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Paris Foreign Missions Society

The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (French: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons dedicated to missionary work in foreign lands.[4]

Paris Foreign Missions Society
Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris (Frençh)[1]
AbbreviationPost-nominal letters: M.E.P.[1]
Formation1660; 363 years ago (1660)
FounderBishop François Pallu, MEP[2]
TypeSociety of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men)
Headquarters128 rue du Bac, 75341 Paris CEDEX 07, France[1]
Membership
189 members (178 priests) as of 2018[3]
Superior General
Fr. Vincent Sénéchal, MEP[3]
AffiliationsRoman Catholic Church
Websitehttp://www.mepasie.org/

The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris was established 1658–63. In 1659, instructions for establishment of the Paris Foreign Missions Society were given by Rome's Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. This marked the creation of a missionary institution that, for the first time, did not depend on the control of the traditional missionary and colonial powers of Spain or Portugal.[5] In the 350 years since its foundation, the institution has sent more than 4,200 missionary priests to Asia and North America. Their mission is to adapt to local customs and languages, develop a native clergy, and keep close contacts with Rome.[6]

In the 19th century, local persecutions of missionary priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was often a pretext for French military intervention in Asia.[7] In Vietnam, such persecutions were used by the French government to justify the armed interventions of Jean-Baptiste Cécille and Charles Rigault de Genouilly. In China, the murder of Father Auguste Chapdelaine became the casus belli for the French involvement in the Second Opium War in 1856. In Korea, persecutions were used to justify the 1866 French campaign against Korea.

Today, the Paris Foreign Missions Society remains an active institution in the evangelization of Asia.

Background

 
Building of the Missions étrangères de Paris, 128 Rue du Bac, Paris.
 
Symbol of the Missions Étrangères de Paris.

The traditional colonial powers of Spain and Portugal had initially received from the Pope an exclusive agreement to evangelize conquered lands, a system known as Padroado Real in Portuguese and Patronato real in Spanish. After some time however, Rome grew dissatisfied with the Padroado system, due to its limited means, strong involvement with politics, and dependence on the kings of Spain and Portugal for any decision.[8]

From a territorial standpoint also, Portugal had been losing ground against the new colonial powers of England and the Dutch Republic, meaning that it was becoming less capable of evangelizing new territories.[9] In territories that it used to control, Portugal had seen some disasters; for instance, Japanese Christianity was eradicated from around 1620.[10]

Finally, Roman officials had doubts about the efficacy of religious orders, such as the Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits or Barnabites, since they were highly vulnerable in case of persecutions. They did not seem able to develop local clergy, who would be less vulnerable to state persecution. Sending bishops to develop a strong local clergy seemed to be the solution to achieve future expansion:[10]

"We have all reason to fear that what happened to the Church of Japan could also happen to the Church of Annam, because these kings, in Tonkin as well as in Cochinchina, are very powerful and accustomed to war... It is necessary that the Holy See, by its own movement, give pastors to these Oriental regions where Christians multiply in a marvellous way, lest, without bishops, these men die without sacrament and manifestly risk damnation." Alexandre de Rhodes.[10]

As early as 1622 Pope Gregory XV, wishing to take back control of the missionary efforts, had established the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, commonly known as Propaganda) with the objective of bringing to the Catholic Faith non-Catholic Christians, but also inhabitants of the American continent and Asia.[8] In order to do so, Rome resurrected the system of Apostolic vicars, who would report directly to Rome in their missionary efforts, and would be responsible to create a native clergy.[11]

In the field, violent conflicts would erupt between the Padroado and the Propaganda during the 17th and 18th centuries.[8] (When the first missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society were sent to the Far East, the Portuguese missionaries were ordered to capture them and send them to Lisbon).[12] The creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was well-aligned with Rome's efforts to develop the role of the Propaganda.[13]

Establishment

 
The French Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes is at the origin of the creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

The creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was initiated when the Jesuit Father Alexandre de Rhodes, back from Vietnam and asking for the dispatch of numerous missionaries to the Far East, obtained in 1650 an agreement by Pope Innocent X to send secular priests and bishops as missionaries.[14] Alexandre de Rhodes received in Paris in 1653 a strong financial and organizational support from the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement for the establishment of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[15][16] Alexander de Rhodes found secular clergy volunteers in Paris in the persons of François Pallu and Pierre Lambert de la Motte and later Ignace Cotolendi, the first members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who were sent to the Far-East as Apostolic vicariate.[17][18][19]

Due to the strong opposition of Portugal and the death of Pope Innocent X the project was stalled for several years however, until the candidates to the missions decided to go by themselves to Rome in June 1657.[9]

Appointment of missionary Bishops

 
Mgr François Pallu, founding father of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
 
Mgr Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624–1679).

On 29 July 1658, the two chief founders of the Paris Foreign Missions Society were appointed as bishops in the Vatican, becoming Mgr Pallu, Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica, Vicar Apostolic of Tonkin, and Mgr Lambert de la Motte, Bishop of Berytus, Vicar Apostolic of Cochinchina.[20] On 9 September 1659, the papal bull Super cathedram principis apostolorum by Pope Alexander VII defined the territories they would have to administer: for Mgr Pallu, Tonkin, Laos, and five adjacent provinces of southern China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, Sichuan, Guangxi), for Mgr Lambert de la Motte, Cochinchina and five provinces of southeastern China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hainan).[20] In 1660 the third founder was appointed as Mgr Cotolendi, Bishop of Metellopolis, Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing, with also five provinces of China,[20] namely Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Korea and Tartary.

All of them were nominated Bishops in partibus infidelium ("In areas of the Infidels", i.e. Heliopolis, Beirut, Metellopolis etc...), receiving long-disappeared bishopric titles from areas that had been lost, in order not to compromise contemporary bishopric titles and avoid conflicts with the bishoprics established through the padroado system.[13] In 1658 also, François de Laval was nominated Vicar Apostolic of Canada,[21] and Bishop of Petra in partibus infidelium, becoming the first Bishop of New France, and in 1663 he would found the Séminaire de Québec with the support of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[22]

The Society itself ("Assemblée des Missions") was formally established by the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement in 1658.[23] The object of the new society was and is still the evangelization of non-Christian countries, by founding churches and raising up a native clergy under the jurisdiction of the bishops. The Society was officially recognized in 1664.[24] The creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society coincided with the establishment of the French East India Company.

 
Mgr Ignace Cotolendi (1630–1662).

In order to dispatch the three missionaries to Asia, the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement established a trading company (the "Compagnie de Chine", founded 1660). A ship, the Saint-Louis, was built in the Netherlands by the shipowner Fermanel, but the ship foundered soon after being launched.[25] At the same time, the establishment of a trading company and the perceived threat of French missionary efforts to Asia was met with huge opposition by the Jesuits, the Portuguese, the Dutch and even the Propaganda, leading to the issuing of an interdiction of the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement by Cardinal Mazarin in 1660.[26] In spite of these events, the King, the Assembly of the French Clergy, the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement and private donors accepted to finance the effort, and the three bishop managed to depart, although they now had to travel on land.[26]

The three bishops chosen for Asia left France (1660–62) to go to their respective missions, and crossed Persia and India on foot, since Portugal would have refused to take non-Padroado missionaries by ship, and the Dutch and the English refused to take Catholic missionaries.[6] Mgr Lambert left Marseilles on 26 November 1660, and reached Mergui in Siam 18 months later, Mgr Pallu joined Mgr Lambert in the capital of Siam Ayutthaya after 24 months overland, and Mgr Cotolendi died upon arrival in India on 6 August 1662.[6] Siam thus became the first country to receive the evangelization efforts of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, to be followed by new missions years later in Cochinchina, Tonkin and parts of China.[6]

Founding principles

 
Chapel of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

The mission had the objective of adapting to local customs, establishing a native clergy, and keeping close contacts with Rome.[6] In 1659, instructions were given by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (known as the "Propaganda"):

"Here is the principal reason which determined the Sacred Congregation to send you as Bishops in these regions. It is that you endeavour, by all possible means and methods, to educate young people so as to make them capable of receiving priesthood."

— Extract from the 1659 Instructions, given to Pallu and Lambert de la Motte by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.[27]

Instructions were also given to the effect that respecting the habits of the countries to be evangelized was paramount, a guiding principle of the Missions ever since:

"Do not act with zeal, do not put forward any arguments to convince these peoples to change their rites, their customs or their usages, except if they are evidently contrary to the religion and morality. What would be more absurd than to bring France, Spain, Italy or any other European country to the Chinese? Do not bring to them our countries, but instead bring to them the faith, a faith that does not reject or hurt the rites, nor the usages of any people, provided that these are not distasteful, but that instead keeps and protects them."

— Extract from the 1659 Instructions, given to Pallu and Lambert de la Motte by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.[28]

Establishment Rue du Bac, Paris

 
The Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1663.
 
The Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1739 with its park (detail of 1739 map of Paris by Turgot).
 
The Chapel at the Paris Foreign Missions Society, established in 1691.
 
Louis XIV commemorative medal of the first stone of the Mission, 1683.

The Seminary (Séminaire des Missions Étrangères) was created in March 1663. Msgr Jean Duval, ordained under the name Bernard de Sainte Thérèse and nominated Bishop of Babylon (modern Iraq) in 1638, offered the deserted buildings of his own Seminary for Missions to Persia, which he had created in 1644 at 128 Rue du Bac.[23] On 10 March 1664, Father Vincent de Meur was nominated as the first director of the Seminary, and officially became Superior of the Seminary on 11 June 1664.

