Vincent Cimatti
Italian Roman Catholic priest and bishop From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vincent Cimatti, SDB[1][2][3] was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus.[4][5] He is the brother of Maria Raffaella Cimatti, a member of the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1996.
Venerable Vincent Cimatti, SDB | |
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| Born | Vincent Cimatti 15 July 1879 Celle, Faenza, Ravenna, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 6 October 1965 (aged 86) Tokyo, Japan |
Life
Vincent was born on 15 July 1879 in Faenza, Ravenna, Italy to James and Rosa Pasi, the youngest of six children.
He was ordained a priest at the age of 24. He led a group of Salesians to start a Salesian mission in Japan. He was appointed prefect apostolic in 1935.
Cimatti died on 6 October 1965 in Japan. His body was re-exhumed in 1977 and found to be perfectly intact. His remains are kept in a crypt in Chofu.[6]
He was declared venerable on 21 December 1991 by Pope John Paul II.[7]
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