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Lavigerie, detail of a painting by Léon Bonnat, 1888; in the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris Charles Lavigerie with members of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers; from Le Petit Journal, Paris, December 15, 1891.
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Also Known As Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie
Born October 31, 1825 • near Bayonne • France
Died November 25, 1892? • Algiers • Algeria
Founder White Fathers

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Lavigerie, detail of a painting by Léon Bonnat, 1888; in the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris
Charles Lavigerie with members of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers; from Le Petit Journal, Paris, December 15, 1891.
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St. Jean de Brébeuf
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St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
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Jogues, Saint Isaac
St. Isaac Jogues
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Eutropius of Saintes, Saint
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Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot
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Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
French bishop
Claude-Jean Allouez
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Jean-Antoine Dubois, detail of a lithograph by F.-S. Delpech
Jean-Antoine Dubois
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Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
Luther Rice
American missionary
Johann Gerhardt Oncken
German missionary
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St. Paul the Apostle
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St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
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