Two Chinese bishops, persecuted by Communists and ignored by the West, recognized as 'Illustrious Unknown' for 2011

At the end of the year, many magazines and Websites publish a
list of people who made the news in 2011 one way or the other.
Usually, they are people from the world of politics or culture;
sometimes, groups are recognised. For instance, this year Time
Magazine picked protesters as Person of the Year, the young people
of the Arab spring and the demonstrators of the world.