Joseph Marchandon
Parish priest, martyr of the French Revolution on the prison ships at Rochefort
Who they were
In the stretch of sea off Rochefort in France, Blessed Giuseppe Marchandon, priest and martyr, was thrown into a decaying hulk during the French Revolution on account of his priesthood, and returned to the Father worn out by hunger and disease.
The Acta Apostolicae Sedis list him among the martyrs of the prison ships as Andreas Iosephus Marchandon, parish priest of Marsac in the diocese of Limoges, born on 21 August 1745 and dead on 22 September; he was beatified at Rome on 1 October 1995 by John Paul II with Jean-Baptiste Souzy and sixty-three companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was imprisoned on a hulk for his priesthood and died there of hunger and disease.
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
- Jean-Baptiste Souzy Blessed“The Acta Apostolicae Sedis list him among the martyrs of the prison ships as Andreas Iosephus Marchandon, parish priest of Marsac in the diocese of Limoges, born on 21 August 1745 and dead on 22 September; he was beatified at Rome on 1 October 1995 by John Paul II with Jean-Baptiste Souzy and sixty-three companions.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 22 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 87 (1995) - decree on the martyrdom of the martyrs of the prison ships of Rochefort
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 (1997) - beatification letter
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.