Saint Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse | |
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| Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan) | |
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| See | Se-Ciuen (Setchoan or Szechwan) |
| Appointed | 24 July 1798 |
| Installed | 15 November 1801 |
| Term ended | 14 September 1815 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Didier de Saint Martin |
| Successor | Giacomo Luigi Fontana |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 September 1774 |
| Consecration | 25 July 1800 by Jean-Didier de Saint Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse December 8, 1750 |
| Died | September 14, 1815 (aged 64) Chengdu, Sichuan, Qing dynasty |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 14 September |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Bishop, Martyr |
| Beatified | 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, MEP (8 December 1750 – 14 September 1815) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciouen from 1801 to 1815. He was member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
Murdered for his faith, he is one of the 120 martyrs of China, canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, on the feast of Thérèse of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions.