Feast January 16
Saint Joseph Vaz
Religious · Feast January 16
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
January 16
Birth date
1651-04-21
Death date
1711-01-16
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
14 January 2015
Canonized by
Pope Francis
Feast month
1
Wikidata qid
Q1708131
Feast day of month
16