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Joseph Marchand
French missionary (1803-1835)
SaintFull write-upFranceDocumented cause
Feast: 30 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1803
Died
1835
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
Near Huê in old Annam, now Viet Nam, Saint Joseph Marchand, priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and martyr, who was condemned to the torment of the hundred lashes under the emperor Minh Mang.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 30 November as a Paris Foreign Missions priest martyred under Minh Mang.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2481272 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joseph Marchand (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.