Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier
Roman Catholic bishop
Died when: 67 years 194 days (810 months)Star Sign: Libra
Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier-Duperron C.M.(Chinese: ???Pinyin:Fan Guoliang Wade-Giles: Fan Kouo-Léang) (born 22 September 1837 at Marsannay-la-Côte, France; died 4 April 1905 in Beijing) was the Catholic (Chinese: ???;
Pinyin: Tianzhu jiao;Lord of Heaven Religion) Lazarist Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li (????) (later Chihli; now Hebei), China (now incorporating the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing) and titular bishop of Pentacomia from 13 April 1899 until his death in 1905.
During the Boxer Uprising of 1900, Favier was responsible for the defence and preservation of the Xishiku Cathedral (??????), commonly referred to as the Beitang (??, the North Cathedral) in Beijing, and the protection of thousands of Chinese Roman Catholic Christians.
In the aftermath of the Boxer Uprising, Favier was accused of looting.
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