The Seminary was established so that the society might recruit members and administer its property, through the actions of the Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement and by the priests whom the vicars Apostolic had appointed their agents. This house, whose directors were to form young priests to the apostolic life and transmit to the bishops the offerings made by charity, was, and still is situated in Paris in the Rue du Bac.

Known from the beginning as the Seminary of Foreign Missions, it secured the approval of Pope Alexander VII, and the legal recognition of the French Government and Louis XIV in 1663. In 1691 the chapel was established, and in 1732 the new, larger, building was completed.[23]

Another wing, perpendicular to the 1732 one, was added in the 19th century to accommodate the great increase in members of the Seminary.

1658–1800

The chief events of this period were: the publication of the book Institutions apostoliques, which contains the germ of the principles of the rule, the foundation of the general seminary in Ayutthaya, Siam[29] (the Seminary of Saint Joseph,[30] at the origin of the College General now in Penang, Malaysia), the evangelization of Tonkin, Cochinchina, Cambodia, and Siam, where more than 40,000 Christians were baptized, the creation of an institute of Vietnamese nuns known as "Lovers of the Cross", the establishment of rules among catechists, and the ordination of thirty native priests. Between 1660 and 1700 about 100 missionaries were sent to Asia.[4]

Siam

 
The Siamese embassy to Louis XIV, led by Kosa Pan in 1686, was a result of the missionary efforts of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
 
Mgr Louis Laneau of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (on the right, forefront)[31] was closely involved in the contacts with the Siamese king Narai. Here, the French ambassador Chevalier de Chaumont presents a letter from Louis XIV to King Narai in 1685.

The Paris Foreign Missions Society started its work in Siam, with the establishment of a base in its capital Ayutthaya. Siam was known to be highly tolerant of other religions and was the only country in Southeast Asia where the Catholic fathers could establish a base safely.[32] With the agreement of the Siamese king Narai, the Seminary of Saint Joseph was established, which could educate Asian candidate priests from all the countries of the Southeast Asian peninsula. A cathedral was also constructed. The college remained in Siam for a century, until the conquest of Siam by Burma in 1766.[31]

The missionary work also had political effects: through their initiative a more active trade was established among Indo-China, the Indies, and France; embassies were sent from place to place; and treaties were signed. In 1681, Jacques-Charles de Brisacier was elected superior of the organization. In 1681 or 1682, the Siamese king Narai, who was seeking to reduce Dutch and English influence, named the French medical missionary Brother René Charbonneau, a member of the Siam mission, as Governor of Phuket . Charbonneau held the position of Governor until 1685.[33] In 1687 a French expedition to Siam took possession of Bangkok, Mergui, and Jonselang. France came close to ruling an Indo-Chinese empire, though it failed following the 1688 Siamese revolution, which adversely affected the missions. Msgr Louis Laneau of the society was involved in these events.[6] He was imprisoned by the government for two years, with half of the members of the Seminar, until he was allowed to resume his activities.

In 1702, Artus de Lionne, Bishop of Rosalie, and missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, brought Arcadio Huang to France as one of the first Chinese men there. He established the basis for the study of the Chinese language in France.

In the second half of the 18th century, the society was charged with the missions which the Jesuits had possessed in India prior to suppression of the order in Portugal. Many of the Jesuits remained in Asia. The missions took on a new life, especially in Sichuan (see Catholic Church in Sichuan), under bishops Pottier [fr] and Dufresse, and in Cochinchina.

Cochinchina

 
Mgr Pigneau de Behaine acted as a diplomatic agent for the Vietnamese Prince Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (the future Gia Long).

In Cochinchina, Mgr Pigneau de Behaine acted as an agent for Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, a pretender to the throne, in making a treaty with France (the 1787 Treaty of Versailles). Pigneau de Behaine assisted Nguyễn Phúc Ánh in obtaining the support of several French soldiers and officers, modernizing his army, and ultimately gaining victory over the Tây Sơn.

French revolution

At the end of the 18th century, the French Revolution halted the growth of the society, which had previously been very rapid. At that time it had six bishops, a score of missionaries, assisted by 135 native priests; in the various missions there were nine seminaries with 250 students, and 300,000 Christians.[7] Each year the number of baptisms rose on an average of 3000 to 3500; that of infant baptisms in articulo mortis was more than 100,000.

Nineteenth century

 
Departure ceremony at the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Le Départ, 1868, by Charles Louis de Fredy de Coubertin.

On 23 March 1805, Napoleon signed a decree reinstating the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[34] In 1809 however, following a conflict with the Pope, Napoleon cancelled his decision. The Missions would be firmly re-established through a decree by Louis XVIII in March 1815.[35]

Several causes contributed to the rapid growth of the society in the 19th century; chiefly the charity of the Propagation of the Faith and the Society of the Holy Childhood. Each bishop received annually 1200 francs, each mission had its general needs and works allowance, which varied according to its importance, and could amount to from 10,000 to 30,000 francs.

 
1856 departures of MEP missionaries.
 
1864 departures of MEP missionaries. The four on the left would become martyrs in Korea.

The second cause was persecution. Fifteen missionaries died in prison or were beheaded during the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the 19th century; but after that those killed among the missionaries were very numerous. (See Martyr Saints of China). Altogether, about 200 MEP missionaries died of violent death. Among them 23 were beatified, of whom 20 were canonized,[36] with an additional 3 in 2000.

Authors such as Chateaubriand, with his Génie du christianisme, also contributed to the recovery of the militant spirit of Catholicism, after the troubles of the French Revolution.[37]

By 1820, the territory of the Missions, which included India since the prohition of the Company of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1776, extended to Korea, Japan, Manchuria, Tibet, Burma, Malaysia etc...[7]

In the 19th century, the local persecutions of missionary priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was often a pretext for French military intervention in Asia,[7] based on the doctrine of the Protectorate of missions. These persecutions were described in Europe by books, pamphlets, annals, and journals, inspiring numerous young men either with the desire for martyrdom or that of evangelization. They played a part in inspiring European nations, especially France and England, to intervene in Indochina and China.[7]

Another cause of the progress of the missionaries was the ease and frequency of communication in consequence of the invention of steam and the opening of the Suez Canal. A voyage could be made safely in one month which formerly required eight to ten months amid many dangers. In Vietnam, the persecutions of numerous priests such as Pierre Borie or Augustin Schoeffer was used as a justification for the armed interventions of Jean-Baptiste Cécille and Charles Rigault de Genouilly, ultimately leading to the occupation of Vietnam and the creation of French Indochina. In Korea, the beheading of Siméon-François Berneux and other priests justified the 1866 French Campaign against Korea.

Vietnam

 
Martyrdom of Joseph Marchand in Vietnam in 1835.

In 1825, emperor Minh Mạng, the son and successor of Gia Long, prohibited foreign missionaries in Vietnam, on the grounds that they perverted the people. The prohibition proved largely ineffective, as missionaries continued their activities in Vietnam, and participated in armed rebellions against Minh Mạng, as in the Lê Văn Khôi revolt (1833–1835). He banned Catholicism completely, as well as French and Vietnamese priests (1833–1836), leading to persecutions of French missionaries.[38] These included the martyrdom of Joseph Marchand in 1835 or Pierre Borie in 1838. These events served in France to stoke a desire among young men to intervene and protect the Catholic faith.

 
Martyrdom of Saint Pierre Borie, 24 November 1838, in Tonkin, Vietnam. Vietnamese painting.

Ming Man's successor, Thiệu Trị, upheld the anti-Catholic policy of his predecessor. In 1843, the French Foreign Minister François Guizot sent a fleet to Vietnam under Admiral Jean-Baptiste Cécille and Captain Charner,.[39] The action also was related to the British successes in China in 1842, and France hoped to be able to establish trade with China from the south. The pretext was to support British efforts in China, and to fight the persecution of French missionaries in Vietnam.[40]

In 1847, Cécille sent two warships (Gloire and Victorieuse) under Captain Lapierre to Da Nang (Tourane) in Vietnam to obtain the release of two imprisoned French missionaries, Bishop Dominique Lefèbvre (imprisoned for a second time as he had re-entered Vietnam illegally) and Duclos, and freedom of worship for Catholics in Vietnam.[39][41] As negotiations drew on without results, on April 15, 1847, a fight named the Bombardment of Đà Nẵng erupted between the French fleet and Vietnamese ships, three of which were sunk as a result. The French fleet sailed away.[41]

Other missionaries were martyred during the reign of Emperor Tự Đức, such as Augustin Schoeffer in 1851 and Jean Louis Bonnard in 1852, prompting the Paris Foreign Missions Society to ask the French government for a diplomatic intervention.[42] In 1858, Charles Rigault de Genouilly attacked Vietnam under the orders of Napoleon III following the failed mission of diplomat Charles de Montigny. His stated mission was to stop the persecution of Catholic missionaries in the country and assure the unimpeded propagation of the faith.[43] Rigault de Genouilly, with 14 French gunships, 3,000 men and 300 Filipino troops provided by the Spanish,[44] attacked the port of Da Nang in 1858, causing significant damage, and occupying the city. After a few months, Rigault had to leave due to problems with supplies and illnesses among many of his troops.[45] Sailing south, De Genouilly captured Saigon, a poorly defended city, on 18 February 1859. This was the beginning of the French conquest of Cochinchina.

