Andrew Dũng-Lạc

Andrew Trần Dũng-Lạc (Vietnamese: Anrê Trần An Dũng Lạc, Vietnamese pronunciation: [aːn˧re˧ tɕən˨˩ aːn˧ zuŋ˧˥ lak˧˨]), French: André Dũng-Lạc; c. 1795 – 21 December 1839) was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest. He was executed by beheading during the reign of Minh Mạng. He is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church.

Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc
Andrew Dũng-Lạc, detail from a stained glass window in St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Westerville, Ohio
Born	1795 Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh, Vietnam
Died	21 December 1839 Hanoi, Vietnam
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	21 November 1900, Vatican City by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized	19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Feast	24 November (General Roman Calendar) 21 December (Roman Martyrology) 10 December (Hanoi)[1]
Patronage	Diocese of Orange

Biography

He was born Trần An Dũng in Vietnam in 1795. He took the name Andrew at his baptism (Anrê Dũng) and was ordained a priest on 15 March 1823.^[2] During persecution, Andrew Dũng changed his name to Lạc to avoid capture, and thus he is memorialised as Andrew Dũng-Lạc (Anrê Dũng Lạc).^[3] His memorial is 24 November; this memorial celebrates all of the Vietnamese Martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries (1625–1886).

See also

• List of Catholic saints
• Christianity in Vietnam
• Roman Catholicism in Vietnam