Blessed Joseph Tiên

Blessed Joseph Tiên

1918–1954 · Contemporary

Feast day: June 2

Biography

Joseph Thao Tiên (born December 5, 1918, in Houaphanh Province, Laos (Indochina); died June 2, 1954) was a Laotian Catholic priest assassinated in odium fidei during the persecution of Catholics by communist authorities. Considered by the Catholic Church to be the protomartyr of that country, he has been venerated as a blessed since December 2016.

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