Marselino Champagnat (jina kamili kwa Kifaransa: Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat; St. Etienne, Loire, 20 Mei 1789 – Marlhes, 6 Juni 1840) alikuwa padri wa Ufaransa. Alisaidia kuanzisha Shirika la Maria halafu alianzisha tawi lake kwa mabradha tu ambao wajitose katika malezi ya vijana kulingana na mahitaji ya nchi yake wakati huo. Siku hizi mabradha hao ni 5,000 hivi na wanaishi katika nchi 74 tofauti. Alitangazwa na Papa Pius XII kuwa mwenye heri tarehe 29 Mei 1955, halafu Papa Yohane Paulo II alimtangaza mtakatifu tarehe 18 Aprili 1999. Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa siku ya kifo chake. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko Peter Chanel Jean-Claude Colin Petro Juliani Eymard Yohane Maria Vianney Martyrologium Romanum Furet, Br. John-Baptist (1989). Life of Blessed Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat, 1789-1840, Marist Priest: Founder of the Congregation of the Little Brothers of Mary, Bicentenary, General House, 2 Piazzale Champagnat - Rome, Italy: Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools or Little Brothers of Mary.  Sammon, Sean (2000).