Person1796 – 1839
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert
French bishop of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who entered Korea secretly in 1837 and was executed with Fathers Maubant and Chastan in 1839
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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
- Kim Dae-geon (Andrew Kim Taegon)1821 – 1846
First Korean Catholic priest, trained in Macau and ordained in Shanghai, executed in the Byeongo Persecution of 1846