 
Martyrdom of Jean-Charles Cornay, 1837.

Ten martyrs of the M.E.P. were canonized by John-Paul II, 19 June 1988, as part of 117 martyrs of Vietnam, including 11 Dominican Fathers, 37 Vietnamese priests, and 59 Vietnamese laics:

Korea

 
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, Saint, martyred in Korea (21 September 1839).

In the mid-19th century that the first western Catholic missionaries began to enter Korea. This was done by stealth, either via the Korean border with Manchuria or the Yellow Sea. These French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society arrived in Korea in the 1840s to proselytize to a growing Korean flock that had in fact independently introduced Catholicism into Korea but needed ordained ministers.

1839 persecutions

On 26 April 1836, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Korea and Titular Bishop of Capsa. On 14 May 1837, he was ordained Titular Bishop of Capsa and crossed secretly from Manchuria to Korea the same year. On 10 August 1839, Bishop Imbert, who was secretly going about his missionary work, was betrayed. He was taken to Seoul where he was tortured to reveal the whereabouts of foreign missionaries. He wrote a note to his fellow missionaries, Fathers Pierre-Philibert Maubant and Jacques-Honoré Chastan, asking them to surrender to the Korean authorities as well. They were taken before an interrogator and questioned for three days to reveal the names and whereabouts of their converts. As torture failed to break them down, they were sent to another prison and beheaded on 21 September 1839 at Saenamteo. Their bodies remained exposed for several days but were finally buried on Noku Mountain.

1866 persecutions

Bishop Siméon-François Berneux, appointed in 1856 as head of the infant Korean Catholic church, estimated in 1859 that the number of Korean faithful had reached nearly 17,000. At first the Korean court turned a blind eye to such incursions. This attitude changed abruptly, however, with the enthronement of King Gojong in 1864. By the time the Heungseon Daewongun assumed de facto control of the government in 1864 there were twelve French Paris Foreign Missions Society priests living and preaching in Korea and an estimated 23,000 native Korean converts.

 
Bishop Berneux of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was tortured and then beheaded on March 7, 1866.[46]

In January, 1866 Russian ships appeared on the east coast of Korea demanding trading and residency rights in what seemed an echo of the demands made on China by other western powers. Native Korean Christians, with connections at court, saw in this an opportunity to advance their cause and suggested an alliance between France and Korea to repel the Russian advances, suggesting further that this alliance could be negotiated through Bishop Berneux. The Heungseon Daewongun seemed open to this idea, though it is uncertain whether this was ruse to bring the head of the Korean Catholic Church out into the open. Berneux was summoned to the capital, but upon his arrival in February 1866, he was seized and executed. A roundup then began of the other French Catholic priests and native converts.

 
Pierre Henri Dorié of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, also martyred in Korea in 1866.

As a result of the Korean dragnet all but three of the French missionaries were captured and executed: among them were Bishop Siméon Berneux, Bishop Antoine Daveluy, Father Just de Bretenières, Father Louis Beaulieu, Father Pierre Henri Dorié, Father Pierre Aumaître, Father Luc Martin Huin, all of them members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 6 May 1984. An untold number of Korean Catholics also met their end (estimations run around 10,000),[47] many being executed a place called Jeoldu-san in Seoul on the banks of the Han River. In late June 1866 one of the three surviving French missionaries, Father Felix-Claire Ridel, managed to escape via a fishing vessel and make his way to Tianjin, China in early July 1866. Fortuitously in Tianjin at the time of Ridel's arrival was the commander of the French Far Eastern Squadron, Rear Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze. Hearing of the massacre and the affront to French national honor, Roze determined to launch a punitive expedition, the French Campaign against Korea, 1866.

Ten martyrs of the M.E.P. were canonized by John-Paul II, 6 May 1984, as part of 103 canonized martyrs of Korea, including André Kim Tegong, the first Korean priest, and 92 Korean laics:

China

 
Paris Foreign Missions Society Fathers in China in 1860. Father Joseph Alibert (1835–1868) and Father Louis Jolly (1836–1878).
 
The mission in the Chinese province of Guizhou, 1876.
 
Martyrdom of Auguste Chapdelaine in 1856.

Father Auguste Chapdelaine, who was preaching illegally in China, was imprisoned, tortured and killed by Chinese authorities in 1856. This event, named the "Father Chapdelaine Incident" became the pretext for the French military intervention in the Second Opium War.[48][49][50]

Three missionaries of the M.E.P. were canonized by Pope John-Paul II on 1 October 2000, as part of 120 Martyrs of China, including 9 Franciscans, 6 Dominicans, 7 Franciscan missionary sisters of Mary, 1 Lazarist, 1 Italian priest of the Foreign Missions of Milan, 4 Chinese priests and 83 Chinese laics:

Japan

 
MEP Fathers and Seminarists in Southern Japan in 1881.

After the suppression of Christianity in Japan from around 1620 and nearly two century of strictly enforced seclusion thereafter, various contacts occurred from the middle of the 19th century as France was trying to expand its influence in Asia. After the signature of the Treaty of Nanking by Great Britain in 1842, both France and the United States tried to increase their efforts in the Orient.

The first attempts at resuming contacts occurred with the Ryūkyū Kingdom (modern Okinawa), a vassal of the Japanese fief of Satsuma since 1609. In 1844, a French naval expedition under Captain Fornier-Duplan onboard Alcmène visited Okinawa on April 28, 1844. Trade was denied, but Father Forcade of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was left behind with a Chinese translator, named Auguste Ko. Forcade and Ko remained in the Temple of Amiku, city of Tomari, under strict surveillance, only able to learn the Japanese language from monks. After a period of one year, on May 1, 1846, the French ship Sabine, commanded by Guérin, arrived, soon followed by La Victorieuse, commanded by Charles Rigault de Genouilly, and Cléopâtre, under Admiral Cécille. They came with the news that Pope Gregory XVI had nominated Forcade Bishop of Samos and Vicar Apostolic of Japan.[51] Cécille offered the kingdom French protection against British expansionism, but in vain, and only obtained that two missionaries could stay.

 
Mgr Petitjean, of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, first effective Vicar Apostolic of Japan.

Forcade and Ko were picked up to be used as translators in Japan, and father Leturdu was left in Tomari, soon joined by Father Mathieu Adnet. On July 24, 1846, Admiral Cécille arrived in Nagasaki, but failed in his negotiations and was denied landing, and Bishop Forcade never set foot in mainland Japan.[52] The Ryu-Kyu court in Naha complained in early 1847 about the presence of the French missionaries, who had to be removed in 1848.

France would have no further contacts with Okinawa for the next 7 years, until news came that Commodore Perry had obtained an agreement with the islands on July 11, 1854, following his treaty with Japan. France sent an embassy under Rear-Admiral Cécille onboard La Virginie in order to obtain similar advantages. A convention was signed on November 24, 1855.

As contacts between France and Japan developed during the Bakumatsu period (on the military side this is the period of the first French military mission to Japan), Japan was formed into a unique Vicariate Apostolic from 1866 until 1876. The Vicariate was administered by Mgr Petitjean, of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (1866–1884).[2]

20th century

The following table shows the state of the missions at the turn of the 20th century:[2]

Missions of Japan and Korea

Total number of

  • Catholics, 138,624
  • churches or chapels, 238
  • bishops and missionaries, 166
  • native priests, 48
  • catechists, 517
  • seminaries, 4
  • seminarists, 81
  • communities of men and women, 44, containing 390 persons
  • schools, 161, with 9024 pupils
  • orphanages and work-rooms, 38, with 988 children
  • pharmacies, dispensaries, and hospitals, 19

Missions of China and Tibet

Total number of

  • Catholics, 272,792
  • churches or chapels, 1392
  • bishops and missionaries, 408
  • native priests, 191
  • catechists, 998
  • seminaries, 19
  • seminarists, 661
  • communities of men and women, 23, with 222 members
  • schools, 1879, with 31,971 pupils
  • orphanages and work-rooms, 132, with 4134 children
  • pharmacies, dispensaries, and hospitals, 364

Missions of Eastern Indo-China

    • Tongking
    • Cochinchina
    • Cambodia

Total number of

  • Catholics, 632,830
  • churches or chapels, 2609
  • bishops and missionaries, 365
  • native priests, 491
  • catechists, 1153
  • seminaries, 14
  • seminarists, 1271
  • communities of men and women, 91, with 2538 persons
  • schools, 1859, with 58,434 pupils
  • orphanages and work-rooms, 106, with 7217 children
  • pharmacies, dispensaries, and hospitals, 107

Missions of Western Indo-China

Total number of

  • Catholics, 132,226
  • churches or chapels, 451
  • bishops and missionaries, 199
  • native priests, 42
  • catechists, 242
  • seminaries, 3
  • seminarists, 81
  • communities of men and women, 47, with 529 members
  • schools, 320, with 21,306 pupils
  • orphanages and work-rooms, 132, with 3757 children
  • pharmacies, dispensaries, and hospitals, 86

Missions of India

Total number of

  • Catholics, 324,050
  • churches or chapels, 1048
  • bishops and missionaries, 207
  • native priests, 67
  • catechists, 274
  • seminaries, 4
  • seminarists, 80
  • communities of men and women, 54, with 787 members
  • schools, 315, with 18,693 pupils
  • orphanages and work-rooms, 57, with 2046 children
  • pharmacies, dispensaries, and hospitals, 41

A sanatorium for sick missionaries was established in Hong Kong (Béthanie);[53][2] another in India among the Nilgiri mountains, and a third in France. In Hong Kong there were also a house of spiritual retreat and a printing establishment (Nazareth) which published works of art of the Far East – dictionaries, grammars, books of theology, piety, Christian doctrine, and pedagogy.[54][55][2] Houses of correspondence, or agencies, were established in the Far East, in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore, and one in Marseilles, France.[2]

Exhibits

 
Salle des Martyrs. The ladder-like apparatus in the middle is the cangue that was worn by Pierre Borie in captivity.
 
