Person1821 – 1846

Kim Dae-geon (Andrew Kim Taegon)

Also called: Andrew Kim Taegon

First Korean Catholic priest, trained in Macau and ordained in Shanghai, executed in the Byeongo Persecution of 1846

Born into a Catholic family at Solmoe in Chungcheong, he was chosen by the French priest Maubant in 1836 and studied theology in Macau. Ordained in Shanghai in 1845, he sailed home with Bishop Ferréol and others and began his mission. The next year he was arrested while scouting a sea route on the west coast for bringing in missionaries and was executed at Saenamteo (the Byeongo Persecution). He was canonised in 1984.

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1839Gihae Persecutionrelated figure
Under Heonjong the Pungyang Jo regime executed three French priests who had entered secretly, along with many Korean Catholics, and issued a royal edict condemning Catholicism.

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Heonjong1827 – 1849
Twenty-fourth king of Joseon, enthroned at eight while the Pungyang Jo and Andong Kim clans fought for power; the 1839 persecution took place in his reign
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French bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who entered Korea secretly in 1837 and was executed with Fathers Maubant and Chastan in 1839