Vincent Cimatti

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Venerable
Vincent Cimatti, SDB
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BornVincent Cimatti
(1879-07-15)15 July 1879
Celle, Faenza, Ravenna,
Kingdom of Italy
Died6 October 1965(1965-10-06) (aged 86)
Tokyo, Japan
Venerated in Catholic Church
Beatified 21 December 1991 by John Paul II

Vincent Cimatti SDB [1] [2] [3] also known as Vincenzo Cimatti 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.

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Early life

Vincent was born on 15 July 1879 in Faenza, Ravenna, Italy to James and Rosa Pasi, the youngest of six children.

Religious life

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.

Death

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]

Beatification

He was declared 'The Venerable' on 21 December 1991 by Pope John Paul II. [7] [8]

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