Maximin Alff
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Reverend Maximin Alff, SS.CC., was born in Treves, Belgium, on July 24, 1866. He made his profession in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on July 6, 1867. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and was ordained to the presbyterate on August 24, 1890. He was subsequently appointed as professor of theology at Miranda di Ebro in Spain, from 1892 until 1894. He was then sent to the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands, arriving in Honolulu on October 25, 1894. He served as parochial vicar in Kona, Kaua‘i, Hana and Wailuku. In 1912, he was elected provincial superior. He died on January 1, 1927 and was buried in the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery.
