Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe

The caption in traditional Chinese reads: "Photographed during Father Lebbe's apostolic life in Paris". Father Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (Chinese name: Lei Mingyuan ; He objected to the practice of Chinese Catholics kneeling or prostrating themselves before foreign missionaries and sought to replace it with a practice of genuflecting.

In 1912, Lebbe established the first Chinese Catholic weekly newspaper, Guang Yi Lu, and appointed Ying Lianzhi as its lay editor.

Reassigned to southern China, Lebbe was unable to speak or understand local dialects well, and struggled.

Lebbe worked to develop the Catholic Action network across China, working especially closely with Paul Yu Bin. During his detention, Lebbe offered Masses, lead prayers, preached to other Christian prisoners, and baptized some prisoners.

The case for Lebbe's beatification was opened in 1988 by the Little Brothers of St. John the Baptist of Taichung, Taiwan. Many schools and institutions bear his name, and he received official praise from the ROC government after his death, including a memorial tablet at the National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine in Taipei.

Writings Oeuvres de Vincent Lebbe Memoria sullo stato dell'evangelizzazione in Cina e sulla formazione del Clero indigeno, Sagra Congregazione De Propaganda Fide, Ponente, Rome 1922. Que sera la Chine demain?, 1925 En Chine, il y a du nouveau, Paris 1930 Histoires chinoises, Louvain 1937