Petrus Kafiar (died 1926) was an evangelist active on Irian Jaya.
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Petrus Kafiar | |
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| Born | 1864 or 1873 |
| Died | 1926 Supiori Island |
| Occupation(s) | Preacher Christian missionary |
Petrus Kafiar (died 1926) was an evangelist active on Irian Jaya.
Petrus Kafiar | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1864 or 1873 |
| Died | 1926 Supiori Island |
| Occupation(s) | Preacher Christian missionary |
The son of a headman, Kafiar was a native of Supiori Island; [1] his date of birth has been given variously as 1864 [2] and c. 1873. [1] When he was seven years old he was kidnapped during a raid, and was sold for fifty florins to a Moluccan carpenter, a Christian, and his wife; [3] an Indonesian missionary couple at Mansinam paid to ensure his liberation. He received his baptism in 1887. [1]
In 1892 he and another Papuan, Timotheus Awendu, were sent under the auspices of the Mansinam mission to attend the Depok Seminary to study for missionary work. [4] Kafiar became a teacher-preacher, serving in various locations before returning in 1908 to the village of his birth. He went on to become a pioneer of missionary work in Biak. [1] He was fluent in both Dutch and Malay, which added to his appeal among the Biaks, [5] who came to be seen as the most successful of those groups Christianized under the Dutch. [6]
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