Dorothy Stang
Dorothy Stang | |
|---|---|
| Province | São Luís do Maranhão |
| Diocese | Diocese of Coroatá |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dorothy Mae Stang June 7, 1931 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 12, 2005 (aged 73) Anapu, Pará, Brazil |
| Denomination | Christianity (Catholicism) |
Dorothy Mae Stang SNDdeN (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian Catholic nun and martyr. 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.