Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert


Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
Bishop Bum Sehyeong

Second Roman Catholic Bishop of Korea
French missionary, bishop and martyr
Born(1796-03-23)23 March 1796
Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died21 September 1839(1839-09-21) (aged 43)
Saenamteo, Kingdom of Joseon
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
(Korea and the Paris Foreign Missions Society)
Beatified5 July 1925, Vatican City, by Pope Pius XI
Canonized6 May 1984, Seoul, South Korea, by Pope John Paul II
Major shrineSaenamteo Memorial Church, Seoul, South Korea
Feast21 September
20 September (along with Korean Martyrs)
Korean name
Hangul
범세형
Hanja
范世亨
Revised RomanizationBeom Sehyeong
McCune–ReischauerPŏm Sehyŏng

Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (Born: 23 March 1796 – Died: 21 September 1839), affectionately known in Korea as Bishop Laurentius Bum Sehyeong (Korean범세형 라우렌시오/) was a Roman Catholic French bishop in Asia. He was most notable for his Christian missionary work among the Koreans, he was appointed by Pope Gregory XVI in August 1836 when first Bishop Barthélemy Bruguière died in Manchuria.

Eventually, he was executed in the Kingdom of Joseon for his Catholic faith; it is estimated that 8,000 to 10,000 were killed for their faith in 19th-century Korea—the Korean Martyrs. 103 of them, including Imbert, were canonized by the Catholic Church as saints in 1984. His feast day is 21 September,[1] and he is also venerated with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on 20 September.

  1. ^ "Roman Martyrology" (in Italian). The Vatican.