Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung
beatified Thai Roman Catholic priest (1895-1944)
Feast: 12 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Tomhom near Bangkok in Thailand, Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, priest and martyr, who, a distinguished preacher of the Gospel, was thrown into prison at the time of the persecution against the Church and, while helping the sick, himself struck by tuberculosis, died gloriously.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 12 January as a Thai priest and martyr who died of tuberculosis in prison while caring for the sick.
The cause
Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Oblates of Mary Immaculate: the cause of Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung.
- Roman Martyrology, 12 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2663190 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.