Andrew Dũng-Lạc

Deceased Person

1795 – 1839

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Who was Andrew Dũng-Lạc?

Andrew Dũng-Lạc was a Vietnamese priest executed by beheading in the reign of Minh Mạng. He is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church,

He was born Trần An Dũng in 1795, taking the name Andrew at his baptism and was ordained a priest on 15 March 1823. During persecution, Andrew Dũng changed his name to Lạc to avoid capture, and thus he is memorialised as Andrew Dũng-Lạc. His memorial is 24 November; this memorial celebrates all of the Vietnamese Martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

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Born
1795
Vietnam
Died
Dec 21, 1839
Hanoi

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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