Bl. Peter Donders
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Birth: October 27, 1809
Death: 1887
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
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Blessed Peter Donders, C.SS.R. (1809–1887), was a Dutch Redemptorist missionary. Born in Tilburg, he was ordained a priest in 1841 and served for many years in Suriname, where he cared for Indigenous people and those afflicted with leprosy. He joined the Redemptorists in 1867 and continued his pastoral ministry. He died in Batavia, Suriname, on January 14, 1887. Pope John Paul II beatified him on May 23, 1982.
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