SAINT
saint-joseph-vaz
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Joseph Vaz CO was a Oratorian priest and missionary in Dutch Ceylon. Originally from Sancoale in Portuguese Goa, Vaz arrived in Ceylon during the Dutch occupation, a time when the Dutch had banned Catholicism in Ceylon and imposed Calvinism as the official religion after taking control from the Portuguese Empire.
feast Day
01-16
birth Date
1651-04-21
death Date
1711-01-16
canonization Status
beatified
canonization Date
14 January 2015
canonized By
Pope Francis
feast Month
1
feast Day Of Month
16