Guglielmo Gagnon
The Vatican record
- 14 December 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Guglielmo (William) Gagnon was a professed religious of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, born at Dover, United States, on 16 May 1905, who died in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon, Vietnam) on 28 February 1972. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 14 December 2015.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2015.
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.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“Guglielmo (William) Gagnon was a professed religious of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, born at Dover, United States, on 16 May 1905, who died in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon, Vietnam) on 28 February 1972.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2015
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.