Thomas Choe Yang-eop
Korean priest, venerable
The Vatican record
- 26 April 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)
Who they were
Choe Yang-Eop Thomas (1 March 1821 – 15 June 1861), also spelled Ch'oe Yang-Ōp Thomas, was a Korean Roman Catholic priest during the Joseon dynasty, who travelled across Eastern Asia as a seminarian and priest before settling at last after a period of persecution back in his homeland where he administered to hidden Christians until his death.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Thomas Choe Yang-eop has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Korean bishops' committee: the cause of Thomas Choe Yang-eop.
Connected on this site
- Francis Ch'oe Kyŏng-hwan Saint Father, Parent
- Mary Yi Seong-rye Venerable Mother, Parent
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q12619660 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Choe Yang-eop (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.