This section contains beatification causes which are already in the preliminary stages of the diocesan investigation but have not received the decree “nihil obstat” from the CCS.

I. Recently added causes:

28 October 2009

• BARBIERI, Raffaele (1898-1968): bishop

• DE CARDONA, Carlo (1871-1958): diocesan priest

• GOTTAU, Jorge (1917-94): professed priest; bishop

• RIBEIRO PINTO, Antônio (1879-1963): diocesan priest

• SPROLL, Joannes Baptista (1870-1949): bishop

28 September 2009

• DUJARIÉ, Jacques-François (1767-1838): diocesan priest; founder

• EVANS, William (1919-71): professed priest

• KUBÍČEK, Ladislav (1926-2004): diocesan priest

• SILVESTRI, Antonio Vincenzo Maria (1773-1837): diocesan priest

28 August 2009

• BIANCHI, Ugo Donati (1930-99): bishop

• BOSCHINI, Ettore (1929-2004): professed religious

• COLUMBRO, Nicola Antonio (Isaia) (1908-2004): professed priest

• EGIDO IZQUIERDO, María del Rosario (Mercedes de Jesús) (1935-2004): professed religious

• MEDRANO PARRA de BIANCHINI, María Esperanza (1928-2004): layperson; married

• PRÉVOST, Eugène (Marie-Eugène of the Cross) (1860-1946): professed priest and founder

28 July 2009

• CASTANYER SEDA, Gertrudis (1824-81): founder

• CASTANYER SEDA, Marc (1815-78): diocesan priest; founder

• CZUBA, Jan (1959-98): diocesan priest; martyr

• FLANAGAN, Florence Catherine (Maria Caterina) (1892-1941): professed religious

• SOLIDORO, Antonia Mirella (1964-99): layperson

• ZIENKIEWCZ, Aleksander (1910-95): diocesan priest

28 June 2009

• LANZA, Giovanna (Nina) (1907-87): consecrated member of a secular institute

• MONTELLA, Cristina (Rita of the Holy Spirit) (1920-92): professed religious

• VANDEPUTTE, Maria Martha (Marie-Marthe of Jesus Crucified) (1891-1967): founder

28 May 2009

• BEAUCHAMP HAMBROUGH, Madaleina Catherine (Maria Riccarda) (1887-1966): professed religious

• COASSINI, Giovanni Battista (1887-1912): diocesan priest

• FIZ GALENDE, Victorino (1902-89): diocesan priest

• LIENGITZ, Elisabeth (Luka) (1861-90): professed religious

28 April 2009

• DeLAMARRE, Elzéar (1854-1925) diocesan priest; founder

• FERRAZZETTA, Arturo (Settimio) (1924-99): professed priest; bishop

• SALTINI, Zeno (1900-81): diocesan priest; founder

28 March 2009

• BRAGA, Carlo (1889-1971) professed priest

• RAVELL BARRERA, Anna Maria (1819-93): founder

• SARTI, Ulrico (1930-42): child

28 February 2009

• CRESPO ALFAGEME, Miguel (1907-76) and María Lourdes de MIGUEL CRESPO de CRESPO (1913-83): married couple

• DEULOFEU GONZALEZ, Rosa (1959-2004): layperson

• HURLEY, Dennis Eugene (1915-2004): professed priest; bishop

• PÉREZ FERNÁNDEZ-GOLFÍN, Francisco José (1931-2004): bishop

28 January 2009

• BERARDI, Francesco (Gabriele Maria) (1912-84): professed priest

• GUALANDRIS MANELLI, Licia (1907-2004): layperson; married

• MACOTELA DURÁN, María Cristina Olimpia (Margarita María) (1933-85): professed religious

• TOLOMEO, Gaetana [Nuccia] (1936-97): layperson

• ZESSNER-SPITZENBERG, Hans Karl von (1885-1938): layperson; married; martyr

28 December 2008

• CHISHOLM, Caroline (1808-77): layperson; married

• HOŁOGA, Kazimierz (1913-58): layperson; married

• MIGLIACCIO, Antonio (1854-1945): diocesan priest; founder

• TORRES i TORRES, Joan and 20 companions (+1936): diocesan priests; martyrs

28 November 2008

• OLEZA GUALDE TORRELLLA, Maria de la Concepciò d’ (1905-99): professed religious

