~ 1916 ~

1) 08 January in Lisbon (Portugal)
   

        TERESA ROSA FERNANDA DE SALDANHA OLIVEIRA SOUSA
        founder, Dominican Sisters of the Portuguese Congregation of Saint Catherine of Siena (n.o)
        born: 04 September 1837 in Lisbon (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Lisbon
        CCS protocol number: 2301

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 10 September 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 06 November 1999

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 November 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 2003

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors: February 2008

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Dominicanas da Congregação Portuguesa de Santa Catarina de Sena,

                                 Largo de São Domingos de Benfica, 14 1500-554 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

        website: www.teresadesaldanha-irmasdominicanas.pt
       
       

2) 10 January at Montevideo (Uruguay)
   

        VITTORIO LOJODICE [Víctor Loyódice]
        professed priest, Redemptorists
        born: 25 July 1834 in Corato, Bari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Montevideo
        CCS protocol number: 697

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 24 November 1951

        closing of informative process:

        nihil obstat:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Antonio Marrazzo, cssr

        petitioner: [see 1945: Antonio Solari]

        website:       

3) 16 January in Valencia (Spain)

        JUANA MARÍA CONDESA LLUCH
        founder, Handmaids of Mary Immaculate (n.o)
        born: 30 March 1862 in Valencia (Spain)

        competent diocese: Valencia
        CCS protocol number: 832

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 03 December 1953

        closing of informative process: 12 January 1956
        decree on validity of informative process: 14 December 1984

        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: 07 July 1997

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 23 March 2003

        postulator:
        petitioner: Esclavas de María Inmaculada, C/ Balmes, 27, 46001 Valencia, SPAIN

        website: www.esclavasdemaria.org
   
   

4) 07 February in Vic, Barcelona (Spain)

        JOSEP TORRAS BAGES
        bishop of Vic
        born: 12 September 1846 in Les Cabanyes, Barcelona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Vic
        CCS protocol number: 456

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 April 1987

        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: 13 June 1992

        postulator:
        petitioner: Causa de Beatificació del V. Torras i Bages, Seminari Diocesà, Apt. 32,

                                 08500 Vic (Barcelona), SPAIN

        website:
       

       
5) 07 February in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)

        LUDWIKA SZCZĘSNA (KLARA)
        cofounder, Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
        born: 18 July 1863 in Cieszki, Mazowieckie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Kraków
        CCS protocol number: 1962

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 07 April 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1924: Józef Sebastian Pelczar]

        website:
       
       

6) 26 February in Alcantarilla, Murcia (Spain)
   

        TOMASA ORTIZ REAL (PIEDAD OF THE CROSS)
        founder, Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart (n.o)
        born: 12 November 1842 in Bocairente, Valencia (Spain)

        competent diocese: Cartágena (Spain)
        CCS protocol number: 1390

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 15 December 1981

        opening of cognitional process: 06 February 1982

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 03 February 1984

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors: 28 January 2000

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 02 May 2000

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 July 2000

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 12 April 2003
        beatification: 21 March 2004

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Hermanas Salesianas del Sagrado Corazón, C/ Madre Piedad de la Cruz, 12,

                                30820 Alcantarilla (Murcia), SPAIN

        website:
   
   

7) 05 May in Pisa (Italy)

        FELICE PRINETTI
        professed priest, Oblates of the Virgin Mary;

                founder, Daughters of Saint Joseph of Genoni (n.o)
        born: 14 May 1842 in Voghera, Pavia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Pisa
        CCS protocol number: 1389

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 26 February 1982

        opening of cognitional process: 05 May 1982

        closing of cognitional process: 05 May 1984

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 16 January 1987

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1990

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors: 30 September 2003

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 20 January 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 2004

        postulator: Mons. Luigi Porsi
        petitioner: Figlie di San Giuseppe, Via Carmine, 34, 09170 Oristano, ITALY   
                             [see also 1830: Pio Brunone Lanteri]

        website: web.tiscali.it/ffsgg/
           
           

8) 27 June in Monte Colombara, Altopiano di Asiago, Vicenza (Italy)

        GUIDO NEGRI
        layperson of the diocese of Pisa;

                member, Lay Dominicans
        born: 25 August 1888 in Este, Padua (Italy)

        competent diocese: Pisa
        CCS protocol number: 525

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings: 23 November 1960

        introduction of cause:

        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. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Fraternitá Laicale Domenicani, Via S. Martino e Solferino, 2, 35122 Padova, ITALY

        website:

9) 03 July in Ulyanovsk (a.k.a. Simbirsk), Ulyanovskaya oblast’ (Russia)

        IVAN LOMNITS’KYI (EREMIYA) [Іван Ломницький (Єремія)]

        professed priest, Basilians of Saint Josaphat;

                cofounder, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite)

        born: 08 February 1860 at Kavs’ko, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)

        competent eparchy: Ivano-Frankivsk

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

               
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 April 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Liubomira Nadich, smi
        petitioner: [see also 1919: Mykhailyna Hordashevs’ka (Yosafata)]

        website:        