The Virgin Mary disguised as Kannon, Kirishitan cult, 17th century Japan. Salle des Martyrs, Paris Foreign Missions Society.

The crypt at the Paris Foreign Missions Society headquarters located Rue du Bac houses a permanent display called "Salle des Martyrs" ("Room of the Martyrs"). Numerous artifacts are on display, mainly remains and relics of martyred members of the missions, depictions of various martyrdoms endured during the history of the missions, and objects related to the Catholic Faith in the various countries of Asia. Also, historical archives and graphic material are available, regarding the details of the missions. The Salle des Martyrs can be visited for free from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11:00 to 18:30, and on Sundays from 13:00 to 18:00.

Another, much larger, exhibition is located on the ground floor of the main building of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Established as a temporary exhibition in 2007–2008, it remains in place but is now closed to the general public. It is only opened for visits once a year during the free-access "Journée des Musées Nationaux", although there seem to be plans to make it a permanent exhibition in the near future.

The park

 
Stela to the members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who were martyred in Korea.
 
Chinese bell brought from Canton by Charles Rigault de Genouilly, now in the park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
 
House of Chateaubriand, 120 Rue du Bac, with view on the park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

The park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society is the largest private garden in Paris. It houses various significant artifacts, such as a Chinese bell from Canton brought to France by the French Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly, a stela to Korean Martyrs and the list of canonized members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. The park can be visited every Saturday at 15:30.

The French writer Chateaubriand lived in an apartment 120 Rue du Bac, with a view on the park, a fact he mentions in the last paragraph of his Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe:

"As I write these last words, my window, which looks west over the gardens of the Foreign Mission, is open: it is six in the morning; I can see the pale and swollen moon; it is sinking over the spire of the Invalides, scarcely touched by the first golden glow from the East; one might say that the old world was ending, and the new beginning. I behold the light of a dawn whose sunrise I shall never see. It only remains for me to sit down at the edge of my grave; then I shall descend boldly, crucifix in hand, into eternity."

— Chateaubriand Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe Book XLII: Chapter 18[56]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.)". GCatholic.org.
  2. ^ a b c d e f   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Society of Foreign Missions of Paris". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^ a b "Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.)".
  4. ^ a b Asia in the Making of Europe, p.231
  5. ^ Missions, p.3
  6. ^ a b c d e f Missions, p.4
  7. ^ a b c d e Missions, p.5
  8. ^ a b c Mantienne, p.22
  9. ^ a b Les Missions étrangères, p.30
  10. ^ a b c Les Missions Etrangères, p.25
  11. ^ Mantienne, p.23
  12. ^ Asia in the Making of Europe, p.232
  13. ^ a b Mantienne, p.26
  14. ^ Missions, p.3-4
  15. ^ Mantienne, p.26-28
  16. ^ Asia in the Making of Europe, p.232
  17. ^ Viet Nam By Nhung Tuyet Tran, Anthony Reid p.222
  18. ^ An Empire Divided by James Patrick Daughton, p.31
  19. ^ Asia in the Making of Europe, p.229-230
  20. ^ a b c Les Missions Etrangeres, p.35
  21. ^ Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society By Anne Goldgar, Robert I. p.25 Note 77 [1]
  22. ^ A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751–1800 by Marie Tremaine p.70 [2]
  23. ^ a b c Mantienne, p.29
  24. ^ Tran, Anh Q. (2017). Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors: An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190677602. Page 27.
  25. ^ Mantienne, p.28
  26. ^ a b Asia in the Making of Europe, p.232
  27. ^ Les Missions Etrangères, p.37. Original French "Voici la principale raison qui a déterminé la Sacrée Congrégation à vous envoyer revêtus de l'épiscopat dans ces régions. C'est que vous preniez en main, par tous les moyens et méthodes possibles, l'éducation de jeunes gens, de façon à les rendre capable de recevoir le sacerdoce."
  28. ^ Missions, p.5. Original French: "Ne mettez aucun zèle, n'avancez aucun argument pour convaincre ces peuples de changer leurs rites, leurs coutumes et leur moeurs, à moins qu'ils ne soient évidemment contraires à la religion et à la morale. Quoi de plus absurde que de transporter chez les Chinois la france, l'Espagne, l'Italie, ou quelque autre pays d'Europe? N'introduisez pas chez eux nos pays, mais la foi, cette foi qui ne repousse ni ne blesse les rites, ni les usages d'aucun peuple, pourvu qu'ils ne soient pas détestables, mais bien au contraire veut qu'on les garde et les protège."
  29. ^ The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia By Nicholas Tarling, p.191
  30. ^ Asia in the Making of Europe, p.249
  31. ^ a b Les Missions Etrangeres, p.54
  32. ^ Les Missions Etrangeres, p.45
  33. ^ New Terrains in Southeast Asian History, p.294, Abu Talib
  34. ^ Les Missions Etrangeres, p.135. Article No1 of the decree: "Les établissements des Missions, connus sous la dénomination des Missions étrangères, et le séminaire du Saint-Esprit sont rétablis".
  35. ^ Les Missions Etrangeres, p.135
  36. ^ Website of the College General: [3] 2008-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  37. ^ Les Missions Etrangeres, p.137
  38. ^ Dragon Ascending By Henry Kamm p.86
  39. ^ a b Chapuis, p.5 Google Books Quote: "Two years later, in 1847, Lefebvre was again captured when he returned to Vietnam. This time Cecille sent captain Lapierre to Da Nang. Whether Lapierre was aware or not that Lefebvre had already been freed and on his way back to Singapore, the French first dismantled masts of some Vietnamese ships. Later on April 14, 1847, in only one hour, the French sank the last five bronze-plated vessels in the bay of Da Nang.
  40. ^ Tucker, p.27
  41. ^ a b Tucker, p.28
  42. ^ Les Missions Etrangeres, p.12
  43. ^ Tucker, p.29
  44. ^ A History of Vietnam, Oscar Chapuis p.195
  45. ^ Tucker, p.29
  46. ^ Source
  47. ^ "It is estimated than 10,000 were killed within a few months" Source 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  48. ^ Religion Under Socialism in China by Zhufeng Luo, Chu-feng Lo, Luo Zhufeng p.42: "France started the second Opium War under the pretext of the "Father Chapdelaine Incident." [4]
  49. ^ Taiwan in Modern Times by Paul Kwang Tsien Sih p.105: "The two incidents that eventually caused a war were the Arrow incident and the murder of the French Catholic priest, Abbe Auguste Chapdelaine"
  50. ^ A History of Christian Missions in China p.273 by Kenneth Scott Latourette: "A casus belli was found in an unfortunate incident which had occurred before the Arrow affair, the judicial murder of a French priest, Auguste Chapdelaine" [5]
  51. ^ The Dublin Review, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman [6]
  52. ^ Religion in Japan: Arrows to Heaven and Earth By Peter Francis Kornicki, James McMullen (1996) Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-55028-9, p.162
  53. ^ Restoration of Béthanie: now the home of Emmanuel Church - Pokfulam, Hong Kong
  54. ^ Béthanie and Nazareth: French Secrets from a British Colony. Alain Le Pichon. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. 15 Dec 2006. ISBN 988-99438-0-8. ISBN 978-988-99438-0-6
  55. ^ . Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  56. ^ Chateaubriand Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe Book XLII: Chapter 18

References

  • Mantienne, Frédéric (1999) Monseigneur Pigneau de Béhaine (Eglises d'Asie, Série Histoire, ISSN 1275-6865) ISBN 2-914402-20-1
  • Missions étrangères de Paris. 350 ans au service du Christ 2008 Editeurs Malesherbes Publications, Paris ISBN 978-2-916828-10-7
  • Les Missions Etrangères. Trois siècles et demi d'histoire et d'aventure en Asie Editions Perrin, 2008, ISBN 978-2-262-02571-7

Further reading

  • Adrien Launay (1898) Histoire des missions de l'Inde, 5 vols.

