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St. Joseph's Day around the world in 2026

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Dates of St. Joseph's Day around the world
2027 Various Mar 19, Mar 23 ColombiaTue, Mar 23National Holiday (in lieu) LiechtensteinFri, Mar 19National Holiday MaltaFri, Mar 19National Holiday Spain Mar 19 Basque CountryFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday MurciaFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday NavarraFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValencianaFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday Switzerland Mar 19 GraubündenFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday LucerneFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday NidwaldenFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday SchwyzFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday SolothurnFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday TicinoFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday UriFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValaisFri, Mar 19Regional Holiday Vatican CityFri, Mar 19National Holiday VenezuelaFri, Mar 19Not A Public Holiday 2026 Various Mar 19, Mar 23 ColombiaMon, Mar 23National Holiday (in lieu) LiechtensteinThu, Mar 19National Holiday MaltaThu, Mar 19National Holiday Spain Mar 19 Basque CountryThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday MurciaThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday NavarraThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValencianaThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday Switzerland Mar 19 GraubündenThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday LucerneThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday NidwaldenThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday SchwyzThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday SolothurnThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday TicinoThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday UriThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValaisThu, Mar 19Regional Holiday Vatican CityThu, Mar 19National Holiday VenezuelaThu, Mar 19Not A Public Holiday 2025 Various Mar 19, Mar 24 ColombiaMon, Mar 24National Holiday (in lieu) LiechtensteinWed, Mar 19National Holiday MaltaWed, Mar 19National Holiday Spain Mar 19 MurciaWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValencianaWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday Switzerland Mar 19 GraubündenWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday LucerneWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday NidwaldenWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday SchwyzWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday SolothurnWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday TicinoWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday UriWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValaisWed, Mar 19Regional Holiday Vatican CityWed, Mar 19National Holiday VenezuelaWed, Mar 19Not A Public Holiday 2024 Various Mar 19, Mar 25 ColombiaMon, Mar 25National Holiday (in lieu) LiechtensteinTue, Mar 19National Holiday MaltaTue, Mar 19National Holiday Spain Mar 19 MurciaTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValencianaTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday Switzerland Mar 19 GraubündenTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday LucerneTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday NidwaldenTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday SchwyzTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday SolothurnTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday TicinoTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday UriTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValaisTue, Mar 19Regional Holiday Vatican CityTue, Mar 19National Holiday VenezuelaTue, Mar 19Not A Public Holiday 2023 Various Mar 19, Mar 20 ColombiaMon, Mar 20National Holiday (in lieu) LiechtensteinSun, Mar 19National Holiday MaltaSun, Mar 19National Holiday Spain Mar 19, Mar 20 MadridMon, Mar 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) Basque CountrySun, Mar 19Regional Holiday ExtremaduraSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday MurciaSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday NavarraSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValencianaSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday Switzerland Mar 19 GraubündenSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday LucerneSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday NidwaldenSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday SchwyzSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday SolothurnSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday TicinoSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday UriSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday ValaisSun, Mar 19Regional Holiday Vatican CitySun, Mar 19National Holiday VenezuelaSun, Mar 19Not A Public Holiday
Summary
Feast day of St. Joseph. Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus
Which countries observe St. Joseph's Day in 2026?
National Holiday	Regional Holiday	Not a public holiday	Govt Holiday
ColombiaMar 23 (in lieu) LiechtensteinMar 19 MaltaMar 19 SpainMar 19 SwitzerlandMar 19 Vatican CityMar 19 VenezuelaMar 19

When is St. Joseph's Day?

Saint Joseph's Day, 19th March, has been the Feast of St. Joseph in Western Christianity since the tenth century.

In Colombia, St. Joseph's Day is celebrated on the Monday closest to 19th March.

In Spain, this is a regional holiday celebrated in Castilla-La Mancha, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla, Murcia and Valenciana only.

In Switzerland, this is a regional holiday celebrated in Graubünden, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Schwyz, Solothurn, Ticino, Uri and Valais only

History of St. Joseph's Day

Saint Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus. All we know about Joseph comes from the accounts of the nativity in the New Testament.

He was a tradesman, commonly he is said to have been a carpenter, but it's possible he may have been a stone worker. He was said to have been a direct descendent of David, the great king of Israel.

Since Joseph is not mentioned in any accounts of Jesus' public life, his crucifixion, or resurrection, it is thought that Joseph died before Jesus started preaching.

St. Joseph is the patron saint of the Catholic Church, unborn children, fathers, immigrants, workers, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Despite knowing so little about Joseph, he still has two feast days in the Western church. In his capacity as the patron saint of Workers, 1st May was established as the Feast of "St. Joseph the Worker" in 1955. This is seen as an attempt to counteract the social and non religious growth of Labour Day as a worldwide holiday.

How is St. Joseph's Day celebrated?

St. Joseph's day always falls in Lent, so meals on his day are always associated with meatless dishes. In Italy a tradition is to serve food that contains bread crumbs as these represent saw dust since St. Joseph was a carpenter.

In Valencia, Spain, St. Joseph's Day is celebrated as Fallas, a city-wide celebration that lasts for five days.

The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Joseph's Day on the Sunday after Christmas.

Fathers' Day

St. Joseph is the patron saint of fathers and in some catholic countries, notably Italy, Portugal and Spain, Fathers' Day is celebrated on St. Joseph's Day.

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