Peerke

Petrus Norbertus Donders, nicknamed ‘Peerke’, was born in Tilburg in 1809. In 1842, he left for Surinam to work as a priest among leprosy patients. Peerke died in 1887, and was buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Paramaribo. In 1982, he was beatified by pope John Paul II. Further information