Cambier, Eméri

Identity

Category

Person (Male)

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Status

  • Amateur

Details

Life dates

Flobecq, 1865 - Namur, 1943

Activity

1891 - 1906 Congo
° 2.1.1865; + 29.9.1943. One of the first group of Scheutist Catholic missionaries to be sent to the Congo in 1888. An enthusiastic photographer, he documented life in the Luluabourg/Mikalai mission (buildings constructed, nuns working, groups of Congolese children, etc.).

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1891 - 1906 Congo

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Bibliography/Webography

CORNET, A. (dir.). Emeri Cambier. Correspondance du Congo (1888-1899). Un apprentisage missionnaire, Bruxelles-Rome, 2001, pp. 20-24.
VINTS, Luc. "La propagande missionnaire. Presse - Photographie - Cinéma", in Le Face-à-face avec Dieu. Missionnaires luxembourgeois en Outre-Mer, Bastogne, 2007, pp. 77-84.

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Record source

DIRECTORY_2017#1006

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Dates of creation/revision

SFJ new 11.12.2018; revised 9.4.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MCC revised 3.10.2022.

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