Pierre Claverie


Pierre-Lucien Claverie

Bishop of Oran
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseOran
SeeOran
Appointed25 May 1981
Term ended1 August 1996
PredecessorHenri Antoine Marie Teissier
SuccessorAlphonse Georger
Orders
Ordination4 July 1965
by Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Sauvage
Consecration2 October 1981
by Léon-Étienne Duval
Personal details
Born
Pierre-Lucien Claverie

(1938-05-08)8 May 1938
Died1 August 1996(1996-08-01) (aged 58)
Oran, Algeria
Alma mater
Sainthood
Feast day1 August
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified8 December 2018
Notre-Dame de Santa Cruz, Oran, Algeria
by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Pierre-Lucien Claverie OP (8 May 1938 – 1 August 1996) was a French Catholic prelate who was a professed member from the Order of Preachers and served as the Bishop of Oran from 1981 until his murder in 1996 by Islamic extremists.[1]

He was committed to ecumenism and dialogue with the Islamic faith and dreamed of a peaceful co-existence with Muslims in an independent Algeria.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.

  1. ^ "Servant of God Pierre-Lucien Claverie". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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