Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe
Belgian missionary; founded Tianjin Yishibao (1915-1949)
Who they were
Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (Chinese name: Lei Mingyuan 雷鳴遠; 19 August 1877 — 24 June 1940) was a Catholic missionary to China whose advocacy contributed to Pope Pius XI's appointment of the first native Chinese bishops of modern times. Born in Belgium, he chose to become a Chinese citizen at a time when missionaries, like all Westerners, enjoyed legal privileges in China, including immunity from Chinese law. Lebbe advocated for the indigenization of the Catholic Church in China.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Vincent — Nominis carries him among its saints pages; his cause is open and he is a Servant of God.
- Wikidata Q589743 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.