John Vincent of Jesus and Mary
Spanish missionary
Who they were
John Vincent of Jesus and Mary (born Juan Vicente Zengotita-Bengoa Lasuen; 19 July 1862 – 27 February 1943) was a Spanish Carmelite priest, declared as venerable by the Catholic church. He was born in Berriz, Basque country on 19 July 1862. He entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites. He arrived in Bombay on 7 December 1900, and went to Goa to venerate the relics of St. Francis Xavier. He studied English and Malayalam. He also wrote a book about the local language. He served in the Verapoly Archdiocese in Kerala for 17 years. Fr. John Vincent returned to Spain in 1917. He died in 1943. The cause of his beatification was opened on 20 November 1950.
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The miracles
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
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
- Francis Xavier Saint“Francis Xavier.” — Wikipedia
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 1996 - decree on heroic virtues — The Latin decree reads: 'in suam vocationem fidelis Servus Dei Ioannes Vincentius a Iesu Maria alacriter ad sanctitatem ambulavit' - the decree that made him Venerable.
- Wikidata Q12260956 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Vincent (Carmelite) (CC BY-SA)
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.