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Jacques Loew

French presbyter and theologian (1908-1999) · France · On the map · Religious Figures · Died at 90

Jacques Loew was a French Dominican friar and priest, who founded both the Mission ouvrière Saints-Pierre-et-Paul and - with René Voillaume - the School of the Faith in Fribourg, Switzerland. He is best known for starting the worker-priest movement.

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Awards

Grand prix catholique de littérature1989
Halphen Prize1979

About this person

Country
France
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1999 · aged 90