• VITELLI, Giuseppe (Carlo of Saint Pascal) (1818-78): professed religious

28 October 2008

• CANNAVALE, Maria (1891-1967): layperson

• DOMÍNGUEZ NETTO, María Florencia (Piché) (1917-82): layperson

• DUARTE ORTELLADO, Julio César (1906-43): diocesan priest

• PAIVA, Rosita (1909-91): founder

• RODRÍGUEZ CAMPO, Nicolás (1830-1900): professed priest

• VITALE, Salvatore (1904-81): diocesan priest; founder

28 September 2008

• BARCIA GOYANES, Juan José (1901-2003): layperson; married

• CHMIL’, Stepan (1914-78): professed priest; bishop

• KOZULIĆ, Marija (Marija Krucifiksa) (1883-1922): founder

• OTUNGA, Maurice Michael (1923-2003): bishop

28 August 2008

• LOZANO DÍAZ, Ana María (1914-77): professed religious

• MANELLI, Settimio (1886-1978): layperson; married

22 July 2008

• ABREU ESPINAL, Juan Antonio (1914-77): diocesan priest

• FARRÉ, Marie-Thérèse (Thérèse-Dominique of the Heart of Mary) (1830-94): founder

• GONZÁLEZ DEL VALLE SARANDESES, María Isabel (1889-1937): founder

• MERLIN, Françoise-Apolline (Mère Saint Peter) (1803-78): professed religious

• TIRADO RAMÍREZ, Antonia (Antonia of Jesus) (1740-1810): founder

19 June 2008

• BESSI, Didaco (1856-1919): diocesan priest; founder

• FOLLEREAU, Raoul (1903-77): layperson

• FORD, Francis Xavier (1892-1952) bishop; martyr

• FORTY-SEVEN MARTYRS OF SLOVENIA (+1941-51): diocesan priests, religious, laypersons; martyrs

• MARTÍNEZ BETANCOURT, Abraham (1903-82): bishop

• MASI, Domenico (1880-1964): diocesan priest; founder

• MASSONE, Giuseppe (1910-98): layperson

• MATEO DE GRACIA, Nicomedes (Nicomedes of Saint Augustine) (1895-1936): professed priest; martyr

• NODAY, Alano Maria du (1899-1985): professed priest; bishop

• REIG GOZALBES, Josefa María (Margarita María of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus) (1908-92): professed religious

• ROSA MARCHISIO, Anna Maria (1937-90): layperson; married

• SARDINAS ZAVALA, Alfonso María de la Cruz (1842-1902): professed priest; founder

• STURZO, Mario (1861-1941): bishop

• VENTOSA REIG, Isabel (1834-95): founder

31 May 2008

• BRAUNSTORFER, Heinrich (Karl) (1895-1978): professed priest

• CARRILLO TRUCIO, Ángel (1882-1970): diocesan priest

• ORTIZ GONZÁLEZ, Alfredo (1929-47): seminarian

• ZEMAN, Titus (1915-69): professed priest; martyr

01 April 2008

• DOTA, Antonio (1865-1937): professed priest

• GRUBER, Johann (1889-1944): diocesan priest; martyr

• NAVARRO, Nicolás and 5 companions (+1927): laypersons; martyrs

06 March 2008

• CARRILLO AGUILERA, Marta de Jesús (1590-1669): widow; founder

• CUELLAR GARCÍA, Roberto (1896-1970): professed priest

• VIVONA, Benedetto (1877-1968): diocesan priest

15 February 2008

• ALDAMA PRUAÑO, José Antonio de (1903-80): professed priest; founder

• GRITA, Vera (1923-69): layperson

• LUCAS BURGOS, María Rosario (María Rosario of the Holy Spirit) (1909-60): founder

