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Claverie, Pierre

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Personal name headingClaverie, Pierre
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Associated countryAlgeria France
Birth date19380508
Death date19960801
Place of birthAlgiers (Algeria)
Place of deathOran (Algeria)
AffiliationDominicans
Profession or occupationBishops Priests
Found inLettres et messages d'AlgeĢrie, c1996: t.p. (Pierre Claverie, bishop of Oran)
Perennes, Jean Jacques. A life poured out, c2007: ECIP t.p. (Pierre Claverie of Algeria) data view (b. 1938 in Algeria; killed Aug. 1, 1996)
Wikipedia, Mar. 12, 2015 (Pierre Lucien Claverie; Pierre Claverie; b. May 8, 1938, Bab El Oued, Algiers, Algeria; priest of the Dominican Order; grew up in Algeria, in a 4th-generation "Blackfoot" [Pieds Noirs] family; after graduation studied in Grenoble; joined the Dominican order, ordained a Catholic priest in 1965; returned to Algeria in 1967; learned Arabic, became an expert on Islam; named bishop of Oran on 21 May 1981; assassinated Aug. 1, 1996 by bomb at entrance to diocese)
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