The Olivoristas of the Dominican Republic

Record summary

Olivorismo was a religious and healing movement associated with Olivorio Mateo, known as Papá Liborio, in the Dominican Republic during the early twentieth century. It combined prophecy, pilgrimage, healing, communal organization, and resistance, and was eventually targeted by Dominican authorities and U.S. occupation forces. It matters for comparison because the movement sits at the intersection of spirit-medium traditions, millenarianism, state violence, and Afro-Caribbean religious history. The chronology of Liborio’s activities and interpretations of his religious role should be checked against archival and ethnographic studies.