Blessed Charles Deckers

Blessed Charles Deckers

1924–1994 · Contemporary · White Fathers

Feast day: May 8

Biography

Charles Deckers, born in Antwerp on December 26, 1924, and died on December 27, 1994, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, was a Belgian White Father assassinated in a terrorist act carried out by the GIA. He worked for many years in Algeria and campaigned for the rights of Algerian women and girls. He was beatified alongside the 18 other martyrs of Algeria on December 8, 2018.

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