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Saint — Servant of God Bishop Vincent McCauley, CSC

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Servant of God Bishop Vincent McCauley, CSC
March 8, 1906 AD, Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States — November 1, 1982 AD, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
American Holy Cross Bishop; apostle of Uganda; proto-African Catholic missionary Bishop
Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, United States
Feast
November 1
Canonized
Cause of canonization opened January 21, 2007 by the Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda
Life

Vincent McCauley was born on March 8, 1906 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1934, Vincent entered the Congregation of Holy Cross. Ordained priest in 1934, Vincent undertook the systematic missionary vocation.

In 1961, Pope St. John XXIII consecrated Vincent as the first Bishop of Fort Portal Diocese in Uganda — the new diocese in the Ugandan Ankole region.

For 11 years (1961–1972), Vincent served as Bishop of Fort Portal — undertaking the systematic evangelization of the Ugandan Ankole region and the systematic training of the native Ugandan clergy.

In 1972, Vincent resigned the Fort Portal see to serve as President of the Association of the Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa (AMECEA) — the first President of the continent-wide East African Bishops' organization.

He died at Notre Dame, Indiana on November 1, 1982.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Fort Portal Diocese

    Servant of God Bishop Vincent McCauley's 11-year leadership of Fort Portal Diocese (1961–1972) — established the late-20th-century American Catholic missionary-Bishop tradition in East Africa.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of Servant of God Vincent McCauley
    Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

    His relics rest at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame.

Iconography
  • McCauley in Fort Portal

    The mid-20th-century American Holy Cross Bishop in episcopal vestments at the Fort Portal Cathedral in Uganda — the iconography of American Catholic missionary-Bishop tradition.

Patronages
Congregation of Holy CrossCatholic Uganda and East African Catholic traditionCatholic American missionary-Bishop tradition
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