Vincent Kwon
Korean Jesuit catechist martyred in Japan
Feast: 20 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed martyrs Francisco Pacheco, priest, and eight companions, of the Society of Jesus, condemned to the stake in hatred of the faith.
Among those named is Blessed Vincent Kwon, religious.
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 20 June as a Jesuit religious among the companions of Francisco Pacheco burned at the stake at Nagasaki.
The cause
Vincent Kwon has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Vincent Kwon.
Connected on this site
- Francisco Pacheco Blessed“At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed martyrs Francisco Pacheco, priest, and eight companions, of the Society of Jesus, condemned to the stake in hatred of the faith.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 20 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q12599521 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.