biography
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Lavigerie, Charles (Martial Allemand)
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pronunciation:
[lavizheree]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1825–92)
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| biography:
| Clergyman, born in Bayonne, SW France. He studied at Saint-Sulpice, Paris, and was ordained in 1849. In 1863 he was made Bishop of Nancy, in 1867 Archbishop of Algiers, and a cardinal in 1882. As Primate of Africa (1884) he became well known for his missionary work, and founded the Society of Missionaries of Africa, or White Fathers (1868). In 1888 he also founded the Anti-Slavery Society. |
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