Louis Savinien Dupuis
French missionary priest who founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in India
Who they were
A priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in south India who founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Pondicherry on 16 October 1844.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The congregation he founded names him Servant of God; the nihil obstat for his cause is dated 4 April 2016 and the competent forum is Pondicherry-Cuddalore.
The cause
Louis Savinien Dupuis 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 Louis Savinien Dupuis.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.