Pierre Claverie
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Servant of God Pierre-Lucien Claverie O.P. |
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|---|---|
| Bishop of Oran | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Oran |
| See | Oran |
| Appointed | 25 May 1981 |
| Term ended | 1 August 1996 |
| Predecessor | Henri Antoine Marie Teissier |
| Successor | Alphonse Georger |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 July 1965 |
| Consecration | 2 October 1981 by Léon-Étienne Duval |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Pierre-Lucien Claverie |
| Born |
8 May 1938 Bab-el-Oued, Algiers, Algeria |
| Died | 1 August 1996 (aged 58) Oran, Algeria |
| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
| Attributes | Episcopal attire |
| Patronage | Ecumenism |
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 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.
Pierre-Lucien Claverie was born as a French citizen in 1938 in a working-class part of Algiers known as Bab-el-Oued. He was the fourth generation of French settlers and had Algeria as his home. He grew up in a nurturing environment that was raised in the faith but not all that pious. It was in 1948 that he joined a group of scouts under the guidance of the Dominicans. His mother and sister left the nation just prior to independence in 1962 while his father left in February 1963 when he reached retirement.
Once he completed his studies and earned his bachelor's degree he travelled to Grenoble in France in order to pursue his college education. There he was confronted with protests against the French presence in Algeria and realized the limitations of the French world in which he grew up which he later called "the colonial bubble".
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