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White Fathers
The
missionary
society
known as "
White Fathers
" (
Pères Blancs
in French), after their
habit
, is a
Roman Catholic
Society of Apostolic Life
founded in 1868 by the first
Archbishop
of
Algiers
, later
Cardinal Lavigerie
, as the
Missionaries of Our Lady of
Africa
of
Algeria
, and is also now known as the Society of the Missionaries of Africa. Members of the society use the
post-nominal initials
M. Afr.
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