Charles Lavigerie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Lavigerie

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1825

Place of Birth: Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1892

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie (31 October 1825 – 26 November 1892) was a French cardinal, archbishop of Carthage and Algiers and primate of Africa.
A Catholic priest who became a bishop in France, Lavigerie established French Catholic missions and missionary orders to work across Africa.
Lavigerie promoted Catholicism among the people 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 German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Although anti-clericalism was a major issue in France, the secular leader Léon Gambetta proclaimed that “anti-clericalism is not an article for export,” and supported his work.