André Boucher
Franciscan friar, died at Halberstadt
Who they were
André Boucher, called Brother Xavier in religion, was born at Cheniménil on 3 August 1920 and baptised there on 7 August; he received the Franciscan habit at the novitiate of Kermabeuzen near Quimper on 17 September 1940 and made simple profession a year later. Recruited for the compulsory labour service in August 1943 and taken to the neighbourhood of Cologne, he died at Halberstadt on 15 March 1945, aged 24. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
Taken from his novitiate to forced labour near Cologne, he died at Halberstadt at the age of 24.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - cayre-cendrier-vallee-mestre-e-46-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.