Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse was a French Catholic prelate and missionary who served as the Vicar Apostolic of Se-Ciuen from 1801 until his death. Born in Lezoux in 1750, he joined the Paris Foreign Missions Society and traveled to China in 1775. Throughout his career, he navigated intense religious persecutions, including periods of imprisonment. He is recognized as one of the 120 martyrs of China, having been executed in Chengdu in 1815 for his faith.