Josep Tous Soler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish catholic priest
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Place of Birth: Igualada, Catalonia, Spain
About Josep Tous Soler
- Josep Tous Soler (31 March 1811 - 27 February 1871) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor - the Capuchin branch of the Franciscan Order.
- Upon becoming a friar he assumed the religious name of "Josep from Igualada" and went on to preach in across both Spain and France.Soler established the Capuchin Sisters of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd in response to his aim of educating people; the order's sole task was to provide both the civic and the religious cultivation of people who either joined the order or who placed themselves under the direction of the congregation.
- It has since spread across Latin America and in Western Europe. He was beatified in Barcelona on 25 April 2010; Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone - on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI - presided over the beatification celebration.
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