External links

  • Official Website

paris, foreign, missions, society, society, foreign, missions, paris, french, société, missions, etrangères, paris, short, roman, catholic, missionary, organization, religious, institute, organization, secular, priests, persons, dedicated, missionary, work, fo. The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris French Societe des Missions Etrangeres de Paris short M E P is a Roman Catholic missionary organization It is not a religious institute but an organization of secular priests and lay persons dedicated to missionary work in foreign lands 4 Paris Foreign Missions SocietySociete des Missions Etrangeres de Paris French 1 AbbreviationPost nominal letters M E P 1 Formation1660 363 years ago 1660 FounderBishop Francois Pallu MEP 2 TypeSociety of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right for Men Headquarters128 rue du Bac 75341 Paris CEDEX 07 France 1 Membership189 members 178 priests as of 2018 3 Superior GeneralFr Vincent Senechal MEP 3 AffiliationsRoman Catholic ChurchWebsitehttp www mepasie org The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris was established 1658 63 In 1659 instructions for establishment of the Paris Foreign Missions Society were given by Rome s Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith This marked the creation of a missionary institution that for the first time did not depend on the control of the traditional missionary and colonial powers of Spain or Portugal 5 In the 350 years since its foundation the institution has sent more than 4 200 missionary priests to Asia and North America Their mission is to adapt to local customs and languages develop a native clergy and keep close contacts with Rome 6 In the 19th century local persecutions of missionary priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was often a pretext for French military intervention in Asia 7 In Vietnam such persecutions were used by the French government to justify the armed interventions of Jean Baptiste Cecille and Charles Rigault de Genouilly In China the murder of Father Auguste Chapdelaine became the casus belli for the French involvement in the Second Opium War in 1856 In Korea persecutions were used to justify the 1866 French campaign against Korea Today the Paris Foreign Missions Society remains an active institution in the evangelization of Asia Contents 1 Background 2 Establishment 2 1 Appointment of missionary Bishops 2 2 Founding principles 2 3 Establishment Rue du Bac Paris 3 1658 1800 3 1 Siam 3 2 Cochinchina 3 3 French revolution 4 Nineteenth century 4 1 Vietnam 4 2 Korea 4 2 1 1839 persecutions 4 2 2 1866 persecutions 4 3 China 4 4 Japan 5 20th century 6 Missions of Japan and Korea 6 1 Total number of 7 Missions of China and Tibet 7 1 Total number of 8 Missions of Eastern Indo China 8 1 Total number of 9 Missions of Western Indo China 9 1 Total number of 10 Missions of India 10 1 Total number of 11 Exhibits 12 The park 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References 16 Further reading 17 External linksBackground Edit Building of the Missions etrangeres de Paris 128 Rue du Bac Paris Symbol of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris The traditional colonial powers of Spain and Portugal had initially received from the Pope an exclusive agreement to evangelize conquered lands a system known as Padroado Real in Portuguese and Patronato real in Spanish After some time however Rome grew dissatisfied with the Padroado system due to its limited means strong involvement with politics and dependence on the kings of Spain and Portugal for any decision 8 From a territorial standpoint also Portugal had been losing ground against the new colonial powers of England and the Dutch Republic meaning that it was becoming less capable of evangelizing new territories 9 In territories that it used to control Portugal had seen some disasters for instance Japanese Christianity was eradicated from around 1620 10 Finally Roman officials had doubts about the efficacy of religious orders such as the Dominicans Franciscans Jesuits or Barnabites since they were highly vulnerable in case of persecutions They did not seem able to develop local clergy who would be less vulnerable to state persecution Sending bishops to develop a strong local clergy seemed to be the solution to achieve future expansion 10 We have all reason to fear that what happened to the Church of Japan could also happen to the Church of Annam because these kings in Tonkin as well as in Cochinchina are very powerful and accustomed to war It is necessary that the Holy See by its own movement give pastors to these Oriental regions where Christians multiply in a marvellous way lest without bishops these men die without sacrament and manifestly risk damnation Alexandre de Rhodes 10 As early as 1622 Pope Gregory XV wishing to take back control of the missionary efforts had established the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith Congregatio de Propaganda Fide commonly known as Propaganda with the objective of bringing to the Catholic Faith non Catholic Christians but also inhabitants of the American continent and Asia 8 In order to do so Rome resurrected the system of Apostolic vicars who would report directly to Rome in their missionary efforts and would be responsible to create a native clergy 11 In the field violent conflicts would erupt between the Padroado and the Propaganda during the 17th and 18th centuries 8 When the first missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society were sent to the Far East the Portuguese missionaries were ordered to capture them and send them to Lisbon 12 The creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was well aligned with Rome s efforts to develop the role of the Propaganda 13 Establishment EditSee also French school of spirituality The French Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes is at the origin of the creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society The creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was initiated when the Jesuit Father Alexandre de Rhodes back from Vietnam and asking for the dispatch of numerous missionaries to the Far East obtained in 1650 an agreement by Pope Innocent X to send secular priests and bishops as missionaries 14 Alexandre de Rhodes received in Paris in 1653 a strong financial and organizational support from the Compagnie du Saint Sacrement for the establishment of the Paris Foreign Missions Society 15 16 Alexander de Rhodes found secular clergy volunteers in Paris in the persons of Francois Pallu and Pierre Lambert de la Motte and later Ignace Cotolendi the first members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who were sent to the Far East as Apostolic vicariate 17 18 19 Due to the strong opposition of Portugal and the death of Pope Innocent X the project was stalled for several years however until the candidates to the missions decided to go by themselves to Rome in June 1657 9 Appointment of missionary Bishops Edit Mgr Francois Pallu founding father of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Mgr Pierre Lambert de la Motte 1624 1679 On 29 July 1658 the two chief founders of the Paris Foreign Missions Society were appointed as bishops in the Vatican becoming Mgr Pallu Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica Vicar Apostolic of Tonkin and Mgr Lambert de la Motte Bishop of Berytus Vicar Apostolic of Cochinchina 20 On 9 September 1659 the papal bull Super cathedram principis apostolorum by Pope Alexander VII defined the territories they would have to administer for Mgr Pallu Tonkin Laos and five adjacent provinces of southern China Yunnan Guizhou Huguang Sichuan Guangxi for Mgr Lambert de la Motte Cochinchina and five provinces of southeastern China Zhejiang Fujian Guangdong Jiangxi Hainan 20 In 1660 the third founder was appointed as Mgr Cotolendi Bishop of Metellopolis Vicar Apostolic of Nanjing with also five provinces of China 20 namely Beijing Shanxi Shandong Korea and Tartary All of them were nominated Bishops in partibus infidelium In areas of the Infidels i e Heliopolis Beirut Metellopolis etc receiving long disappeared bishopric titles from areas that had been lost in order not to compromise contemporary bishopric titles and avoid conflicts with the bishoprics established through the padroado system 13 In 1658 also Francois de Laval was nominated Vicar Apostolic of Canada 21 and Bishop of Petra in partibus infidelium becoming the first Bishop of New France and in 1663 he would found the Seminaire de Quebec with the support of the Paris Foreign Missions Society 22 The Society itself Assemblee des Missions was formally established by the Compagnie du Saint Sacrement in 1658 23 The object of the new society was and is still the evangelization of non Christian countries by founding churches and raising up a native clergy under the jurisdiction of the bishops The Society was officially recognized in 1664 24 The creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society coincided with the establishment of the French East India Company Mgr Ignace Cotolendi 1630 1662 In order to dispatch the three missionaries to Asia the Compagnie du Saint Sacrement established a trading company the Compagnie de Chine founded 1660 A ship the Saint Louis was built in the Netherlands by the shipowner Fermanel but the ship foundered soon after being launched 25 At the same time the establishment of a trading company and the perceived threat of French missionary efforts to Asia was met with huge opposition by the Jesuits the Portuguese the Dutch and even the Propaganda leading to the issuing of an interdiction of the Compagnie du Saint Sacrement by Cardinal Mazarin in 1660 26 In spite of these events the King the Assembly of the French Clergy the Compagnie du Saint Sacrement and private donors accepted to finance the effort and the three bishop managed to depart although they now had to travel on land 26 The three bishops chosen for Asia left France 1660 62 to go to their respective missions and crossed Persia and India on foot since Portugal would have refused to take non Padroado missionaries by ship and the Dutch and the English refused to take Catholic missionaries 6 Mgr Lambert left Marseilles on 26 November 1660 and reached Mergui in Siam 18 months later Mgr Pallu joined Mgr Lambert in the capital of Siam Ayutthaya after 24 months overland and Mgr Cotolendi died upon arrival in India on 6 August 1662 6 Siam thus became the first country to receive the evangelization efforts of the Paris Foreign Missions Society to be followed by new missions years later in Cochinchina Tonkin and parts of China 6 Founding principles Edit Chapel of the Paris Foreign Missions Society The mission had the objective of adapting to local customs establishing a native clergy and keeping close contacts with Rome 6 In 1659 instructions were given by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith known as the Propaganda Here is the principal reason which determined the Sacred Congregation to send you as Bishops in these regions