Jean Cassaigne
French Roman Catholic bishop (1895–1973)
Who they were
Missionary, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop; born in Grenade-sur-l'Adour; died in Di Linh.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Vatican News — Les catholiques vietnamiens invites a suivre l'exemple de Mgr Cassaigne — Bishop of Saigon who contracted leprosy and died among the lepers of Di Linh in 1973; the Vietnamese bishops decided in October 2019 to work towards his beatification, and the diocese of Aire-et-Dax publishes a prayer fo
- Wikidata Q11984937 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.