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Jean Vanier
CC
GOQ
(September 10, 1928 ? May 7, 2019) was a
Canadian
Catholic
philosopher
,
theologian
and
humanitarian
. He was the son of the 19th
Governor General of Canada
,
Georges Vanier
, and
Pauline Vanier
. He is best known as the founder of
L'Arche
. He founded the international organisation in 1964. L'Arche's purpose is to help people with
intellectual disabilities
. It now has communities in over 30 countries. In 1971, he co-founded a similar organisation
Faith and Light
. For his work, Vanier was awarded the Companion of the
Order of Canada
(1986), Grand Officer of the
National Order of Quebec
(1992),
Legion of Honour
(2003) and other honours.
Vanier was born in
Geneva
. His father was working as a
diplomat
in
Switzerland
at the time of his birth. Vanier died in
Paris
on May 7, 2019, at the age of 90. The cause of his death was
thyroid cancer
.
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