Jean-Louis Bonnard (b. 1 March 1824 at Saint-Christôt-en-Jarret, Diocese of Lyon; beheaded 1 May 1852) was a French Roman Catholic missionary to Vietnam, one of the Martyrs of Vietnam, canonized in 1988.[1][2]
Saint Jean Louis Bonnard | |
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 Jean-Louis Bonnard | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 1 March 1824 Saint-Christôt-en-Jarret, France |
| Died | 1 May 1852 (aged 28) Vietnam |
| Canonized | 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
Life
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After a collegiate course at Saint-Jodard, he entered the seminary of Lyon. He left at the age of 22, to complete his theological studies at the Seminary of the Foreign Missions in Paris.
From Nantes, where he was ordained, he sailed for the missions of Western Tongking (northern Vietnam) and reached there in May, 1850. In 1851 he was put in charge of two parishes there. At the time, proselytisation was banned in Vietnam.
On 21 March 1852, he was arrested and cast into prison. Sentence of death was pronounced against him and was executed immediately upon receipt of its confirmation by Emperor Tự Đức (1 May 1852). His remains were thrown into the river, but recovered by Christians and sent by them to the Seminary of Foreign Missions.
References
edit- Launay, Les cinguante-deux serviteurs de Dieu (Paris, 1895), 355–373.
Notes
editExternal links
edit- Saint Joseph Abbey page
- (in French) Archives of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Archived 2015-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. Jean Louis Bonnard". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
