Jules Grand
Diocesan priest of Le Puy, died at Buchenwald
Who they were
Jules Grand was a diocesan priest of Le Puy, born at Saint-Julien-Chapteuil on 4 November 1905 and baptised the next day; he entered the seminary of Le Puy and was ordained on 29 June 1931. Called up in September 1939 as a sergeant major, he was taken prisoner on 21 June 1940 and interned first at Neuf-Brisach and then at Stalag VI G as a chaplain; arrested on 12 July 1944, he died at Buchenwald on 16 January 1945, aged 39. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
He served as a chaplain to his fellow prisoners until his arrest, and died at Buchenwald at 39.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - cayre-cendrier-vallee-mestre-e-46-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.