André Parsy
Layman, died at Trebitz-Wittenberg
Who they were
André Parsy was a layman born at Roubaix on 24 December 1922 and baptised on the last day of the year; a textile worker, he joined the Independent Christian Youth and then the Young Christian Workers, becoming parish leader in 1943. He left for the compulsory labour service in Germany on 12 March, at Halle, where he kept the Young Christian Workers community alive, and after his arrest by the local Gestapo on 4 October 1944 he died at Trebitz-Wittenberg on 26 December 1944, aged 22. 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
He kept a Young Christian Workers community going among the forced labourers at Halle, and died at 22.
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.