Théophane Vénard

Deceased Person

1829 – 1861

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Who was Théophane Vénard?

Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard, M.E.P. was a French Catholic missionary to Indo-China. He was a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was beatified in company with thirty-three other Catholic martyrs, most of whom were natives of Tonkin, Cochin-China, or China. Pope John Paul II canonized him, with nineteen other martyrs, in 1988.

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Born
Nov 21, 1829
Saint-Loup-Lamairé
Died
Feb 2, 1861
Tonkin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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