First Bishop of Fort Portal · Missionary to Bengal & Uganda
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In August 2006, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints officially opened the cause for beatification and canonization of Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, C.S.C. He now holds the title Servant of God.
The diocesan phase has been completed, and the positio — the formal documentation of his life, virtues, and reputation for holiness — has been submitted to the Holy See for examination.
The Cause began in the Diocese of Fort Portal, Uganda, with Bishop Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki establishing an ecclesiastical tribunal which is collecting the testimonies and documentation proving Bishop McCauley's virtues.
Established by Bishop Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki to collect testimonies and documentation proving Bishop McCauley's heroic virtues.
About one hundred people from all over East Africa and Bengal — where he did his first mission — are participating in sharing about the Christian virtues lived by Bishop McCauley.
Will review the documents and documentation at the end of the process before submission to the Vatican.
"On All Saints Day, November 1, 1982, a valiant man of God died, but a saint was born."
The faithful are encouraged to pray for his intercession and to report any possible graces received through his advocacy to the Office of the Vice Postulator.
Grant that the Church may recognize the holiness of Servant of God Bishop Vincent Joseph McCauley for his Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, his Missionary Zeal and his Service of others.
Let Us Pray for Bishop Vincent J. McCauley
God, our Father, you sent Vincent J. McCauley to be our Pastor and Bishop. Grant, we pray you, that his soul may enter eternal life in heaven. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
"You cannot understand him at all apart from his devotion to Our Blessed Mother Mary. It is a great love story. She was his heroine, his inseparable companion. He spoke and wrote of her as if she was right by his side."
— Fr. Arnold Fell, C.S.C.
He fell in love with the people of Bengal the moment he stepped off the boat. His missionary vision was clear: "The missionary's task is to build the local church, to plant the seeds of the Faith and to nourish the tender plants in foreign gardens, then to move on to other gardens."
As his successor Bishop Magambo wrote: "Besides his work being invaluable, he was ever gentle and generous, ready to receive with sincere love every rank of people, high and low."
Those who worked with him at AMECEA call him the "Father of AMECEA." The late Cardinal Otunga of Nairobi said: "Whatever unity we bishops in Eastern Africa have, we owe it to Bishop McCauley."
Through all his years of missionary love and service, Bishop McCauley suffered with a disfiguring facial skin cancer that required numerous trips to the Mayo Clinic and some fifty surgeries. He was a true suffering servant of God.
Never cared much for material things. Lived in a couple of simple rooms in a small building behind the diocesan offices and cathedral. Ate in a common dining room with all the diocesan staff and anyone else who might come by.