Jean-Martin Moye
BlessedMay 4 · 1730–1793
Jean-Martin Moye (1730, Cutting — 1793, Trier) — Blessed, founder of Catholic religious community. Feast day: 4 May.
Early modern timesFrancePeople's Republic of ChinaGermanyPriests and deaconsFounders of orders and monasteriesMissionaries
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Jean-Martin Moye was an 18th-century French Catholic priest and missionary who dedicated his life to religious service. Born in 1730 in Cutting, he studied at the College of Pont-à-Mousson before being ordained in 1754. After serving as a vicar in Metz, he established the Sisters of Divine Providence to provide education in rural areas. Following periods of ecclesiastical suspension, he joined the Foreign Missions Society of Paris and traveled to China in 1771, where he spent a decade working as a missionary.

