Abbot
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Boniface Sauer,
O.S.B. (10 January 1877 – 7 February 1950) was a
Benedictine
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monk and
Roman Catholic bishop
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who served as
apostolic administrator
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of
Hamheung, Korea and Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon.
Biography
Boniface Sauer was born Oberuffhausen, Germany. On 4 February 1900, he made Solemn Profession in the
Order of Saint Benedict
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and was ordained a priest on 26 July 1903.
On 25 August 1920, Sauer was appointed
vicar apostolic of Wonsan, Korea and
Titular Bishop of Appiaria. He was ordained a bishop on 1 May 1921 by Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P.
On 9 July 1928, Sauer was appointed the
apostolic administrator
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Ilan, China. Six years later, on 15 February 1934, he resigned as
apostolic administrator
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Ilan, China.
On 12 January 1940, Sauer was appointed the abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea and
apostolic administrator
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Hamheung, Korea.
He died in a North Korean prison in 1950. His beatification process is underway. He is included in the ''Martyrologium Germanicum''.
References
See also
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Religion in Korea
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Religion in North Korea
There are no known official statistics of religions in North Korea. Officially, North Korea is an state atheism, atheist state, although its constitution guarantees free exercise of religion, provided that religious practice does not introduce ...
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Christianity in Korea
The practice of Christianity is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 millionAccording to figures compiled by the South Korean National Statistical ...
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Catholic Church in South Korea
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In 2023, it had 5,970,675 adherents (11.3% of the population) with almost 5,000 priests and ...
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List of Catholic Dioceses in Korea
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List of Saints from Asia
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Since Christian ...
North Korea
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1950 deaths
Prisoners who died in North Korean detention
Foreign nationals imprisoned in North Korea
1877 births
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