Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse
Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, MEP (8 December 1750 – 14 September 1815) was a French Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen from 1801 to 1815. He was member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
Murdered for his faith, he is one of the 120 martyrs of China, canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000, on the feast of Thérèse of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions.
In the Martyrology
- September 14 Saint Jean-Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse, bishop, vicar apostolic of Sichuan and martyr of China