Louis Doumain
Diocesan priest of Viviers, died at Zöschen
Who they were
Louis Doumain was a diocesan priest of Viviers, born in Canada at Morinville on 7 February 1920 and baptised there on 15 February; he came to France with his family at six, entered the minor seminary of Aubenas and moved to the major seminary of Viviers in October 1936, was naturalised French in December 1941 and ordained priest on 19 December 1942. Recruited for the compulsory labour service in July 1943 and sent to Bitterfeld, he was arrested there for his apostolate on 19 September 1944 and died at Zöschen on 20 December 1944, aged 24. 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 was arrested at Bitterfeld for his priestly work among the forced labourers, and died at Zöschen at 24.
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.