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French Catholic missionary
Servant of God
Henri de Solages
Apostolic prefect of Bourbon
Born21 August 1786
Rabastens
ResidenceRéunion
Died8 December 1832
Andevoranto
Major shrineCathédrale Saint-Joseph de Toamasina

Henri de Solages (21 August 1786 – 8 December 1832) was a French Catholic missionary who advocated for missionary work in the Pacific. In 1829, he was named apostolic prefect to Réunion island. The next year he was named prefect of a very large geographic area in the South Pacific.

He was tortured and killed in Andevoranto, Madagascar in 1832.

References

  1. Goyau, Georges. Les grands desseins missionaires d'Henri de Solages (1786-1832). (1933)
  2. Anderson, Gerald H, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, p. 630 (1999)
  3. Wiltgen, Ralph M. The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania, 1825 to 1850 (Australian National University Press, 1979) (detailed history of de Solages)
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