Saint Peter Dumoulin
- Also known as
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Pierre Rose Ursule Dumoulin Borie
Peter Dumoulin-Borle
- Memorial
- 24 November
- Profile
- Studied at the seminary of the Foreign Missions of Paris, beginning in 1829.
Ordained in 1832.
Missionary to Tonkin (modern Vietnam).
Arrested for his faith in 1836.
During his two years in prison, he was appointed titular bishop and vicar apostolic of western Tonkin.
- Born
- 1808 in Cors, diocese of Tulle, France
- Died
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beheaded in 1838 at Dong-Hoi, Vietnam
relics transferred to Paris, France in 1843
- Beatified
- 1900
- Canonized
- 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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