Pierre Henri Dorie (1839–1866) was a French missionary of the
Paris Foreign Missions Society
The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (french: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons ...
, who was martyred in
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
in 1866.
[''Les Missions Etrangères'', p.252-253] His feast day is March 7,
and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103
Korean Martyrs
The Korean Martyrs were the victims of religious persecution against Catholics during the nineteenth century in Korea. Between 8,000–10,000 Korean Christians were killed during this period. 103 Catholics were canonized ''en masse'' in May 198 ...
on September 20.
Biography
Henri Dorie was born on 23 September 1839 in
Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont.
Following the arrest and execution of Bishop
Siméon-François Berneux
Siméon-François Berneux (14 May 1814 – 8 March 1866) was a French Catholic missionary to Asia, and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was canonized as a saint. Berneux was executed in the anti-Christian purges at Saena ...
on 7 March 1866, all but three of the French missionaries in Korea were also captured and executed: among them were Bishop
Antoine Daveluy, Father Just de Bretenières, Father
Louis Beaulieu
Louis Beaulieu (8 October 1840, Langon – decapitated 8 March 1866 at age 25) in Korea, was one of the priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was among the 103 Korean Martyrs.
Beaulieu was ordinated on the 21 of May 1864, and left ...
, Father Dorie, Father Pierre Aumaître, Father Martin-Luc Huin, all of them members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
The persecutions triggered the
French Campaign against Korea
The French expedition to Korea (french: Expédition française en Corée, ) was an 1866 punitive expedition undertaken by the Second French Empire against Joseon Korea in retaliation for the execution of seven French Catholic missionaries. Th ...
in October–November 1866.
Like the other martyrs, Pierre Henri Dorie was
canonized
Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christianity, Christian communion declaring a person worthy of Cult (religious practice), public veneration and enterin ...
by
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
on 6 May 1984 under the name Peter Henricus Dorie.
See also
*
France-Korea relations
Notes
References
* ''Les Missions Etrangères: Trois siècles et demi d'histoire et d'aventure en Asie''. Editions Perrin (2008). .
Bibliography
''The Lives of the 103 Martyr Saints of Korea 38: Saint Pierre Henri Dorie, Priest (1839-1866)'' Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea Newsletter No. 51 (Summer 2005).
External links
Archives of the Paris Foreign Missions Society
1839 births
1866 deaths
People from Vendée
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Martyred Roman Catholic priests
19th-century French Roman Catholic priests
French Roman Catholic saints
19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
19th-century Christian saints
19th-century executions by Korea
French people executed abroad
Executed people from Pays de la Loire
Roman Catholic missionaries in Korea
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