~ 1868 ~

1) 02 January in Genoa (Italy)
   

        PAOLO GIUSEPPE MARIA FRASSINETTI
        priest of the diocese of Genoa;

                founder, Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate
        born: 15 December 1804 in Genoa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Genoa
        CCS protocol number: 160

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 19 May 1939

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1985

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 14 May 1991

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Figli di Santa Maria Immacolata, Via del Macherone, 55, 00186 Roma, ITALY
        website:
   

   
2) 19 January in Marquette, Michigan (USA)

        FREDERICK IRENAEUS [FRIDERIK IRENEJ] BARAGA
        bishop of Marquette
        born: 29 June 1797 in Dobernič, Dolenjska (Slovenia)

        competent diocese: Marquette
        CCS protocol number: 1219

        type of cause: heroic virtues

         
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 21 October 1988

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Cause of Bishop Baraga, 230 Baraga Ave., Marquette, MI 49855, USA
        website:
           
           

3) 27 March in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France)

        LOUIS-EDOUARD CESTAC
        priest of the diocese of Bayonne;

                cofounder, Servants of Mary (n.o.)
        born: 06 January 1801 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France)

        competent diocese: Bayonne
        CCS protocol number: 38

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 08 April 1908

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        antepreparatory congregation: 28 March 1944

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        plenary session of cardinals:

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 November 1976

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: [see 1849: Marie-Louise-Élise Cestac]
        website:
               
       

4) 24 April in Angers, Maine-et-Loire (France)

        ROSE-VIRGINIE PELLETIER (MARIE OF SAINT EUPHRASIA)
        founder, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd – Religious of the Good Shepherd
        born: 31 July 1796 in Noirmoutier, Vendée (France)

        competent diocese: Angers
        CCS protocol number: 11

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 11 December 1897

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 24 February 1924

            opening of informative process on first miracle for beatification: 

            opening of informative process on second miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of informative process on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:
        beatification: 30 April 1933

        decree on resumption of canonization cause:

            opening of informative process on first miracle for canonization: 

            opening of informative process on second miracle for canonization: 

            decree on validity of informative processes on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:
        canonization: 02 May 1940

       
        information: Suore del Buon Pastore, Via Raffaelo Sardiello, 20, 00165 Roma, ITALY

                                 Sœurs du Bon Pasteur, 3 Impasse Tournemine, 49100 Angers, FRANCE
        website:
       
       

5) 11 May in Stone, Staffordshire, England (United Kingdom)

        MARGARET HALLAHAN
        founder, Dominican Sisters of the English Congregation of Saint Catherine of Siena
        born: 23 January 1802 in London, England (United Kingdom)

        competent diocese: Birmingham (United Kingdom)
        CCS protocol number: 880

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 April 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Dominican Sisters of Stone, Station Rd., Stone, Staffs ST15 8EN, UNITED KINGDOM
        website:
       
       

6) 22 May in Lucca (Italy)

        MARIA DOMENICA BRUN BARBANTINI
        widow; founder, Camillian Sisters, Ministers of the Sick
        born: 17 January 1789 in Lucca (Italy)

        competent diocese: Lucca
        CCS protocol number: 166

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 01 February 1986

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 March 1994

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 17 May 1995

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Suore Camilliane, Via Cassia, 1415, 00123 Roma, ITALY
        website:
       

7) 05 July in San Juan (Puerto Rico)

        RAFAEL CORDERO MOLINA

        layperson of the archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico

        born: 24 October 1790 in San Juan (Puerto Rico)

        competent diocese: San Juan de Puerto Rico
        CCS protocol number: 2544

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 April 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: May 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: October 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 11 March 2005

        session of historical consultors:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Dom Eduardo López-Tello García, osb

        petitioner: Círculo Maestro Rafael Cordero, Abadía de San Antonio Abad,

                                 Apdo. 729, Humacao 00792, PUERTO RICO

        website:
                         

8) 01 August in La Mure, Isère (France)
   

        PIERRE-JULIEN EYMARD
        priest and founder, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
                and Servants of the Blessed Sacrament
        born: 04 February 1811 in La Mure, Isère (France)

        competent diocese: Grenoble/Paris
        CCS protocol number: 140

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 12 August 1908

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 June 1922

            opening of informative process on first miracle for beatification: 

            opening of informative process on second miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of informative processes on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:
        beatification: 12 July 1925

        decree on resumption of canonization cause: 28 July 1926

            opening of informative process on first miracle for canonization: 

            opening of informative process on second miracle for canonization: 

            decree on validity of informative processes on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:
        canonization: 09 December 1962

       
        information: Congregazione del Santissimo Sacramento, Via G. B. de Rossi, 46, 00161 Roma, ITALY
                                 [1940: Giovanni Nadiani;

                                  1963: Lodovico Longari]
        website:
       
       

9) 13 August in Valls, Tarragona (Spain)
   

        FILOMENA FERRER GALCERÁN (FILOMENA OF SAINT COLUMBA)
        professed religious, Minim Nuns
        born: 03 April 1841 in Mora de Ebro, Tarragona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Tarragona
        CCS protocol number: 411

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:    

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 10 July 1891      

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:  

        antepreparatory congregation: 22 August 1911

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1984

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:  16 May 1989

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 September 1989

        postulator: Rev. Ottavio Laino, om
        petitioner: Mínimes de Sant Francesc de Paula, Camí de la Verneda, s/n, 43800 Valls, SPAIN

        website:
           
           

10) 30 September in La Selva, Barcelona (Spain) in odium fidei, uti fertur
       

        FRANCESC CRUSATS FRANCH
        professed priest, Claretians
        born: 05 January 1831 in Seva, Barcelona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Tarragona
        CCS protocol number: 491

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 12 May 1955

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Aitor Jiménez Etxabe, cmf
        petitioner: [see 1898: Jaume Clotet Fabres]
        website:
       

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