China (4)

~ Martyrs of China [4] ~

Diverse Incidents of Persecutions († 1820 to 1930)

Following the editorial style for Chinese names in the Chicago Manual of Style, the Chinese family name in this page is given first, followed by the Chinese given name. Then comes the Latin baptismal name of the martyr, followed by its Pinyin Romanization (enclosed in brackets). What follows next is the full name of the martyr in Mandarin Chinese. The italicized prefix shi is traditionally attached to the second family name of a widow or married woman. The family name to which it is affixed is the woman’s maiden name.

(15) THEOTIMUS VERHAEGEN AND 19 COMPANIONS
FROM THE APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF SOUTHWESTERN HUBEI (YICHANG)

1820 in Juzhou, Hubei (China)

1. RU GUISEN PAULUS
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

1875 in Juzhou, Hubei (China)

2. XIUGU MARIA
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

3. BAOGU MARIA
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

11 December 1898 in Xiaodang, Hubei (China)

Victorinus Delbrouck 4. JOHANNES DELBROUCK (VICTORINUS)
professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

            born: 14 May 1870 in Boirs, Tongeren, Limburg (Belgium)
    5.    BI GAIBANG
            layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

6. ZHOU JIAXIN
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

7. FANG SHANGLIN
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

8. HU DAJI
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

9. ZHOU XIULIE
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

10. LI DAOXIAN
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

19 July 1904 in Shaozedi, Hubei (China)

Florentius Robberecht Frederik Verhaegen Theotimus Verhaegen     11. JOSEPH VERHAEGEN (THEOTIMUS)
            professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor;

apostolic vicar of Southwest Hubei

born: 19 January 1867 in Mechelen, Antwerp (Belgium)

12. EMMANUEL VERHAEGEN (FREDERIK)

professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

born: 10 May 1872 in Mechelen, Antwerp (Belgium)

13. FLORENTIUS ROBBERECHT

professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

born: 22 April 1875 in Tielt, West Flanders (Belgium)

14. HUANG ZHAOBIN IOSEPHUS
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

15. JIA SHANGDAI FRANCISCUS
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

16. HUANG ZHANGSHI MARIA
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

17. HE DENYU
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei; catechumen

born:

18. LI GUANQIAN IOANNES BAPTISTA
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

19. HU JIFU IOANNES
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

20. WANG GABRIEL
layperson of the apostolic vicariate of Southwest Hubei

born:

competent diocese: Yichang

CCS protocol number: 653

type of cause: martyrdom

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

introduction of cause: 10 December 1926

opening of apostolic process:

closing of apostolic process:

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 20 April 1932

antepreparatory congregation:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

submission of Positio to CCS:

session of historical consultants:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator:
petitioner: Minderbroedersklooster, Capucienessenstraat 1-3, 3800 Sint-Truiden, BELGIUM

website:

Note: This cause has been transformed dramatically in the passing of time. When the cause was introduced on 10 December 1926, it was was originally entitled Gregorius Grassi, Franciscus Fogolla, Antoninus Fantosati, Theotimus Verhaegen, et 2,414 Socii. It covered the alleged martyrs in the five apostolic vicariates under the Franciscan Friars Minor [namely: Northern Shanxi (Taiyuan), Southern Shanxi (Changzhi), Southwest Hubei (Yichang), Northern Shandong (Jinan), and Southern Hunan (Hengyang)] killed in five separate years (namely: 1820, 1875, 1898, 1900, and 1904). Because of the enormity in the number of martyrs, the Office of the General Postulator of the Franciscan Friars Minor decided to work on the cause piecemeal. In 1941, the 29 individuals killed during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 were formed into one cause entitled Gregorius Grassi et 28 Socii; eventually, they were beatified by Pope Pius XII on 24 November 1946 [see Martyrs of China (I) (these martyrs are marked with a single †)]. The remaining alleged martyrs were reevaluated and the number was reduced so that, when the cause entered the judicial phase called “antepreparatory congress” on 14 January 1964, it was renamed Theotimus Verhaegen et 126 Socii. The cause has remained inactive since then. However, the Congregation of the Causes of Saints has informed the Hagiography Circle in January 2004 that the number of martyrs in the cause has been further curtailed. Presently, then, the official name of the cause is Theotimus Verhaegen et 19 Socii.