Chronology of
St. John Gabriel Perboyre

1802	January 6 January 7	Birth at Puech, Mongesty, France Baptism
1817	June 16	Decision to prepare for the priesthood
1818	December 27	Entered the Vincentian community
1820	December 28	Pronounced his vows at the age of nineteen
1821	January	Arrived in Paris to study theology
1823	September	Professor at College of Montdidier; went to Paris in 1824 and 1825 to be ordained subdeacon and deacon
1826	September 23	Ordained a priest in the Rue de Bac by Bishop Louis Dubourg, the former Bishop of New Orleans, on the anniversary of St. Vincent's priestly ordination date
1826	September	Professor at major seminary of Saint Flour
1827	September	Superior at minor seminary of Saint Flour
1831	May 2	Death of his brother Louis, enroute to China
1832	September	Assistant Novice Director, Paris
1835	February 2 March 21	Permission to go to China Departs from Le Havre
1836	June 27	Arrives at Honan, China
1839	September 15	A persecution against the Church broke out in the area in which Father Perboyre was propagating the Faith and he was taken prisoner
1839	September 18	Arrested
1840	July 15 September 11	Condemned to death Execution by stangulation in the Chinese fashion
1889	November 10	Decree of Beatification by Pope Leo XIII, Rome
1996	June 2	Canonization

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The Canonization of John Gabriel Perboyre and the Missionary Commitment of the Congregation by Juan Delgado, C. M.
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