• SANTOS, Lúcia dos (Maria Lúcia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart) (1907-2005): professed religious

01 February 2008

• BORGATO, Maria (1898-1945): consecrated member of a secular institute; martyr

• IDÀ, Vincenzo (1909-84): diocesan priest; founder

25 January 2008

• ANDRADE LEITE, Miguel Afonso de (1912-76): diocesan priest

• DURÁN PÁRRAGA, Gabriela (Gabriela of Saint Martin) (1848-1927): founder

• FACCIA, Vittorino (1917-97): professed religious

• GEMENTI, Vittorina (1931-89): layperson

• GIMMA, Teresa (1880-1948): professed religious

• HÖFFNER, Joseph (1906-87): bishop; cardinal

• LAGRANGE ESCOBAR, Isabel (1855-1933): founder

• MADEDDU, Evaristo (1890-1966): layperson; married; founder

• PINZETTA, Hermínio (Salvador from Casca) (1911-72): professed religious

• RODRIGUES MOREIRA, Libério (1884-1980): diocesan priest

• SCHUBERT, František (Augustin) (1902-42): professed priest; martyr

• ZAZPE ZABALZA, Rufino (Rufino of the Virgin of Carmel) (1891-1977): professed religious

20 January 2008

• QUINN, Bernard (1888-1940): diocesan priest

06 January 2008

• TARDIF, Emilano [Émilien] (1928-99): professed priest; founder

02 January 2008

• GRACIÁN DANTISCO, Jerónimo (1545-1614): professed priest

II. List of Causes without “nihil obstat” until December 2007

Note: A bracketed asterisk [*] signifies that the cause has a known protocol number issued by the CCS.

1. ADDUCA, Rosario (1793-1860): professed religious

2. ALLOATTI, Eurosia (Maria Cristina of Jesus) (1859-1920): founder [*]

3. ALLOATTI, Giuseppe (1857-1933): professed priest; founder [*]

4. Alonso, Ruben Isidro (1929-92): diocesan priest

5. ÁLVAREZ SALAS, María Josefa (Clara of the Heart of Mary) (1860-1924): founder [*]

