Herman Rasschaert
Jesuit missionary killed in India shielding Muslims from a mob
Who they were
A Jesuit who went to India in 1947 and worked as a parish priest in the Ranchi district, he was killed on 24 March 1964 at Gerda while trying to stop a Hindu mob from killing Muslims sheltering in a mosque.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause for martyrdom was opened in the diocese of Simdega in 2019.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.