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Fr Damien
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Fr Damien of Molokai
Father Damien
or
Saint Damien of Molokaʻi,
SS.CC.
or
Saint Damien de Veuster
(
Dutch
:
Pater Damiaan
or
Heilige Damiaan van Molokai
,
Hawaiian
:
Pāpā Kamiano o Molokaʻi
; January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889),born
Jozef De Veuster
, was a
Roman
Catholic
priest
from
Belgium
and member of the
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
, a
missionary
religious institute
. He won recognition for his ministry in the
Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
to people with
leprosy
(also known as Hansen's disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of
Molokaʻi
.