6. ANGELELLI, Enrique and 3 companions (+1976): martyrs

7. ÁRVAY Dezső and 17 companions (+1945-99): diocesan priests; martyrs

8. BÉGHIAN, Nelly (Marie de Béthanie) (1901-45): professed religious

9. Beata Rosa, Maria das Graças (1901-60): founder

10. BEOTTI, Giuseppe (1912-1944): diocesan priest; martyr

11. BERARDI, Maria Domenica (Semplice) (1873-1953): consecrated virgin

12. Berettoni, Giuseppina (1875-1927): layperson

13. BERNAUD, Marie-Constance (1825-1903): professed religious

14. BLANCHARD, Jean-Pierre (1762-1824): diocesan priest

15. BÓDI Mária Magdolna (1921-45): young layperson; martyr

16. BULLION, Gertraud von (1891-1930): consecrated member of a secular institute [*]

17. CAPPIELLO, Francesca (Maria Colomba of the Blessed Sacrament) (1831-87): layperson

18. CARMONA GÓMEZ, Tomás and 34 companions (+1936-37): priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs

19. CARO RODRíGUEZ, José María (1866-1958): cardinal

20. CARRASCO TENORIO, Encarnación (1840-1917): founder

21. CASTAÑEDA COELLO, Mercedes de (Teresa of the Sacred Heart) (1856-1950): founder

22. CELESIA DE FERRARI, Antonietta (1826-1901): layperson; married

23. CERÓN AYUELA, Encarnación (1909-2002); professed religious

24. CHEVALIER, Jules (1824-1907): priest and founder

25. COMERMA BARRERA, Maria Nativitat and Maria Miracle ROCA VILARDELL (+1936): professed religious; martyrs

26. CRAMER, Patricius (1888-1955): diocesan priest

27. DAIBER HAYNE, María Benedicta (1904-87): layperson

28. DÁRIO, Sílvio Maria (1919-74): bishop

29. DE FERRARI, Teresa (1854-1922): professed religious

30. DE NICOLA, Fortunata Gesualda Maria (Maria Luigia of the Heart of Jesus) (1790-1829): founder

31. DUFF, Francis Michael [Frank] (1889-1980): layperson; founder

32. EKWU, Aaron Ejikemeuwa (1936-89): diocesan priest

33. ELÍAS MEDINA, Juan and 131 companions (+1936-37): priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs

34. ÉMOND, Louis (1876-1949): layperson

35. ENDRÉDY Vendel (1895-1981): professed priest

36. FALLAIZE, Pierre (1887-1964): professed priest; bishop [*]

37. FARSETTI, Maria (1867-1953): layperson [*]

38. FAYE, Joseph (1905-96): professed priest

39. FORTY MARTYRS OF THE SEMINARY OF BUTA (+1997)

40. Franco Sanchez, Santos (1942-54): child

41. GARCÍA PLANELLS, José Ramón (1885-1959): layperson [*]

42. GIAQUINTA, Guglielmo (1914-94): bishop; founder

43. GIOVANNI, Roberto (1903-94): professed religious

44. GÓMEZ LLOR, José and 60 companions (+1936-39): priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs

45. GRAZIANI, Lazzaro (Lazzaro from Sarcedo) (1918-61): professed priest; martyrs

46. Györgypál Albert (1914-47): priest; martyr

47. HÁM János (1781-1857): bishop

48. HAMERSZMIT, Kazimierz Aleksander (1916-96): diocesan priest

49. HECKER, Isaac Thomas (1819-88): priest and founder

50. JIMÉNEZ, Mauricio (1881-1954): professed priest [*]

51. JOHN PAUL II (1920-2005): pope [*]

52. Kaisevičius, Juozapas Jeronimas (1812-73): priest; founder

53. KERNYTS’KYI, Vladyslav (Rafail) [Władysław Kiernicki (Rafał)] (1912-95): professed priest; bishop

54. KUŚNIAK, Wawrzyniec (1788-1866): priest [*]

55. LATEAU, Louise (1850-83): layperson [*]

56. LAUWEN, Wilhelmina (Maria Beata) (1879-1952): professed religious

57. LEADEN, Alfredo and 4 companions (+1976): professed priest and clerics; martyrs

58. LECHNER, Franziska (1833-94): founder

59. LIEVENS, Constant (1856-93): professed priest [*]

60. LINDEN, Humbertus Jr. (Bruno) (1876-1960): professed priest

61. LIVATINO, Rosario (1952-90): layperson

62. LUIGI, Ghjuvanni Marcu (1712-82): diocesan priest

63. MACZALIK Győző and 9 companions (+1952-72): martyrs

64. MARTÍNEZ GIL, Cipriano and 40 companions (+1936): diocesan priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs [*]

65. MESSNER, Johannes (1891-1984): diocesan priest

66. MESTER Margit Mária (1906-61): founder

67. MICHEL GONZÁLEZ, José Guadalupe Fidencio (1882-1929): diocesan priest; martyr [*]

68. MOËS, Anna (Maria Dominika Klara of the Holy Cross) (1832-95): professed religious

69. MONTERO NAVARRO, Ramón (1930-1944): child

70. MUÑOZ PÉREZ, Cosme (1573-1636): diocesan priest; founder

71. NguyỄn Văn ThuẬn, Phanxicô Xaviê (1928-2002): bishop; cardinal

72. NIETO MARTÍN, Eustaquio and 939 companions (+1936-39): diocesan priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs [*]

