Joseph Marchand

Saint

Joseph Marchand
Posthumous portrait
Martyr
Born(1803-08-17)17 August 1803
Passavant, France
Died30 November 1835(1835-11-30) (aged 32)
Huế, Vietnam
Beatified27 May 1900
Canonized19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Feast30 November
24 November (with the Vietnamese Martyrs)

Joseph Marchand (17 August 1803 – 30 November 1835) was a French missionary in Vietnam and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He is now a Catholic saint, celebrated on 30 November.

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