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After the canonization of the 103 Martyrs, the Catholic Church in Korea felt that the martyrs who died in the other persecutions also need to be recognized. In 2003, the beatification process for 124 martyrs who died in persecutions between 1791 and 1888 began. [21]
Parish founded in 1912; current church dedicated in 1931 [19] St. Gregory the Great 5545 N Paulina St, Chicago Founded in 1904 St. Henry 6325 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago Founded in 1851, closed in 2021 [20] St. Ignatius 6559 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago Founded in 1906, closed in 2021 [21] St. Jerome 1709 W Lunt Ave, Chicago Founded in 1895 St. Margaret Mary
Photo taken at Danggogae Catholic Martyrs' Shrine in Seoul, South Korea. John Yi Yun-il (1822 – January 21, 1867) was a Korean Catholic who was killed during the 19th-century Korean persecution of Christians. He was a family man who made his living as a farmer and who also served as a catechist, i.e. a teacher of Christian religion. [1]
In 1831, the Vatican designated Joseon as an independent diocese and in 1837, appointed Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (who had been serving in China) to be Vicar Apostolic of the Catholic Church in Korea. In Joseon he joined Fr. Philibert Maubant, and Fr. Jacques Honorẻ Chastan ) [7] to spread Catholicism, mainly among the fallen yangban.
On 6 May 1984, Pope John Paul II canonized Kim along with 102 other Korean Martyrs, including Paul Chong Hasang, during his trip to Korea. The feast day of Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and companions is celebrated on 20 September. A historical drama depicting Taegon's life, A Birth , was released in 2022. [4]
Peter Yu Tae-chol (Korean: 유대철 베드로; c. 1826 – October 31, 1839) was one of the 103 canonised Korean Martyrs martyred during the Gihae persecution of 1839 [], [citation needed] and a son of a government interpreter named Augustine Nyou Tjin-kil, also a martyr.
The Catholic Church in South Korea has grown significantly in recent years, with membership rising from 7.9% to 11.3% of the population between 1997 and 2021, though its share of the overall population has remained steady since 2021. [1] [9] [10] At the end of 2017 there were 5,813,770 Catholics in South Korea – 11.0% of the population. [9]
Paul Chong Hasang (1794 or 1795–September 22, 1839) was a Korean Catholic lay missionary known as one of the Korean Martyrs. His feast day is September 20, [ 1 ] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20.