RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Father Damien

1840 - 1889

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Damien De Veuster , popularly known as Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai (Dutch: Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai; born Jozef De Veuster; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), was a Belgian Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He ministered to a leper colony in Molokaʻi, Kingdom of Hawaii, from 1873 until his death in 1889. De Veuster taught the Catholic faith to the people of Hawaii. He also cared for leprosy patients and established leaders within the community to build houses, schools, roads, hospitals, and churches. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Father Damien is the 635th most popular religious figure (up from 637th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 80th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

Father Damien is most famous for his work with lepers on the island of Molokai.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Father Damien ranks 635 out of 3,187. Before him are Djet, Peter the Hermit, Theophanes the Confessor, Pope Theodore I, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, and Clotilde. After him are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Seraphim of Sarov, Apollos, Thomas Becket, Billy Graham, and Columbanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Father Damien ranks 15. Before him are Alphonse Daudet, Odilon Redon, Edward Drinker Cope, Ernst Abbe, Carl Menger, and Hiram Maxim. After him are John Boyd Dunlop, August Bebel, Crazy Horse, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and George Smith. Among people deceased in 1889, Father Damien ranks 10. Before him are Jefferson Davis, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Lucy Webb Hayes, Yohannes IV, Luís I of Portugal, and Michel Eugène Chevreul. After him are Alexandre Cabanel, Mihai Eminescu, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Wilhelm Tempel, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, and Wilkie Collins.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Father Damien ranks 81 out of 1,190. Before him are André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Jacques Rogge (1942), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Agnès Varda (1928), and Corneille Heymans (1892). After him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacky Ickx (1945), Adrian Willaert (1490), and Émile Verhaeren (1855).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Father Damien ranks 1. After him are Godfried Danneels (1933), Gertrude of Nivelles (626), Bavo of Ghent (589), Gudula (646), Juliana of Liège (1193), Begga (615), Lutgardis (1182), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Chrodegang (715), Clemens August of Bavaria (1700), and William of St-Thierry (1085).

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