Father Damien's name was Joseph De Veuster before his ordainment in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace.
Damien's remains were exhumed from Kalawao, Hawaii in 1936 and reburied at Louvain, Belgium. In 1995 a relic composed of the remains of his right hand was returned to his original grave, to the great joy of Kalaupapa and the rest of Hawai'i.