10) 02 August in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
   
        MARIA GIUSEPPA SOFIA IACONIS (MARIA EUFRASIA)
        founder, Daughters of the Immaculate Conception (n.o.)
        born: 18 November 1867 in Castelsilano (a.k.a. Casino), Crotone (Italy)

        competent diocese: Buenos Aires

        CCS protocol number: 2524

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 09 September 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: March 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Nora Antonelli, fic (diocesan postulator)
        petitioner: Hijas de la Inmaculada Concepción, Roque Pérez, 2750, C1430FBF Capital Federal, ARGENTINA
                             [see also 1945: Maria Giuseppina De Micheli (Maria Pierina)]

        website: www.fic.org.ar
           

11) 03 August in Lleida (Spain)

        MARIA CARME SURROCA DE PASTORS
        professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell (n.o)
        born: 13 August 1871 in Puigcerda, Girona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Lleida
        CCS protocol number: 1402

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 18 February 1981

        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: Sr. María del Pilar Adín Carreras, sfu
        petitioner: [see 1885: Anna Maria Janer Anglarill]

        website:
   
   

12) 04 August in Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

        FRÉDÉRIC JANSSOONE
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 19 November 1838 in Ghyvelde, Nord (France)

        competent diocese: Trois-Rivières
        CCS protocol number: 413

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 26 June 1940

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors: 15 January 1985

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 05 March 1985

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 21 March 1985

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 25 September 1988

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm
        petitioner: Les Franciscains, 890 Rue St.-Maurice, Trois-Rivières (Québec) G9A 3P8, CANADA

        website:
   
   

13) 01 September in Como (Italy)
   

        BENIGNA CONSOLATA FERRERO
        professed religious, Visitation Nuns
        born: 06 August 1885 in Turin (Italy)

        competent diocese: Como
        CCS protocol number: 79

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 01 December 1925

        closing of informative process:

        nihil obstat:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Monastero della Visitazione, Via Briantea, 14, 22100 Como, ITALY

        website:
             

14) 27 September in Etinehem, Somme (France)

        PHILIPPE THIBAUT

        priest of the diocese of Lille

        born: 29 July 1885 in Lille, Nord (France)

        competent diocese: Lille

        CCS protocol number: 1111

        type of cause: heroic virtues

               
        opening of informative process:  31 January 1968

        closing of informative process:

        nihil obstat:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocèse de Lille, 68 rue Royale, 59042 Lille CEDEX, FRANCE

        website:        

15) 06 October in Kortrijk, West Flanders (Belgium)

        ISIDOOR DE LOOR (ISIDOOR OF SAINT JOSEPH)
        professed religious, Passionists
        born: 18 April 1881 in Vrasene, East Flanders (Belgium)

        competent diocese: Brugge
        CCS protocol number: 672

        type of cause: heroic virtues

               
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:
        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 09 November 1960

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        plenary session of cardinals:

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 July 1982

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 12 January 1984
        beatification: 30 September 1984

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Provincialat van de Passionisten, Wandelingstraat 33, B-8500 Kortrijk, BELGIUM

        website:
       
       

16) 18 October in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal)
   

        MARY JANE WILSON (MARIA OF SAINT FRANCIS)
        founder, Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Victory

        born: 03 October 1840 in Hurryhur, Mysore, Karnātaka (India)

        competent diocese: Funchal
        CCS protocol number: 1576

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 07 November 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 August 1991

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 1993

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 January 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1998

        session of historical consultors: 27 October 1998

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm        

        petitioner: Irmãs Franciscanas de Nossa Senhora das Victorias, Quinta de Santa Isabel,

                                 Av. 25 de Abril, 2, 2685-719 Apelação, PORTUGAL

        website: www.cifnsv.com

 

17) 01 December in Tamanrasset, Tamanghasset (Algeria)

        CHARLES DE FOUCAULD (CHARLES OF JESUS)
        priest of the diocese of Viviers
        born: 15 September 1858 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin (France)

        competent diocese: Laghouat
        CCS protocol number: 582

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 16 February 1927

        closing of informative process:  06 February 1947

        decree on writings:  28 July 1968

        introduction of cause: 13 April 1978

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors: 20 October 2000

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 06 February 2001

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 24 April 2001

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2004
        beatification: 13 November 2005

        postulator: Mons. Maurice Bouvier
        petitioner: Amitiés Charles de Foucauld, 56, rue du Val-d’Or, 92150 Suresnes, FRANCE

        website: www.charlesdefoucauld.org

18) 17 December in Rome (France)

        HYACINTH-MARIE CORMIER
        professed priest, Dominicans;

                founder, Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena of Auch (n.o.)      
        born: 08 December 1832 in Orléans, Loiret (France)

        competent diocese: Rome
        CCS protocol number: 347

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:
        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 22 June 1945

        decree of “non cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 01 March 1983

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 14 May 1983

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 20 November 1994

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Ordine dei Frati Predicatori, P.za Pietro d’Illiria, 1, 00153 Roma, ITALY
                             Sœurs Dominicaines de Sainte-Catherine, 10, rue de la Somme, 3200 Auch, FRANCE

        website:
       
