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Henri Caffarel
French presbyter (1903–1996)
VenerableFrance
Born
30 July 1903
Vatican record
Died
18 September 1996
Vatican record
Venerable
23 March 2026
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 23 March 2026 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2026)
Who they were
Writer, Catholic priest, Catholic theologian; born in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon; died in Beauvais.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Henri Caffarel has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Friends of Father Caffarel: the cause of Henri Caffarel.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q3130776 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.