It is that you endeavour by all possible means and methods to educate young people so as to make them capable of receiving priesthood Extract from the 1659 Instructions given to Pallu and Lambert de la Motte by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith 27 Instructions were also given to the effect that respecting the habits of the countries to be evangelized was paramount a guiding principle of the Missions ever since Do not act with zeal do not put forward any arguments to convince these peoples to change their rites their customs or their usages except if they are evidently contrary to the religion and morality What would be more absurd than to bring France Spain Italy or any other European country to the Chinese Do not bring to them our countries but instead bring to them the faith a faith that does not reject or hurt the rites nor the usages of any people provided that these are not distasteful but that instead keeps and protects them Extract from the 1659 Instructions given to Pallu and Lambert de la Motte by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith 28 Establishment Rue du Bac Paris Edit The Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1663 The Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1739 with its park detail of 1739 map of Paris by Turgot The Chapel at the Paris Foreign Missions Society established in 1691 Louis XIV commemorative medal of the first stone of the Mission 1683 The Seminary Seminaire des Missions Etrangeres was created in March 1663 Msgr Jean Duval ordained under the name Bernard de Sainte Therese and nominated Bishop of Babylon modern Iraq in 1638 offered the deserted buildings of his own Seminary for Missions to Persia which he had created in 1644 at 128 Rue du Bac 23 On 10 March 1664 Father Vincent de Meur was nominated as the first director of the Seminary and officially became Superior of the Seminary on 11 June 1664 The Seminary was established so that the society might recruit members and administer its property through the actions of the Compagnie du Saint Sacrement and by the priests whom the vicars Apostolic had appointed their agents This house whose directors were to form young priests to the apostolic life and transmit to the bishops the offerings made by charity was and still is situated in Paris in the Rue du Bac Known from the beginning as the Seminary of Foreign Missions it secured the approval of Pope Alexander VII and the legal recognition of the French Government and Louis XIV in 1663 In 1691 the chapel was established and in 1732 the new larger building was completed 23 Another wing perpendicular to the 1732 one was added in the 19th century to accommodate the great increase in members of the Seminary 1658 1800 EditThe chief events of this period were the publication of the book Institutions apostoliques which contains the germ of the principles of the rule the foundation of the general seminary in Ayutthaya Siam 29 the Seminary of Saint Joseph 30 at the origin of the College General now in Penang Malaysia the evangelization of Tonkin Cochinchina Cambodia and Siam where more than 40 000 Christians were baptized the creation of an institute of Vietnamese nuns known as Lovers of the Cross the establishment of rules among catechists and the ordination of thirty native priests Between 1660 and 1700 about 100 missionaries were sent to Asia 4 Siam Edit See also France Thailand relations The Siamese embassy to Louis XIV led by Kosa Pan in 1686 was a result of the missionary efforts of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Mgr Louis Laneau of the Paris Foreign Missions Society on the right forefront 31 was closely involved in the contacts with the Siamese king Narai Here the French ambassador Chevalier de Chaumont presents a letter from Louis XIV to King Narai in 1685 The Paris Foreign Missions Society started its work in Siam with the establishment of a base in its capital Ayutthaya Siam was known to be highly tolerant of other religions and was the only country in Southeast Asia where the Catholic fathers could establish a base safely 32 With the agreement of the Siamese king Narai the Seminary of Saint Joseph was established which could educate Asian candidate priests from all the countries of the Southeast Asian peninsula A cathedral was also constructed The college remained in Siam for a century until the conquest of Siam by Burma in 1766 31 The missionary work also had political effects through their initiative a more active trade was established among Indo China the Indies and France embassies were sent from place to place and treaties were signed In 1681 Jacques Charles de Brisacier was elected superior of the organization In 1681 or 1682 the Siamese king Narai who was seeking to reduce Dutch and English influence named the French medical missionary Brother Rene Charbonneau a member of the Siam mission as Governor of Phuket Charbonneau held the position of Governor until 1685 33 In 1687 a French expedition to Siam took possession of Bangkok Mergui and Jonselang France came close to ruling an Indo Chinese empire though it failed following the 1688 Siamese revolution which adversely affected the missions Msgr Louis Laneau of the society was involved in these events 6 He was imprisoned by the government for two years with half of the members of the Seminar until he was allowed to resume his activities In 1702 Artus de Lionne Bishop of Rosalie and missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society brought Arcadio Huang to France as one of the first Chinese men there He established the basis for the study of the Chinese language in France In the second half of the 18th century the society was charged with the missions which the Jesuits had possessed in India prior to suppression of the order in Portugal Many of the Jesuits remained in Asia The missions took on a new life especially in Sichuan see Catholic Church in Sichuan under bishops Pottier fr and Dufresse and in Cochinchina Cochinchina Edit Mgr Pigneau de Behaine acted as a diplomatic agent for the Vietnamese Prince Nguyễn Phuc Anh the future Gia Long See also France Vietnam relations and French assistance to Nguyễn Anh In Cochinchina Mgr Pigneau de Behaine acted as an agent for Nguyễn Phuc Anh a pretender to the throne in making a treaty with France the 1787 Treaty of Versailles Pigneau de Behaine assisted Nguyễn Phuc Anh in obtaining the support of several French soldiers and officers modernizing his army and ultimately gaining victory over the Tay Sơn French revolution Edit At the end of the 18th century the French Revolution halted the growth of the society which had previously been very rapid At that time it had six bishops a score of missionaries assisted by 135 native priests in the various missions there were nine seminaries with 250 students and 300 000 Christians 7 Each year the number of baptisms rose on an average of 3000 to 3500 that of infant baptisms in articulo mortis was more than 100 000 Nineteenth century Edit Departure ceremony at the Paris Foreign Missions Society Le Depart 1868 by Charles Louis de Fredy de Coubertin On 23 March 1805 Napoleon signed a decree reinstating the Paris Foreign Missions Society 34 In 1809 however following a conflict with the Pope Napoleon cancelled his decision The Missions would be firmly re established through a decree by Louis XVIII in March 1815 35 Several causes contributed to the rapid growth of the society in the 19th century chiefly the charity of the Propagation of the Faith and the Society of the Holy Childhood Each bishop received annually 1200 francs each mission had its general needs and works allowance which varied according to its importance and could amount to from 10 000 to 30 000 francs 1856 departures of MEP missionaries 1864 departures of MEP missionaries The four on the left would become martyrs in Korea The second cause was persecution Fifteen missionaries died in prison or were beheaded during the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the 19th century but after that those killed among the missionaries were very numerous See Martyr Saints of China Altogether about 200 MEP missionaries died of violent death Among them 23 were beatified of whom 20 were canonized 36 with an additional 3 in 2000 Authors such as Chateaubriand with his Genie du christianisme also contributed to the recovery of the militant spirit of Catholicism after the troubles of the French Revolution 37 By 1820 the territory of the Missions which included India since the prohition of the Company of Jesus the Jesuits in 1776 extended to Korea Japan Manchuria Tibet Burma Malaysia etc 7 In the 19th century the local persecutions of missionary priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was often a pretext for French military intervention in Asia 7 based on the doctrine of the Protectorate of missions These persecutions were described in Europe by books pamphlets annals and journals inspiring numerous young men either with the desire for martyrdom or that of evangelization They played a part in inspiring European nations especially France and England to intervene in Indochina and China 7 Another cause of the progress of the missionaries was the ease and frequency of communication in consequence of the invention of steam and the opening of the Suez Canal A voyage could be made safely in one month which formerly required eight to ten months amid many dangers In Vietnam the persecutions of numerous priests such as Pierre Borie or Augustin Schoeffer was used as a justification for the armed interventions of Jean Baptiste Cecille and Charles Rigault de Genouilly ultimately leading to the occupation of Vietnam and the creation of French Indochina In Korea the beheading of Simeon Francois Berneux and other priests justified the 1866 French Campaign against Korea Vietnam Edit See also Martyrs of Vietnam Roman Catholicism in Vietnam and France Vietnam relations Martyrdom of Joseph Marchand in Vietnam in 1835 In 1825 emperor Minh Mạng the son and successor of Gia Long prohibited foreign missionaries in Vietnam on the grounds that they perverted the people The prohibition proved largely ineffective as missionaries continued their activities in Vietnam and participated in armed rebellions against Minh Mạng as in the Le Văn Khoi revolt 1833 1835 He banned Catholicism completely as well as French and Vietnamese priests 1833 1836 leading to persecutions of French missionaries 38 These included the martyrdom of Joseph Marchand in 1835 or Pierre Borie in 1838 These events served in France to stoke a desire among young men to intervene and protect the Catholic faith Martyrdom of Saint Pierre Borie 24 November 1838 in Tonkin Vietnam Vietnamese painting Ming Man s successor Thiệu Trị upheld the anti Catholic policy of his predecessor In 1843 the French Foreign Minister Francois Guizot sent a fleet to Vietnam under Admiral Jean Baptiste Cecille and Captain Charner 39 The action also was related to the British successes in China in 1842 and France hoped to be able to establish trade with China from the south The pretext was to support British