Pierre-Henri Dorie

Pierre Henri Dorie (1839–1866) was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who was martyred in Korea in 1866.[1] He was born in Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont in Vendée.

Following the arrest and execution of Bishop Siméon-François Berneux on 7 March 1866, all but three of the French missionaries in Korea were also captured and executed: among them were Bishop Siméon Berneux, Bishop Antoine Daveluy, Father Just de Bretenières, Father Louis Beaulieu, Father Pierre Henri Dorie, Father Pierre Aumaître, Father Luc Martin Huin, all of them members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

The persecutions triggered the French Campaign against Korea in October-November 1866.

Like the other martyrs, Pierre Henri Dorie was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 6 May 1984 under the name Peter Henricus Dorie.[2]

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Notes

  1. ^ Les Missions Etrangères, p.252-253
  2. ^ Pope John Paul II: Beatifications and Canonizations

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