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Fr Alfons Theodore Deeken

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Fr Alfons Theodore Deeken

Birth
Emstek, Landkreis Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
6 Sep 2020 (aged 88)
Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan Add to Map
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Philosophy professor, thanatologist, author, and Jesuit Catholic priest who ministered in Japan to promote a more positive and healthy understanding of bereavement, grief and death. Born in Germany, he joined the Society of Jesus and was sent to Japan in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1965 and taught for many years at Sophia University in Tokyo.
Philosophy professor, thanatologist, author, and Jesuit Catholic priest who ministered in Japan to promote a more positive and healthy understanding of bereavement, grief and death. Born in Germany, he joined the Society of Jesus and was sent to Japan in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1965 and taught for many years at Sophia University in Tokyo.

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