서울대교구 시복시성위원회
Chronology of Mgr. Barthélémy Bruguière
(1792-1835)
- 1792
Feb. 12
Born as the eleventh son of François and Thérèse Bruguière in the commune of Raissac d’Aude near Narbonne in the Diocese of Carcassonne, France
- 1805-1814
- Studied at the Minor and Major Seminary of Carcassonne
- 1814
Mar 26
Subdeacon Ordination, Taught as teacher at the Minor Seminary for 5 years.
- 1815
Dec. 23
Priestly Ordination
- 1819
- Taught as professor at the Major Seminary for 6 years.
- 1825
Sept. 17
Joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society
- 1826
Feb. 26
Set out to the Port of Bordeaux
- 1827
June 3
Arrived in Bangkok, capital city of Siam via Port of Batavia (Jakarta) and the Headquarters of M.E.P in Macau. Professor at the Seminary and pastoral ministry.
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- 1829
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May 19
Sent a letter to the Headquarters of M.E.P. saying, “We can not abandon the mission and the believers in Joseon, and I will volunteer myself for the mission in Joseon.”[1]
June 9
Fr. Bruguière sent a letter to the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith expressing his determination to go to Joseon.
June 20
Mgr. E. Florens, Apostolic Vicar of Siam, sent a letter to the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of Faith giving his consent to the petition of Fr. Bruguière for the mission in Joseon.
June 29
Episcopal Consecration. He went to Penang and carried out his pastoral ministry.
- 1831
Sept. 9
Appointed as the first Apostolic Vicar of Joseon
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- 1832
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July 25
Came to know of his appointment as Apostolic Vicar of Joseon through the letter of Fr. Devois.
Aug. 4
Left Penang with Joseph Wang, a drop-out seminarian of Penang.
* Fr. Chastan from Penang Seminary volunteered for the mission in Joseon.
Oct. 18
Arrived in Macau, and received the official Papal bull on the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Joseon and his appointment as its Apostolic Vicar
Nov. 18
Wrote a first pastoral letter for the faithful of Joseon
Dec. 19
He left towards Dingtoucun of Fuan County, Fujian Province,
where the Apostolic Vicar of Fujian resided.
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- 1833
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Mar 1
He arrived in Dingtoucun of Fuan County.
Mar 9
Fr. Maubant volunteered for the mission in Joseon.
April 27
Departed towards Nanjing.
July 31
Crossed Yangtze River
Aug. 13
Crossed Yellow River
Aug. 26
Arrived in the Jyli via Sandong, and stayed at the house of a faithful for a month recovering his health.
Sept. 29
Departed towards Jiujicun, Qixian of Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province, where Bishop Salvetti was Apostolic Vicar.
Oct. 10
Arrived in Taiyuan. Recovery of health. Made efforts to contact the secret envoys from Joseon Church.
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- 1834
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Sept. 22
Departed towards the Catholic village of Xiwanzi, Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, pastoral area of Congregation of Lazaro
Oct. 8
Arrived in Xiwanzi, and met with Fr. Maubant.
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- 1835
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Jan. 26
Received the letter from Joseon faithful in which they expressed their determination to welcome him to Joseon at the end of 1835.
Oct. 7
Departed towards Byeonmun, a frontier village near Bonghwang-seong
where he was going to meet up with Joseon believers.
Oct. 19
Arrived in a Catholic village of Majiazi of inner Mongolia.
Oct. 20
Died around 8:15 PM at the age of 43
Nov. 21
Buried in Majiazi
- 1836
Jan. 13
Fr. Maubant entered Joseon.
- 1931
Oct. 15
His remains are transferred to the Yongsan Cemetery of Clergy.
- [1]Joseon dynasty (1392-1910): Korea was known as Joseon until the Republic of Korea was officially established in 1948.
