The Reverend Ignatius F. Lissner, S.M.A. (Alsatian:Ignace Francious Lissner), was a French-born Catholic priest who was instrumental in developing the ministry of the Catholic Church in the United States to the African American population. He established there the missionary society to which he belonged, the Society of African Missions. He was called the "Apostle of the Negro" at the time of his death.
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6 April 1867 Wolxheim, Bas-Rhin, France
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Died |
7 August 1948 (aged 81)
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Zodiac | Aries |
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