Deim Zubeir.Already in 1905, their German Bishop Franz Xaver Geyer had visited the town on his tour to make an assessment of missionary potentials.18 years later, Provincial Superior Father Angelo Arpe sent a Southern Sudanese catechist, Baptist Mufighi, to Deim Zubeir