Carlo Braga

When he reached Shiu Chow, in southern China, the first Salesian Bishop and Martyr, Monsignor Luigi Versiglia, who immediately sensed the good educational qualities of Don Braga, the Bishop entrusted the direction of the "Don Bosco Middle School" to him.

Don Braga, at the age of 40, was called to replace the Salesian Provincial, Fr Canazei, who was elected as bishop.

In Beijing he realizes the prophetic dream of Don Bosco who many years before had seen the Salesians settle in the vast capital.

His remains were interred at the Salesians' Cemetery at the compound of the Diocesan Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians in Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna.

[4] The cause for his beatification is already in the preliminary stages of the diocesan investigation but has not yet received the decree nihil obstat from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.