Vincent Cimatti SDB also known as Vincenzo Cimatti was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus. He is the brother of Maria Raffaella Cimatti, a member of the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1996. Early life Vincent was born on 15 July 1879 in Faenza, Ravenna, Italy to James and Rosa Pasi, the youngest of six children. Religious life He was ordained a priest at the age of 24. He led a group of Salesians to start a Salesian mission in Japan. He was appointed prefect apostolic in 1935. Death Cimatti died on 6 October 1965 in Japan. His body was re-exhumed in 1977 and found to be perfectly intact. His remains are kept in a crypt in Chofu. Beatification He was declared 'The Venerable' on 21 December 1991 by Pope John Paul II. References 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 20th-century venerated Christians Italian venerated Catholics Italian hermits Salesians of Don Bosco Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 1965 deaths 1879 births