Vincent Cimatti was an Italian Salesian priest and missionary who dedicated much of his life to service in Japan. Born in Faenza in 1879, he was ordained at twenty-four and later led a group of Salesians to establish a mission in the country. He served as a prefect apostolic and held the rank of bishop. He is also recognized as the founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus and was the brother of Maria Raffaella Cimatti, a beatified member of the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy.