This document provides information on several Catholic saints and figures from East Asia, including: - St. Francis Xavier who baptized over 300,000 people in Japan and was instrumental in spreading Catholicism. - Blessed Takayama Ukon and Blessed Peter Kibe who were important early Japanese Catholic figures. - Several saints from Korea like St. Andrew Kim Taegon, the first Korean priest, and members of the Choe family who helped establish Catholicism in Korea despite facing persecution. - Vietnamese martyrs from the 18th century like St. Andrew Dung Lac who were killed for their faith during periods of persecution. - Apparitions of Mary that occurred in places like Japan, China,

2. Our Lady of Akita
20th century apparition

3. St Francis Xavier
• Founder of Jesuits
• Apostle to Indies
and Japan
• Baptized 300,000

4. Blessed Takayama Ukon

5. Blessed Peter Kibe
• Japanese Catholic
• Jesuit Priest
• Most determined
man on the planet

6. Venerable Takashi Nagai
• Convert
• Survivor of
Nagasaki bombing
• Poet

7. Our Lady of China
20th century apparition

8. Sts Luigi Versiglia and Callisto Caravario
• Martyred by Communist pirates, 1930

10. • 103 Saints
• 124 Blessed
• 133 Servants
of God

11.  1770: Yi Byeok and companions begin studying
 1784: Yi Seung-Hun baptized
 1789: lay people stop acting as priests
 1795-1801: Father Zhou Wenmo from China
 1801: persecution
 1834-1836: Father Liu Fang-Chi from China
 1836: Bishop Imbert, Frs. Maubant and Chastan arrive
 1839, 1846, 1866: persecutions—10,000 martyred, 20,000
remain
 1895: persecutions end
 1950-1953: Korean war makes more martyrs

12.  Father: Bl. Augustine Chong
 Studied with Yi Byeok
 First Catechism in Korean
 Son: Bl. Charles Jeong Cheol-
Sang
 Mother: St. Cecilia Yu Sosa
 Son: St. Paul Chong Hasang
 Asked bishop of Beijing to
send priests (none 1801-1834)
 Celibate evangelist
 Wouldn’t condemn
mandarins
 Daughter: St. Elizabeth Jeong
Jeong-rye

13.  Great-Grandather: Martyr
Kim Chin-hu Pius
 Grandfather: Martyr Kim
Han-hyon Andrew
 Father: St Ignatius Kim
 Apostate
 Aunt: St. Theresa Kim
 Widow and mother
 Son: St. Andrew Kim
Taegon
 First Korean priest

14.  Seeking truth, found pieces
of Catholic books
 1801-1824: practices as
Catholic
 Chinese Father Zhou
Wenmo martyred 1801
 1824: goes to Beijing to be
baptized
 Father of 13-year-old St.
Peter Yu
 Wife and daughters did not
convert

15.  Pagan married to a pagan
 Very limited intelligence
 Catholic sister condemned
her idolatry
 Agatha burned the idols
 Arrested
 Only knew Jesus and Mary
 Baptized in prison

16.  Damian:
 Dissolute life before
conversion
 Catechist
 Maria
 Strong-willed and
intelligent
 Took care of priests
 Scolded guards

17.  Dedicated virgins
 Stripped and thrown in
with criminals
 Supernatural strength to
defend themselves
 Columba: Whether she is
the daughter of a noble or a
commoner, the chastity of a
young woman has the right
to be respected.”

18.  Wanted to remain a virgin
 Pagan father unwilling
 Faked her own death
 Father discovered,
submitted
 Mother: St. Magdalene Ho
 Sister: St. Barbara Yi
 Aunt: St. Teresa Yi

19. • Father: St. Francis
Choe Kyeong-hwan
• Founded Catholic
village
• Didn’t hide books
• Mother: Bl. Mary Yi
Seong-Rye
• Apostate
• Son: Venerable
Thomas Choe
Yang-Up
• Second Korean
Priest
Choe Family

20. Father Emil Kapaun

21. Our Lady of La Vang
18th century apparition

22. St Andrew Dung Lac and Companions
• 117 canonized (96
Vietnamese)
• 130,000-300,000
killed
• Drugged, branded,
hacked to pieces

23. Cardinal Francis X. Nguyen Van Thuan
• Servant of God
• Bishop at 39
• 13 years in
Communist re-
education camp (9
in solitary)
• Daily Mass

24. Our Lady of Manaoag

25. St Lorenzo Ruiz
• Chinese-Filipino
• Husband and
father
• Protomartyr

26. St Pedro Calungsod
• Martyred at 18
• For baptizing baby
in Guam

27. Our Lady of Good
Health
16th century apparition
Vailankanni

29. Chon Jin Am

31. St. Paul Chong Hasang
St. Augustine Yu Chin-gil

32. Saenamteo

35. Danggogae

37. Haemi

39. Mirinae

40. Jeoldusan

43. Gongseri

44. Yodangri