Boniface Sauer

Abbot Boniface Sauer, O.S.B. (10 January 1877 – 7 February 1950) was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic bishop who served as apostolic administrator of Hamheung, Korea and Abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon.

Abbot Boniface Sauer O.S.B. D.D.
Abbot of Tokwon
Bonifatius Sauer
Native name	Bonifatius Sauer
Church	Catholic Church
See	Territorial Abbey of Tokwon
In office	12 January 1940 – 7 February 1950
Predecessor	Abbey erected
Successor	Timotheus Bitterli
Other posts	Apostolic Administrator of Hamheung (1920-1940) Titular Bishop of Appiaria (1920-1950)
Previous post	Apostolic Administrator of Ilan (1928-1934)
Orders
Ordination	26 July 1903
Consecration	1 May 1921 by Gustave Mutel
Personal details
Born	Joseph Sauer (1877-01-10)10 January 1877 Oberufhausen (in present-day Eiterfeld), Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	7 February 1950(1950-02-07) (aged 73) Prison, Pyongyang, North Korea

Biography

Boniface Sauer was born Oberuffhausen, Germany. On 4 February 1900, he made Solemn Profession in the Order of Saint Benedict and was ordained a priest on 26 July 1903. On 25 August 1920, Sauer was appointed vicar apostolic of Wonsan, Korea and Titular Bishop of Appiaria. He was ordained a bishop on 1 May 1921 by Bishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P.

On 9 July 1928, Sauer was appointed the apostolic administrator of Ilan, China. Six years later, on 15 February 1934, he resigned as apostolic administrator of Ilan, China.

On 12 January 1940, Sauer was appointed the abbot of Tokugen o Tokwon, Korea and apostolic administrator of Hamheung, Korea.

He died in a North Korean prison in 1950. His beatification process is underway. He is included in the Martyrologium Germanicum.

See also

• Religion in Korea
• Religion in North Korea
• Christianity in Korea
• Catholic Church in South Korea
• List of Catholic Dioceses in Korea
• List of Saints from Asia