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|SaintName=Saint Joseph Vaz
|SaintName=Saint Joseph Vaz
|SaintStage=Saint
|SaintStage=Saint
|SaintBirthDate=04-0`1-1651
|FeastDay=January 16
|SaintBirthPlace=Benaulim, Goa, Portuguese India
|SaintBirthPlace=Benaulim, Goa, Portuguese India
|SaintBirthCoordinates=15.250000, 73.966700
|SaintBirthCoordinates=15.250000, 73.966700
|SaintDeathDate=01-16-1711
|DeathPlace=Kandy, Kingdom of Kandy (Sri Lanka)
|DeathPlace=Kandy, Kingdom of Kandy (Sri Lanka)
|SaintDeathCoordinates=7.290600, 80.633700
|SaintDeathCoordinates=7.290600, 80.633700
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|NotableLabel4=National shrine with relics
|NotableLabel4=National shrine with relics
|NotableCoordinates4=7.083300, 79.916700
|NotableCoordinates4=7.083300, 79.916700
|BeatificationDate=06-21-1995
|AssociatedCountries=India; Sri Lanka
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]]; [[Diocese of Kandy]]
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II
|BeatificationLocation=Colombo, Sri Lanka
|BeatificationLocation=Colombo, Sri Lanka
|Canonized=Yes
|Canonized=Yes
|CanonizationDate=01-14-2015
|Canonizer=Pope Francis
|Canonizer=Pope Francis
|CanonizationLocation=Colombo, Sri Lanka
|CanonizationLocation=Colombo, Sri Lanka
|SaintMiracle1=Rain during 1690s drought in Kandy
|SaintMiracle1=Rain during 1690s drought in Kandy
|SaintMiracle2=Healing of a paralysed child
|SaintMiracle2=Healing of a paralysed child
|FeastDay=January 16
|Profession=priest; missionary
|Profession=priest; missionary
|ReligiousAffiliation=Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
|ReligiousAffiliation=Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
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|Attributes=priest in cassock; crucifix; palm of martyrdom
|Attributes=priest in cassock; crucifix; palm of martyrdom
|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Tewatte, Sri Lanka
|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Tewatte, Sri Lanka
|AdditionalVeneration=
|AssociatedCountries=India; Sri Lanka
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]]; [[Diocese of Kandy]]
|ReviewLevel=0
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'''Saint Joseph Vaz''' (Konkani: '''São José Vaz'''; 1 April 1651 – 16 January 1711) was a Goan Catholic priest and missionary of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, revered as the “Apostle of Sri Lanka” for his clandestine evangelization during Dutch Calvinist persecution of Catholicism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150114_srilanka-filippine-omelia.html |title=Canonization of Saint Joseph Vaz |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born in Benaulim, Portuguese Goa, to Cristóvão Vaz and Maria de Miranda, he studied at the Jesuit college in Sancoale and the Dominican academy in Goa before founding the Oratorian house at Sancoale in 1681.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=8235 |title=St. Joseph Vaz |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Volunteering for the persecuted mission in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), he arrived in 1687 disguised as a beggar, learned Tamil and Sinhala, and for 24 years ministered secretly, administering sacraments, building churches, and converting thousands despite imprisonment and hardship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.josephvaz.org/life-of-st-joseph-vaz |title=Life of St. Joseph Vaz |publisher=Joseph Vaz Shrine |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
'''Saint Joseph Vaz''' (Konkani: '''São José Vaz'''; 1 April 1651 – 16 January 1711) was a Goan Catholic priest and missionary of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, revered as the “Apostle of Sri Lanka” for his clandestine evangelization during Dutch Calvinist persecution of Catholicism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150114_srilanka-filippine-omelia.html |title=Canonization of Saint Joseph Vaz |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born in Benaulim, Portuguese Goa, to Cristóvão Vaz and Maria de Miranda, he studied at the Jesuit college in Sancoale and the Dominican academy in Goa before founding the Oratorian house at Sancoale in 1681.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=8235 |title=St. Joseph Vaz |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Volunteering for the persecuted mission in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), he arrived in 1687 disguised as a beggar, learned Tamil and Sinhala, and for 24 years ministered secretly, administering sacraments, building churches, and converting thousands despite imprisonment and hardship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.josephvaz.org/life-of-st-joseph-vaz |title=Life of St. Joseph Vaz |publisher=Joseph Vaz Shrine |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>


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