Background
Isidoro Ngei Ko Latin was the son of peasants and Father Dominic Pedrotti baptized him on 7 September 1918.
Isidoro Ngei Ko Latin was the son of peasants and Father Dominic Pedrotti baptized him on 7 September 1918.
He was beatified in 2014. By 1925, he began attending primary school in his village. As he grew older, he expressed a desire to serve God and his vocation led him to the minor seminary of Saint Teresa where he studied for six years until World World War II started.
During the war, he returned to his village and became a teacher where he opened a school for the village children.
In 1946, Mario Vergara arrived for his mission in Myanmar, and he met Ko Latin He ultimately decided that Ko Latin would join him in his missionary work.
After the 1948 independence of Myanmar, he and Vergara were threatened by the guerillas in Myanmar and the two were murdered. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved the cause of beatification which commenced on 23 October 2001.
This bestowed upon him the title of Servant of God.
Pope Francis approved his and Mario Vergara"s martyrdom on 9 December 2013, thus, allowing for their beatification. Cardinal Angelo Amato represented the pope at the beatification on 24 May 2014.