efforts in China and to fight the persecution of French missionaries in Vietnam 40 In 1847 Cecille sent two warships Gloire and Victorieuse under Captain Lapierre to Da Nang Tourane in Vietnam to obtain the release of two imprisoned French missionaries Bishop Dominique Lefebvre imprisoned for a second time as he had re entered Vietnam illegally and Duclos and freedom of worship for Catholics in Vietnam 39 41 As negotiations drew on without results on April 15 1847 a fight named the Bombardment of Đa Nẵng erupted between the French fleet and Vietnamese ships three of which were sunk as a result The French fleet sailed away 41 Other missionaries were martyred during the reign of Emperor Tự Đức such as Augustin Schoeffer in 1851 and Jean Louis Bonnard in 1852 prompting the Paris Foreign Missions Society to ask the French government for a diplomatic intervention 42 In 1858 Charles Rigault de Genouilly attacked Vietnam under the orders of Napoleon III following the failed mission of diplomat Charles de Montigny His stated mission was to stop the persecution of Catholic missionaries in the country and assure the unimpeded propagation of the faith 43 Rigault de Genouilly with 14 French gunships 3 000 men and 300 Filipino troops provided by the Spanish 44 attacked the port of Da Nang in 1858 causing significant damage and occupying the city After a few months Rigault had to leave due to problems with supplies and illnesses among many of his troops 45 Sailing south De Genouilly captured Saigon a poorly defended city on 18 February 1859 This was the beginning of the French conquest of Cochinchina Martyrdom of Jean Charles Cornay 1837 Ten martyrs of the M E P were canonized by John Paul II 19 June 1988 as part of 117 martyrs of Vietnam including 11 Dominican Fathers 37 Vietnamese priests and 59 Vietnamese laics Francois Isidore Gagelin 1833 Joseph Marchand 1835 Jean Charles Cornay 1837 Francois Jaccard 1838 Bishop Pierre Borie vicar apostolic of Western Tonking 1838 Augustin Schoeffler 1851 Jean Louis Bonnard 1852 Pierre Francois Neron 1860 Theophane Venard 1861 Bishop Etienne Theodore Cuenot vicar apostolic of Eastern Cochinchina 1861 Native priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in western Tonkin Jules Paspin of the MEP Died of malnutrition in Vietnam in 1856 Korea Edit See also Korean Martyrs Roman Catholicism in Korea and French Campaign against Korea 1866 Laurent Joseph Marius Imbert of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Saint martyred in Korea 21 September 1839 In the mid 19th century that the first western Catholic missionaries began to enter Korea This was done by stealth either via the Korean border with Manchuria or the Yellow Sea These French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society arrived in Korea in the 1840s to proselytize to a growing Korean flock that had in fact independently introduced Catholicism into Korea but needed ordained ministers 1839 persecutions Edit On 26 April 1836 Laurent Joseph Marius Imbert of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Korea and Titular Bishop of Capsa On 14 May 1837 he was ordained Titular Bishop of Capsa and crossed secretly from Manchuria to Korea the same year On 10 August 1839 Bishop Imbert who was secretly going about his missionary work was betrayed He was taken to Seoul where he was tortured to reveal the whereabouts of foreign missionaries He wrote a note to his fellow missionaries Fathers Pierre Philibert Maubant and Jacques Honore Chastan asking them to surrender to the Korean authorities as well They were taken before an interrogator and questioned for three days to reveal the names and whereabouts of their converts As torture failed to break them down they were sent to another prison and beheaded on 21 September 1839 at Saenamteo Their bodies remained exposed for several days but were finally buried on Noku Mountain 1866 persecutions Edit Bishop Simeon Francois Berneux appointed in 1856 as head of the infant Korean Catholic church estimated in 1859 that the number of Korean faithful had reached nearly 17 000 At first the Korean court turned a blind eye to such incursions This attitude changed abruptly however with the enthronement of King Gojong in 1864 By the time the Heungseon Daewongun assumed de facto control of the government in 1864 there were twelve French Paris Foreign Missions Society priests living and preaching in Korea and an estimated 23 000 native Korean converts Bishop Berneux of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was tortured and then beheaded on March 7 1866 46 In January 1866 Russian ships appeared on the east coast of Korea demanding trading and residency rights in what seemed an echo of the demands made on China by other western powers Native Korean Christians with connections at court saw in this an opportunity to advance their cause and suggested an alliance between France and Korea to repel the Russian advances suggesting further that this alliance could be negotiated through Bishop Berneux The Heungseon Daewongun seemed open to this idea though it is uncertain whether this was ruse to bring the head of the Korean Catholic Church out into the open Berneux was summoned to the capital but upon his arrival in February 1866 he was seized and executed A roundup then began of the other French Catholic priests and native converts Pierre Henri Dorie of the Paris Foreign Missions Society also martyred in Korea in 1866 As a result of the Korean dragnet all but three of the French missionaries were captured and executed among them were Bishop Simeon Berneux Bishop Antoine Daveluy Father Just de Bretenieres Father Louis Beaulieu Father Pierre Henri Dorie Father Pierre Aumaitre Father Luc Martin Huin all of them members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and canonized by Pope John Paul II on 6 May 1984 An untold number of Korean Catholics also met their end estimations run around 10 000 47 many being executed a place called Jeoldu san in Seoul on the banks of the Han River In late June 1866 one of the three surviving French missionaries Father Felix Claire Ridel managed to escape via a fishing vessel and make his way to Tianjin China in early July 1866 Fortuitously in Tianjin at the time of Ridel s arrival was the commander of the French Far Eastern Squadron Rear Admiral Pierre Gustave Roze Hearing of the massacre and the affront to French national honor Roze determined to launch a punitive expedition the French Campaign against Korea 1866 Ten martyrs of the M E P were canonized by John Paul II 6 May 1984 as part of 103 canonized martyrs of Korea including Andre Kim Tegong the first Korean priest and 92 Korean laics Bishop Laurent Imbert 21 September 1839 Pierre Maubant 21 September 1839 Jacques Chastan 21 September 1839 Bishop Simeon Berneux 8 March 1866 Just de Bretenieres 8 March 1866 Louis Beaulieu 8 March 1866 Pierre Henri Dorie 8 March 1866 Bishop Antoine Daveluy 30 March 1866 Pierre Aumaitre 30 March 1866 Martin Luc Huin 30 March 1866 China Edit See also Roman Catholicism in China France China relations and Martyrs of China Paris Foreign Missions Society Fathers in China in 1860 Father Joseph Alibert 1835 1868 and Father Louis Jolly 1836 1878 The mission in the Chinese province of Guizhou 1876 Martyrdom of Auguste Chapdelaine in 1856 Father Auguste Chapdelaine who was preaching illegally in China was imprisoned tortured and killed by Chinese authorities in 1856 This event named the Father Chapdelaine Incident became the pretext for the French military intervention in the Second Opium War 48 49 50 Three missionaries of the M E P were canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000 as part of 120 Martyrs of China including 9 Franciscans 6 Dominicans 7 Franciscan missionary sisters of Mary 1 Lazarist 1 Italian priest of the Foreign Missions of Milan 4 Chinese priests and 83 Chinese laics Bishop Gabriel Taurin Dufresse vicar apostolic of Sichuan China 1815 Auguste Chapdelaine Saint martyred in China 29 February 1856 Jean Pierre Neel China 1862 Pierre Dumont died fleeing a Muslim revolt in Yunnan in 1856 Saint Auguste Chapdelaine Martyred in China in 1856 Saint Jean Pierre Neel Martyred in China in 1862 Japan Edit See also France Japan relations 19th century and Roman Catholicism in Japan MEP Fathers and Seminarists in Southern Japan in 1881 After the suppression of Christianity in Japan from around 1620 and nearly two century of strictly enforced seclusion thereafter various contacts occurred from the middle of the 19th century as France was trying to expand its influence in Asia After the signature of the Treaty of Nanking by Great Britain in 1842 both France and the United States tried to increase their efforts in the Orient The first attempts at resuming contacts occurred with the Ryukyu Kingdom modern Okinawa a vassal of the Japanese fief of Satsuma since 1609 In 1844 a French naval expedition under Captain Fornier Duplan onboard Alcmene visited Okinawa on April 28 1844 Trade was denied but Father Forcade of the Paris Foreign Missions Society was left behind with a Chinese translator named Auguste Ko Forcade and Ko remained in the Temple of Amiku city of Tomari under strict surveillance only able to learn the Japanese language from monks After a period of one year on May 1 1846 the French ship Sabine commanded by Guerin arrived soon followed by La Victorieuse commanded by Charles Rigault de Genouilly and Cleopatre under Admiral Cecille They came with the news that Pope Gregory XVI had nominated Forcade Bishop of Samos and Vicar Apostolic of Japan 51 Cecille offered the kingdom French protection against British expansionism but in vain and only obtained that two missionaries could stay Mgr Petitjean of the Paris Foreign Missions Society first effective Vicar Apostolic of Japan Forcade and Ko were picked up to be used as translators in Japan and father Leturdu was left in Tomari soon joined by Father Mathieu Adnet On July 24 1846 Admiral Cecille arrived in Nagasaki but failed in his negotiations and was denied landing and Bishop Forcade never set foot in mainland Japan 52 The Ryu Kyu court in Naha complained in early 1847 about the presence of the French missionaries who had to be removed in 1848 France would have no further contacts with Okinawa for the next 7 years until news came that Commodore Perry had obtained an agreement with the islands on July 11 1854 following his treaty with Japan France sent an embassy under Rear Admiral Cecille onboard La Virginie in order to obtain similar advantages A convention was signed on November 24 1855 As contacts between France and Japan developed during the Bakumatsu period on the military side this is the period of the first French military mission to Japan Japan was formed into a unique Vicariate Apostolic from 1866 until 1876 The Vicariate was administered by Mgr Petitjean of the Paris Foreign Missions Society 1866 1884 2 20th century EditThe following table shows the state of the missions at the turn of the 20th century 2 Missions of Japan and Korea Edit Tokio Nagasaki Osaka Hakodate KoreaTotal number of Edit Catholics 138 624 