Charles Lavigerie
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Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie, M. Afr. (31 October 1825 – 26 November 1892) was a French Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Carthage and Algiers and Primate of Africa. He also founded the White Fathers.
Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie M. Afr. | |
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Cardinal Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura | |
Installed | 3 July 1882 |
Term ended | 26 November 1892 |
Predecessor | Pietro Gianelli |
Successor | Georg von Kopp |
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Ordination | 2 June 1849 |
Consecration | 22 March 1863 by Archbishop Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour |
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Born | (1825-10-31)31 October 1825 Bayonne, France |
Died | 26 November 1892(1892-11-26) (aged 67) Algiers, French Algeria |
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A priest who became a bishop in France, Lavigerie established French Catholic missions and missionary orders to work across Africa. Lavigerie promoted Catholicism among the peoples of North Africa, as well as the Black natives further south. He was equally ardent to transform them into French subjects.
He crusaded against the slave trade, and he founded the order of priests called the White Fathers, so named for their white cassocks and red fezzes. He also established similar orders of brothers and nuns. He sent his missionaries to the Sahara, Sudan, Tunisia, and Tripolitania. His efforts were supported by the Pope and the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Although anti-clericalism was a major issue in France, the secular leader Léon Gambetta proclaimed, "Anti-clericalism is not an article for export", and he supported Lavigerie's work.[1]
Lavigerie died in 1892 at the age of 67.