Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse

French bishop and saint

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1750

Place of Birth: Lezoux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1815

Profession: missionary, Catholic priest, martyr

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Bishop St.
Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (8 December 1750 – 14 September 1815) was a member of Society of Foreign Missions of Paris and a Martyr Saint of the Catholic Church.
He was born at Ville-de-Lezoux, diocese of Clermont, France.
He joined the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris seminary in 1774.
He was ordained a priest on 17 September 1774.
He was sent as a missionary to Szechuan, China in 1775.
There he was imprisoned for six months in 1784 during a government persecution of Christians.
He was reassigned to Macao, but return to the Chinese missions in 1788. He was appointed as the Titular bishop of Thabraca and Co-adjutor Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen (Setchoan), China on 24 July 1798; He became the Vicar Apostolic on 15 November 1801.
He spent the next 15 years in constant danger during the persecution of Christians.
He was betrayed to the authorities by a native Christian and was arrested on 18 May 1815.
He was beheaded on 14 September 1815 at Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
His head was attached to a pole and his body left exposed for three days as a warning to others.
This body was later buried by local Christians.Pope Leo XIII declared him as venerable on 2 July 1899 and Beatified him on 27 May 1900.
He was Canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000.