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Léon-Gustave Dehon

Roman Catholic priest
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Also known as: Jean du Coeur de Jésus, John of the Heart of Jesus
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Byname:
John Of The Heart Of Jesus
French:
Jean Du Coeur De Jésus
Born:
March 14, 1843, La Capelle-en-Thiérache, France
Died:
Aug. 12, 1925, Brussels, Belg. (aged 82)

Léon-Gustave Dehon (born March 14, 1843, La Capelle-en-Thiérache, France—died Aug. 12, 1925, Brussels, Belg.) was a French Roman Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a congregation of priests and brothers dedicated to spreading the apostolate of the Sacred Heart. Educated at the Sorbonne, Dehon was ordained priest in 1868 at Rome. After attending the first Vatican Council (1869–70), he returned to France, where, at Saint-Quentin, he became curate (1871). Thereafter, he engaged in social work until 1877, when he founded his diocesan congregation as the Oblates of the Sacred Heart. Dehon’s ...(100 of 155 words)

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