ประวัติบุญราศรี คุณพ่อ นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง
The above is the rendering in the beautiful Thai script of the name of one of today's blesseds, Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung.
[Thai script from the Nakorn Rachisima Catholic Diocese; information from the Patron Saints Index]
The above is the rendering in the beautiful Thai script of the name of one of today's blesseds, Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung.
- One of six children. His parents were converts, and he was raised as a Christian. Entered the Hang Xan Minor Seminary at age 13, and the Penang Major Seminary, Malaysia in 1920. Ordained in Bangkok, Thailand in 1926. Pastor at Bang Nok Khneuk and Phitsanulok. Missionary to northern Vietnam from 1930 to 1937, working to bring back Catholics who had fallen from their practice due to poverty.
When war broke out between France and Indochina, Nicholas was accused of spying for the French. In 1941 he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison. There he contracted tuberculosis which, with the hardships of prison, eventually killed him, but not before he spent two years bringing the faith to his fellow prisoners, baptizing at least 68. Thailand's first martyr priest.
[Thai script from the Nakorn Rachisima Catholic Diocese; information from the Patron Saints Index]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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