Constant Lievens

The Most Reverend

Constant Lievens

SJ
Constant Lievens:The Apostle of Chotanagpur
Orders
Ordination14 January 1883
Personal details
Born
Constant Lievens

(1856-04-10)10 April 1856
Belgium
Died7 November 1893(1893-11-07) (aged 37)
Leuven, Belgium

Constant Lievens (11 April 1856 – 7 November 1893) was a Belgian (Flemish) Jesuit priest, missionary among the tribal peoples of Central India, particularly the Mundaris, Oraons. He is regarded as the apostle of the Chotanagpur (Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh states in central India).

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