churches or chapels 238 bishops and missionaries 166 native priests 48 catechists 517 seminaries 4 seminarists 81 communities of men and women 44 containing 390 persons schools 161 with 9024 pupils orphanages and work rooms 38 with 988 children pharmacies dispensaries and hospitals 19 Missions of China and Tibet Edit Western Sichuan Eastern Sichuan Southern Sichuan Yunnan Guizhou Guangdong Guangxi Southern Manchuria Northern ManchuriaTotal number of Edit Catholics 272 792 churches or chapels 1392 bishops and missionaries 408 native priests 191 catechists 998 seminaries 19 seminarists 661 communities of men and women 23 with 222 members schools 1879 with 31 971 pupils orphanages and work rooms 132 with 4134 children pharmacies dispensaries and hospitals 364 Missions of Eastern Indo China Edit Tongking Cochinchina CambodiaTotal number of Edit Catholics 632 830 churches or chapels 2609 bishops and missionaries 365 native priests 491 catechists 1153 seminaries 14 seminarists 1271 communities of men and women 91 with 2538 persons schools 1859 with 58 434 pupils orphanages and work rooms 106 with 7217 children pharmacies dispensaries and hospitals 107 Missions of Western Indo China Edit Siam Malacca Laos Southern Burma Northern BurmaTotal number of Edit Catholics 132 226 churches or chapels 451 bishops and missionaries 199 native priests 42 catechists 242 seminaries 3 seminarists 81 communities of men and women 47 with 529 members schools 320 with 21 306 pupils orphanages and work rooms 132 with 3757 children pharmacies dispensaries and hospitals 86 Missions of India Edit Pondicherry Mysore Coimbatore KumbakonamTotal number of Edit Catholics 324 050 churches or chapels 1048 bishops and missionaries 207 native priests 67 catechists 274 seminaries 4 seminarists 80 communities of men and women 54 with 787 members schools 315 with 18 693 pupils orphanages and work rooms 57 with 2046 children pharmacies dispensaries and hospitals 41A sanatorium for sick missionaries was established in Hong Kong Bethanie 53 2 another in India among the Nilgiri mountains and a third in France In Hong Kong there were also a house of spiritual retreat and a printing establishment Nazareth which published works of art of the Far East dictionaries grammars books of theology piety Christian doctrine and pedagogy 54 55 2 Houses of correspondence or agencies were established in the Far East in Shanghai Hong Kong Saigon Singapore and one in Marseilles France 2 Exhibits Edit Salle des Martyrs The ladder like apparatus in the middle is the cangue that was worn by Pierre Borie in captivity The Virgin Mary disguised as Kannon Kirishitan cult 17th century Japan Salle des Martyrs Paris Foreign Missions Society The crypt at the Paris Foreign Missions Society headquarters located Rue du Bac houses a permanent display called Salle des Martyrs Room of the Martyrs Numerous artifacts are on display mainly remains and relics of martyred members of the missions depictions of various martyrdoms endured during the history of the missions and objects related to the Catholic Faith in the various countries of Asia Also historical archives and graphic material are available regarding the details of the missions The Salle des Martyrs can be visited for free from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 00 to 18 30 and on Sundays from 13 00 to 18 00 Another much larger exhibition is located on the ground floor of the main building of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Established as a temporary exhibition in 2007 2008 it remains in place but is now closed to the general public It is only opened for visits once a year during the free access Journee des Musees Nationaux although there seem to be plans to make it a permanent exhibition in the near future Portrait of Vietnamese crown prince Nguyễn Phuc Cảnh Ashes of Pigneau de Behaine Pigneau s 1772 Dictionarium Anamitico Latinum The Society in 1925 The park Edit Stela to the members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who were martyred in Korea Chinese bell brought from Canton by Charles Rigault de Genouilly now in the park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society House of Chateaubriand 120 Rue du Bac with view on the park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society The park of the Paris Foreign Missions Society is the largest private garden in Paris It houses various significant artifacts such as a Chinese bell from Canton brought to France by the French Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly a stela to Korean Martyrs and the list of canonized members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society The park can be visited every Saturday at 15 30 The French writer Chateaubriand lived in an apartment 120 Rue du Bac with a view on the park a fact he mentions in the last paragraph of his Memoires d Outre Tombe As I write these last words my window which looks west over the gardens of the Foreign Mission is open it is six in the morning I can see the pale and swollen moon it is sinking over the spire of the Invalides scarcely touched by the first golden glow from the East one might say that the old world was ending and the new beginning I behold the light of a dawn whose sunrise I shall never see It only remains for me to sit down at the edge of my grave then I shall descend boldly crucifix in hand into eternity Chateaubriand Memoires d Outre Tombe Book XLII Chapter 18 56 See also EditTimeline of Christian missions Roman Catholic religious order Society of Saint Sulpice Roman Catholicism in Asia Christianity in Asia Chinese Rites controversy Category Paris Foreign Missions Society Former French Mission Building in Hong KongNotes Edit a b c Paris Foreign Missions Society M E P GCatholic org a b c d e f One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Herbermann Charles ed 1913 Society of Foreign Missions of Paris Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company a b Paris Foreign Missions Society M E P a b Asia in the Making of Europe p 231 Missions p 3 a b c d e f Missions p 4 a b c d e Missions p 5 a b c Mantienne p 22 a b Les Missions etrangeres p 30 a b c Les Missions Etrangeres p 25 Mantienne p 23 Asia in the Making of Europe p 232 a b Mantienne p 26 Missions p 3 4 Mantienne p 26 28 Asia in the Making of Europe p 232 Viet Nam By Nhung Tuyet Tran Anthony Reid p 222 An Empire Divided by James Patrick Daughton p 31 Asia in the Making of Europe p 229 230 a b c Les Missions Etrangeres p 35 Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society By Anne Goldgar Robert I p 25 Note 77 1 A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints 1751 1800 by Marie Tremaine p 70 2 a b c Mantienne p 29 Tran Anh Q 2017 Gods Heroes and Ancestors An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth Century Vietnam Oxford University Press ISBN 9780190677602 Page 27 Mantienne p 28 a b Asia in the Making of Europe p 232 Les Missions Etrangeres p 37 Original French Voici la principale raison qui a determine la Sacree Congregation a vous envoyer revetus de l episcopat dans ces regions C est que vous preniez en main par tous les moyens et methodes possibles l education de jeunes gens de facon a les rendre capable de recevoir le sacerdoce Missions p 5 Original French Ne mettez aucun zele n avancez aucun argument pour convaincre ces peuples de changer leurs rites leurs coutumes et leur moeurs a moins qu ils ne soient evidemment contraires a la religion et a la morale Quoi de plus absurde que de transporter chez les Chinois la france l Espagne l Italie ou quelque autre pays d Europe N introduisez pas chez eux nos pays mais la foi cette foi qui ne repousse ni ne blesse les rites ni les usages d aucun peuple pourvu qu ils ne soient pas detestables mais bien au contraire veut qu on les garde et les protege The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia By Nicholas Tarling p 191 Asia in the Making of Europe p 249 a b Les Missions Etrangeres p 54 Les Missions Etrangeres p 45 New Terrains in Southeast Asian History p 294 Abu Talib Les Missions Etrangeres p 135 Article No1 of the decree Les etablissements des Missions connus sous la denomination des Missions etrangeres et le seminaire du Saint Esprit sont retablis Les Missions Etrangeres p 135 Website of the College General 3 Archived 2008 07 22 at the Wayback Machine Les Missions Etrangeres p 137 Dragon Ascending By Henry Kamm p 86 a b Chapuis p 5 Google Books Quote Two years later in 1847 Lefebvre was again captured when he returned to Vietnam This time Cecille sent captain Lapierre to Da Nang Whether Lapierre was aware or not that Lefebvre had already been freed and on his way back to Singapore the French first dismantled masts of some Vietnamese ships Later on April 14 1847 in only one hour the French sank the last five bronze plated vessels in the bay of Da Nang Tucker p 27 a b Tucker p 28 Les Missions Etrangeres p 12 Tucker p 29 A History of Vietnam Oscar Chapuis p 195 Tucker p 29 Source It is estimated than 10 000 were killed within a few months Source Archived 2007 06 10 at the Wayback Machine Religion Under Socialism in China by Zhufeng Luo Chu feng Lo Luo Zhufeng p 42 France started the second Opium War under the pretext of the Father Chapdelaine Incident 4 Taiwan in Modern Times by Paul Kwang Tsien Sih p 105 The two incidents that eventually caused a war were the Arrow incident and the murder of the French Catholic priest Abbe Auguste Chapdelaine A History of Christian Missions in China p 273 by Kenneth Scott Latourette A casus belli was found in an unfortunate incident which had occurred before the Arrow affair the judicial murder of a French priest Auguste Chapdelaine 5 The Dublin Review Nicholas Patrick Wiseman 6 Religion in Japan Arrows to Heaven and Earth By Peter Francis Kornicki James McMullen 1996 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 55028 9 p 162 Restoration of Bethanie now the home of Emmanuel Church Pokfulam Hong Kong Bethanie and Nazareth French Secrets from a British Colony Alain Le Pichon Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 15 Dec 2006 ISBN 988 99438 0 8 ISBN 978 988 99438 0 6 The history of Nazareth which was previously known as Douglas Castle and is now University Hall Archived from the original on 2018 05 08 Retrieved 2011 10 21 Chateaubriand Memoires d Outre Tombe Book XLII Chapter 18References EditMantienne Frederic 1999 Monseigneur Pigneau de Behaine Eglises d Asie Serie Histoire ISSN 1275 6865 ISBN 2 914402 20 1 Missions etrangeres de Paris 350 ans au service du Christ 2008 Editeurs Malesherbes Publications Paris ISBN 978 2 916828 10 7 Les Missions Etrangeres Trois siecles et demi d histoire et d aventure en Asie Editions Perrin 2008 ISBN 978 2 262 02571 7Further reading EditAdrien Launay 1898 Histoire des missions de l Inde 5 vols External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Missions etrangeres de Paris Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paris Foreign Missions Society amp oldid 1128553886, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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