73. Nosek, František (1886-1935): layperson; married

74. O’Connor, Eileen Rosaline (1892-1921): founder

75. OGIER, Maria Cristina (1955-74): layperson

76. ORSETTI ANDREA, Humberto (Domingo from Tacuarembó) (1899-1994): professed priest

77. PANICKERVEETIL, Geevarghese Thomas (Ivanios) (1882-1953): bishop; founder

78. PASTORI, Leopoldo (1939-96): professed priest

79. PATANÈ, Mariano (1713-1804): professed priest

80. PAVLETIĆ, Ivan (Bonifacio) (1864-97): professed religious

81. PĘCHAREK, Błażej (Bernard of Wąbrzeźno) (1587-1603): professed priest

82. PETROVIĆ, Leo and 65 companions (1942-45): professed priests and religious; martyrs

83. PFANNER, Wendelin (Franz) (1825-1909); professed priest; founder [*]

84. PIROVANO, Aristide (1915-97): professed priest; bishop

85. PISAPIA APICELLA, Lucia (1887-1982): layperson; married

86. PITOCCHI, Francesco (1852-1922): professed priest

87. PLEBANI, Enrica (1960-90): layperson

88. Razzetti, Vittoria (1834-1912): layperson

89. RESTIVO, Mario Giuseppe (1963-82): layperson [*]

90. RIVERO NICOLÁS, Serapio (1917-2002): professed priest

91. ROLEWSKI, Kazimierz (1887-1936): diocesan priest [*] 

92. ROTHER, Stanley Francis (1935-81): diocesan priest; martyr

[*] 

93. SANTANGELO, Antonino Ildebrando (1913-92): diocesan priest [*]

94. SANTOS, Maria da Conceição (Benigna Victim of Jesus) (1907-81): professed religious

95. SARACENI, Maria Concetta (Maria Cherubina Chiara of Saint Francis) (1823-71): professed religious

96. SAUER, Bonifaz, KIM CH’I-HO Benedictus and 34 companions (+1949-52): bishop, priests, religious, laity; martyrs

97. SELVI, Lino (Giacomo) (1938-87): professed priest

98. SEMERIA, Giovanni (1867-1931): professed priest; founder

99. SERRA JORDI, Jaume and 185 companions (+1936-37): priests and laypersons; martyrs

100. SHI XIANZHI (Maria Agnes) (1913-60): professed religious; martyr [*]

101. SIMON Erzsébet (Mária Etelka) (1898-1944): professed religious; martyr

102. SIQUEIRA ANDRADE, João Francisco de (1837-81): diocesan priest; founder

103. SLIPYI, Yosyf (1892-1984): bishop

104. SOGGIU, Giovanni (1883-1930): professed priest; bishop; martyr [*]

105. SONG HAE-BUNG Ioannes Baptista (1926-50): young layperson; martyr

106. SPALATRO, Antonio (1926-54): diocesan priest

 

107. STREICH, Stanisław (1902-38): diocesan priest; martyr

108. TARONI, Paolo (1827-1902): diocesan priest

109. TÓTH Tihamér (1889-1939): bishop

110. TORRES CASTAÑEDA, José Soledad de Jesús (1918-67): bishop; martyr [*]

111. TRIEST, Petrus Jozef (1760-1836): priest; founder

112. VANIER, Georges-Philias (1888-1967) and ARCHER-VANIER, Pauline (1898-1991): married couple 

113. Vargas Galeana, Josefa Brígida (Magdalena) (1866-1917): founder [*]

114. VERGÉS SAMARANCH, Antoni (1898-1936): diocesan priest; martyr

115. VIALLE, Marie (1900-89): layperson; married

116. VICINI, Luigi (Agostino from Montefeltro) (1839-1921): professed priest; founder

117. VIEIRA DA SILVA, Maria (1926-40): child; martyr

118. VIETER, Heinrich (1853-1914): professed religious, bishop

119. WERNER, Balthasar (1887-1943): professed religious [*]

120. WOŹNY, Aleksander (1910-83): diocesan priest

121. YI GWANG-JAE Timothaeus and 4 companions (+1950): priests; martyrs

122. YUPANQUI, Francisco Tito (ca. 1540-1616): layperson [*]

123. ZANCAJO DE LA MATA, María Luisa (1911-54): founder

124. ZINI, Raffaele (Celestino) (1825-92): professed priest; founder; bishop [*]

125. ZOLA, Salvatore Luigi (1822-98): bishop

126. ŻYCHLIŃSKI, Aleksander (1889-1945): diocesan priest