Dominique Lefebvre
Dominique Lefèbvre (born August 1, 1810 in Courtonne-la-Meurdrac; † April 30, 1865 in Marseille ) was a missionary of the Paris Overseas Mission Society , titular bishop of Isouropolis in partibus infidelium (ii), also abbreviated as partibus ( ip).
He was appointed Vicar Apostolic in Cochinchina in 1845 in Huế , the capital of the Nguyễn dynasty , by the Emperor Thiệu Trị .
The US ship USS Constitution under Captain John Percival tried unsuccessfully on May 10, 1845 through armed intervention and the arrest of dignitaries of the Empire of Vietnam and the capture of four ships to achieve the release of Lefèbvre. The Vietnamese victim of the landing was not apologized until years after the intervention in a letter from American President Zachary Taylor to the emperor, now Tự Đức .
The apostolic vicar was again established in 1847, followed by the bombardment of Tourane (now Danang) on April 18, 1847 , in which four Annamite frigates were sunk by the French navy and another was badly damaged. Further reprisals against Catholic missionaries were one of the pretexts for the French Empire of Napoléon III from 1858 . To occupy parts of what is now Vietnam.
Lefèbvre died in Marseille in 1865.
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| SURNAME | Lefebvre, Dominique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courtonne-la-Meurdrac |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1865 |
| Place of death | Vietnam |