Caroline Carré de Malberg
founder of a religious order (1829–1891)
The Vatican record
- 9 May 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Caroline-Barbe Colchen Carré de Malberg (8 April 1829 - 28 January 1891) was a French Roman Catholic from Metz who founded both the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and the Association of Saint Francis de Sales (1872). She married in 1849 to her first cousin and co-founded the association with the Servant of God Henri Chaumont and the missionaries with the Servant of God Félice Gros.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Francis de Sales Saint“Caroline-Barbe Colchen Carré de Malberg (8 April 1829 - 28 January 1891) was a French Roman Catholic from Metz who founded both the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and the Association of Saint Francis de Sales (1872).” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q1044465 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Caroline-Barbe Colchen Carré de Malberg (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.