1921–2007

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Born: 1921, Esch­bach, Bas-Rhin, France.

Died: Oc­to­ber 9, 2007, Île-de-France, France.

Buried: Se­mi­naire des Mis­sions, Che­vil­ly-Larue, Île-de-France, France.

Biography

Deiss at­tend­ed the Gre­go­ri­an Uni­ver­si­ty in Rome, and en­tered the Con­gre­ga­tion of the Ho­ly Spir­it in 1942.

For a while he was a pro­fess­or of Ho­ly Scrip­ture at a se­mi­na­ry in Braz­za­ville, Con­go. Re­turn­ing to France for health rea­sons in 1948, he taught at the se­mi­na­ry of Che­vil­ly-La­rue.

He is said to have com­posed ov­er 400 hymns. Some of his com­po­si­tions sold ov­er five mil­lion co­pies.

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