       

19) 18 December in Borgaro Torinese, Turin (Italy)

        GIULIA VALLE (NEMESIA)
        professed religious, Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret
        born: 27 June 1847 in Aosta (Italy)

        competent diocese: Turin
        CCS protocol number: 803

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 31 July 1981

        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:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2002

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2003

        beatification: 25 April  2004

        postulator: Sr. Anna Antida Casolino, SdC
        petitioner: [see 1826: Jeanne-Antide Thouret]

        website:
           
   

20) 16 December in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mazowieckie (Poland)

        FLORENTYN WACŁAW KOŹMIŃSKI (HONORAT FROM BIAŁA)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins;

                founder of the following existing congregations:

                [1] Sisters of Saint Felix of Cantalice - Felician Sisters;

                [2] Secular Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Messengers of Mary (n.o);

                [3] Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate;

                [4] Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God - Seraphic Sisters;

                [5] Franciscan Sisters of the Suffering (n.o.);

                [6] Sisters Vestiaries of Jesus (n.o.);

                [7] Servant Brothers of Mary Immaculate (n.o.);

                [8] Sisters Servants of Jesus (n.o);

                [9] Daughters of the Most Pure Heart of Mary (n.o.);

                [10] Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus;

                [11] Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Sisters of Blessed Honorat (n.o.);

                [12] Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face (n.o.);

                [13] Auxiliary Sisters of the Atoning Souls (n.o.);

                [14] Daughters of Mary Immaculate - Immaculatine Sisters (n.o.);

                [15] Sons of Our Lady of Sorrows (n.o.);

                [16] Sisters Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (n.o.);

                [17] Sisters Servants of the Mother of the Good Shepherd (n.o.)

        born: 16 October 1829 in Biała Podlaska, Lubelskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Warsaw
        CCS protocol number: 677

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 07 April 1949

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 07 February 1983

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 01 February 1985

        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: 16 March 1987

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 16 October 1988

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap   

        petitioner: Sanktuarium Bł. Honorata Koźmińskiego, Pl. O. Honorata Koźmińskiego 19, 26-420 Nowe Miasto n. Pilicą, POLAND
                             [1]  see 1899: Zofia Kamila Truszkowska (Maria Angela)

                             [2] Służebnice NSJ - Posłanniczki Maryi, ul. Kazimierzowska 20, 05-510 Konstancin-Jeziorna  POLAND
                             [3] Siostry Służki, Mariówka 3, 26-400 Przysucha (Radom), POLAND
                             [4] see 1905: Małgorzata Szewczyk (Łucja)
                             [5] Siostry Franciszkanki od Cierpiących, ul. Wilcza 7, 00-538 Warszawa, POLAND
                             [6] Siostry Westiarki, ul. Bracka 23/45, 00-028 Warszawa, POLAND
                             [7] Bracia Słudzy Maryi Niepokalanej , ul. Bielińskiego 26, 26-420 Nowe Miasto n. Pilicą, POLAND
                             [8] Siostry Slugi Jezusa, ul. Sewerynów 8, 00-331 Warszawa, POLAND
                             [9] Siostry Sercanki, Pl. O. Honorata Koźmińskiego, 6, 26-420 Nowe Miasto n. Pilicą, POLAND
                             [10] see 1895: Maria Witowska (Franciszka)
                             [11] see 1937: Anna Róża Godecka
                             [12] Siostry Obliczanki , ul. Zawodowa, 25, 04-419 Warszawa, POLAND
                             [13] Wspomożycielki Dusz Czyśćcowych, ul. Poprzeczna 1, 05-070 Sulejówek, POLAND
                             [14] Córki Maryi Niepokalanej - Siostry Niepokalanki, ul. Rawska, 5, 26-420 Nowe Miasto n. Pilicą, POLAND
                             [15] Bracia Doloryści, Al. Przyszłości 8, 05-420 Józefów k/Otwocka, POLAND
                             [16] Siostry Pocieszycielki, ul. Syrokomli 23, 03-335 Warszawa, POLAND

                             [17] Siostry Pasterzanki, ul. Kościelna 9, 05-500 Piaseczno k. Warszawy, POLAND

        website:
   
   

21) 25 December in  Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
   

        ADAM CHMIELOWSKI (ALBERT)
        founder, Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants of the Poor (Albertine Brothers)

                and Sisters Servants of the Poor (Albertine Sisters)

        born: 20 August 1845 in Igołomia, Małopolskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Kraków
        CCS protocol number: 714

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 27 January 1966

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        plenary session of cardinals:

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 January 1977

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 09 June 1983
        beatification: 22 June 1983

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        canonization: 12 November 1989

        information: Bracia Albertyni, ul. Krakowska 43, 31-066 Kraków, POLAND
                                 Siostry Albertynki, ul. Woronicza 10, 31-409 Kraków, POLAND

                                 [1940: Maria Jabłonska (Bernardyna)]

        website: www.albertyni.opoka.org.pl
               

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