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Father Francis Trương Bửu Diệp was a Vietnamese Catholic priest, born in 1897 in Vietnam. His mother died when he was still a child and he traveled with his father to Cambodia. As a young adult, he entered the seminary and was ordained in 1924, after completing Philosophy and Theology studied at the Phnom Penh Major Seminary in Cambodia. He had established many parishes throughout Vietnam and Cambodia, such as Bà Đốc, Cam Bô, An Hải, Đầu Sấu, Chủ Chí, Khúc Tréo, Đồng Gò, Rạch Rắn,…[1]
In 1945, during his ministry in Vietnam, the country was torn apart by war. The communists came down harshly on the Catholic community as the war broke out. He was advised by a superior to leave his parish for a safer location. Father Diệp refused, saying, “I will live with my flock and if necessary, I will die with them.” The following year on March 12th, Father Diệp were killed.