Albert Joubert
Diocesan priest, martyr in the Congo
Who they were
Albert Joubert was born at Saint Louis de Mrumbi-Moba, then in the Belgian Congo, on 18 October 1908, to a French father of the papal guard and a Congolese mother, and was a Congolese citizen. Ordained priest at Baudouinville on 6 October 1935 for the secular clergy of the apostolic vicariate of Upper Congo, he served in several parishes and dioceses before being killed at Fizi on 28 November 1964; Pope Francis beatified him on 18 August 2024.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The four companions died on the same day at the hands of the same killer, and the Christian people at once understood their deaths as martyrdom.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 116 (2024), p. 1182 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 18 August 2024
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.