Blessed Joseph Gérard, OMI (March 12, 1831 – May 29, 1914) was a French Catholic missionary.
Gérard mostly worked among the Basotho people of modern-day Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa.
Gérard was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 15, 1988. His feast day is on May 29.
A: Joseph Gérard was a French Catholic missionary who primarily worked among the Basotho people of modern-day Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa.
A: Joseph Gérard was born on March 12, 1831, and died on May 29, 1914.
A: Joseph Gérard was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 15, 1988.
A: The feast day of Joseph Gérard is on May 29.
A: Joseph Gérard mostly worked among the Basotho people of modern-day Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa.
A: Joseph Gérard is important because of his tireless work as a Catholic missionary among the Basotho people and his beatification by Pope John Paul II in 1988.
A: The OMI stands for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, which is a congregation of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church founded by Saint Eugène de Mazenod.
