Pierre Claverie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Claverie

Algerian bishop

Date of Birth: 08-May-1938

Place of Birth: Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1996

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Blessed Pierre-Lucien Claverie (8 May 1938 – 1 August 1996) was a French Roman Catholic prelate who was a professed member from the Order of Preachers and served as the Bishop of Oran from 1981 until his murder.
Claverie was French but being born in French Algeria meant that he viewed himself as a true Algerian; he was committed to ecumenism and dialogue with the Islamic faith and dreamed of a peaceful co-existence with Muslims in an independent Algeria.
He likewise was noted for his studies on Islamic culture and his mastering of classical Arabic which he even taught to those Muslims who understood the common popular language rather than its classical origins.
Claverie was also a prolific writer on dialogue which he made the core focus of his episcopal life.Claverie's cause for canonization opened on 31 March 2007 as part of a larger group cause of other religious killed during the course of the Algerian Civil War.
Pope Francis confirmed the group's beatification in 2018 and it was celebrated in Oran on 8 December 2018.