Dorothy Stang

Sister

Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN
ProvinceSão Luís do Maranhão
DioceseDiocese of Coroatá
Personal details
BornDorothy Mae Stang
June 7, 1931
Dayton, Ohio, United States
DiedFebruary 12, 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 73)
Anapu, Pará, Brazil
DenominationCatholicism
Alma materNotre Dame de Namur University

Dorothy Mae Stang, SNDdeN, (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian Catholic Religious Sister and missionary. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and landowners.

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