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Bernard Petitjean
1829Jun, 14

Bernard Petitjean

Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (d. 1884)
Bernard Thaddée Petitjean (14 June 1829 – 7 October 1884) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served as a missionary to Japan as well as becoming the country's first vicar apostolic.

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