Francis X. Ford - Servant of God
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Opening of the cause for canonization
In December of 2017, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio formally announced the opening of the cause for canonization for Bishop Francis X. Ford.
Through his life and mission work, Ford demonstrated the simple ability to love and value other cultures. He was the first Maryknoll seminarian and one of three Maryknoll priests, along with co-founder Father Thomas F. Price, who were sent on the first overseas mission for the U.S. church. They departed for China on September 8, 1918.
He worked for decades in China, but the establishment of political factions and the presence of violence there created an uneasy way of life. When the communists seized power, he was arrested and interrogated, and he died as a martyr in a prison camp in 1952.
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The public phase in the process to make Brooklyn-born Bishop Francis X. Ford a saint has begun.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio formally announced the opening of the cause at a Mass celebrating the 100th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Bishop Ford. The bishop was the main celebrant as more than 600 people gathered Dec. 3 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, the home parish of Bishop Ford before he joined the Maryknoll Foreign Mission Society.