About Arnold Damen
Lived 1815 – 1890 (aged 74). Arnold Damen was a missionary.
Arnold Damen, S.J. (1815–1890) was a Dutch Jesuit missionary who is noted for bringing Jesuit education to Chicago.
Biography Damen was born in Leur, North Brabant (The Netherlands) on March 20, 1815, and joined the Jesuit missions in North America under Pierre-Jean De Smet. He trained at St. Stanislaus Novitiate in Florissant, Missouri, and was ordained in 1844. His first job was teaching at St. Louis University, but in 1847 he was appointed pastor of the college church of St. Francis Xavier in St. Louis. He is also the namesake of the Damen Student Center at Loyola University Chicago's Lakeshore Campus, which opened in 2013.
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Who was Arnold Damen?
Jesuit priest (1815–1890)
When was Arnold Damen born?
Arnold Damen was born on 20 March 1815 in Etten-Leur.
When did Arnold Damen die?
Arnold Damen died on 1 January 1890 in Omaha.
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Arnold Damen was a missionary.
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