Pierre Henri Dorie (1839–1866) was a French missionary of the
Paris Foreign Missions Society
The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (, , MEP) is a Catholic Missionary order, missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular clergy, secular priests and Laity, lay persons dedicated to missionary wo ...
, who was martyred in
Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...
in 1866.
[''Les Missions Etrangères'', p.252-253] His feast day is 7 March,
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 19th century in Korea. Among them are 103 Saints and 124 Blesseds officially recognized by the Catholic Church.
Overview
There were 5 main sets of pers ...
on 20 September.
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 Saenam ...
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, 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 Intervention to Korea (, ) was an 1866 punitive expedition undertaken by the Second French Empire against Joseon Korea in retaliation for the execution of seven French Catholic missionaries. The encounter over Ganghwa Island las ...
in October–November 1866, which reinforced the Korean policy of isolationism.
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 Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of sa ...
by
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005.
In his you ...
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
Roman Catholic missionaries in Korea
French expatriates in Korea
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