Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death–– Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials–– as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War.
Auguste Chapdelaine.
Martyrdom of Auguste Chapdelaine.
Paris Foreign Missions Society
The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris is a 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.
Building of the Missions étrangères de Paris, 128 Rue du Bac, Paris.
Symbol of the Missions Étrangères de Paris.
The French Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes is at the origin of the creation of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.
François Pallu, founding father of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.