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
editVincent 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]
References
edit- ^ "Don Vincent Cimatti – The Don Bosco of Japan". kjcpublications.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ Mampra, A; Puthenkalam, J (1999). Don Vincent Cimatti, SDB, the Don Bosco of Japan. Bangalore: Kristu Jyoti Publications, Salesians of Don Bosco. ISBN 8187370033. OCLC 184991629.
- ^ Penelope Penguin (2009-01-13), Vincent Cimatti, retrieved 2017-09-09
- ^ Lenssen, Frans A. (2013-01-18). Footprints in the ocean. History of the Catholic Church in Western Oceania (in German). Engelsdorfer Verlag. ISBN 9783862689385.
- ^ "Caritas Sisters of Jesus". CARITAS DON BOSCO SCHOOL. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ "Ven. Vincent Cimatti | Salesian Missions". www.salesianmissions.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ "Venerable Vincenzo Cimatti". CatholicSaints.Info. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
