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Vincent Robert Capodanno
Maryknoll priest and US Navy chaplain killed with the Marines in Vietnam
Servant of GodFull write-upUnited States
Born
13 February 1929
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Died
4 September 1967
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A Maryknoll missionary in Taiwan and Hong Kong who became a Navy chaplain and was killed serving Marines in Quang Nam province on 4 September 1967.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause opened in the United States military ordinariate on 21 May 2007.
The cause
Vincent Robert Capodanno 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 Vincent Robert Capodanno.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.