Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/08
By: Huang Kuo-fang and Flor Wang
Taipei, March 8 (CNA) Antoine Henri Marie Pierrot (畢耀遠), a much-revered Catholic priest from the
Antoine Henri Marie Pierrot (畢耀遠, seated)/CNA file photo
Netherlands who devoted most of his life to Taiwan, died Friday at the age of 96 in Yunlin County.
“Please join us in praying for the repose of the soul of Fr. Antoine Henri Marie Pierrot S.A.M. who was called home to heaven this morning 4:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Huwei, Yunlin,” the hospital announced in a Facebook post.
Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) expressed condolences over Pierrot’s death and urged the public to follow his suit to use love to make Taiwan a better place.
Pierrot, who came to Taiwan in 1954 aged 31, established St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1956 with another priest, Belgian Georges Massin (松喬), to take care of poor people in remote rural areas.
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