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Charles Nerinckx

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Belgian missionary priest (1761-1824)

United StatesLived 1761 to 1824 · aged 62
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Charles Nerinckx was a Catholic missionary priest who migrated from what is now Belgium to work in Kentucky. He founded fourteen churches and the Sisters of Loretto. Nerinckx became known as "the Apostle of Kentucky."

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1761 to 1824 · aged 62
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