Auguste Robert "Nonco" Pelafigue
French-born Louisiana layman, catechist and apostle of the Sacred Heart in Arnaudville
Who they were
Bishop J. Brought from France to Louisiana as a small child, he spent his life as a teacher, catechist and street evangelist devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, dying on the feast of the Sacred Heart in 1977.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Douglas Deshotel opened the cause of beatification of Auguste "Nonco" Pelafigue in the Diocese of Lafayette on 11 January 2020, declaring him a Servant of God.
The cause
Auguste Robert "Nonco" Pelafigue is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Auguste Robert "Nonco" Pelafigue.
- Auguste "Nonco" Pelafigue Foundation
- Canonization cause begins for southern Louisiana's Catholic heroes — Crux
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.