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Bang Yu-ryong (Leo)

Korean priest, founder of the Blessed Korean Martyrs congregations

Servant of GodFull write-upSouth Korea

Born

3 March 1900

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Died

24 January 1986

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Beatified

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not yet

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

He founded the Clerical Congregation of the Blessed Korean Martyrs (1953), the Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs (1946) and the Palma Sisters (1962), and developed a distinctively Korean school of spirituality.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Archdiocese of Seoul's beatification and canonization committee is promoting his cause, and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints granted the nihil obstat, so he is now called Servant of God.

The cause

Bang Yu-ryong (Leo) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Bang Yu-ryong (Leo).

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. Reporting one begins with the postulation.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.