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René Dubroux
Priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, martyr in Laos
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Born
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unknown
Died
1959
Beatified
11 December 2016
by Francis
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
René Dubroux, a priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, was forty-five years old when he was betrayed by one of his own helpers and murdered on 19 December 1959.
He was beatified on 11 December 2016 by Pope Francis, among the martyrs of Laos.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints names him among the martyrs of Laos beatified on 11 December 2016.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - martiri-del-laos
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 December 2016
- Wikidata R123b83ae — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.