Charles Lavigerie, French clergyman, 1869. Artist: Unknown
Charles Lavigerie, French clergyman, 1869. Lavigerie (1825-1892) was appointed Archbishop of Algiers in 1866, and was later made primate for the whole of equatorial Africa by Pope Pius IX. In 1874 he founded a missionary order, the Societe de Missionnaires d'Afrique, known as the Peres Blancs (White Fathers). Made a cardinal in 1882, Lavigerie devoted the later years of his his life to campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade in Central Africa. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845-1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1845-1890.
Size: 3253px × 5373px
Location:
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: &, /, 19th, abolition, africa, allemand, anti-slavery, black, cardinal, cassock, catholic, catholicism, century, charles, christian, christianity, clergyman, cleric, clothes, collector, concept, continent, country, dress, france, french, guy, lavigerie, location, male, man, martial, men, missionaries, monochrome, nineteenth, people, photograph, portrait, priest, print, religion, religious, roman, slavery, society, standing, unknown, white
