~ 1918 ~

1) 10 January in Madrid (Spain)

        MARÍA DOLORES RODRÍGUEZ-SOPEÑA ORTEGA
        founder, Sisters of the Catechetical Institute of Dolores Sopeña (n.o.)
        born: 30 December 1848 in Vélez-Rubio, Almería (Spain)
        protocol number: 841

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 19 June 1980

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 July 1992

        beatification: 23 March 2003

       
        actor: Instituto Catequista Dolores Sopeña, C/ Francisco de Rojas, 6, 4º, 28010 Madrid, SPAIN

                    Istituto Catechista Dolores Sopeña, Via Lucilio, 16, 09136 Roma, ITALY
   
   

2) 24 January in Kęty, Małopolskie (Poland)

        WALENTYNA ŁEMPICKA (MARIA OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS)

        professed religious, Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns
        born: 07 February 1833 in Godziszewy, Kujawsko-Pomoskie (Poland)

        protocol number: 2653

        nihil obstat: 13 May 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Mniszki Klaryski od Wieczystej Adoracji, ul. Kościuszki 6,  32-650 Kęty, POLAND
   

3) 02 March in Breganze, Vicenza (Italy)

        GIOVANNA MENEGHINI
        founder, Ursulines of the Sacred Heart of Mary (n.o.)
        born: 23 May 1868 in Bolzano Vicentino, Vicenza (Italy)
        protocol number: 2143
        nihil obstat: 02 December 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Orsoline del Sacro Cuore di Maria, Via S. Francesco Vecchio, 20, 36100 Vicenza, ITALY
   
   

4) 14 March in Genoa (Italy)

        FRANCESCA TERESA ROSSI
        layperson from the archdiocese of Genoa;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 24 March 1837 in Genoa (Italy)
        protocol number: 1449

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 11 May 1991

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Vicepostulazione, Salita Superiore S. Rocchino, 51, 16122 Genova, ITALY
 

5) 03 April in Genoa (Italy)

        RACHELE [LINA] NOCETI
        young layperson from the archdiocese of Genoa
        born: 01 July 1898 in Genoa (Italy)
        protocol number: 1621

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:    

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 10 April 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Parrocchia di S. Maria Maddalena, P.za della Maddalena, 11, 16124 Genova, ITALY
   
       

6) 28 April in Zhuzhel’, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)

        KIRILO SELETS’KYI (Кирило Селецький)

        priest of the eparchy Przemyśl-Warsaw (now part of the; married;

                founder, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary;

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

        born: 29 April 1835 in Pidbuzh,  L’viv’ska oblast’ (Ukraine)

        protocol number:

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:    

        actor:  [see 1942: Ekaterina Shapka (Varvara);

                       see also 1919: Mykhailyna Hordashevs’ka (Yosafata)]

7) 18 May in Trier, Rhineland Palatinate (Germany)

        MARIA MAGDALENA MERTEN (BLANDINE OF THE SACRED HEART)
        professed religious, Ursuline Sisters of Calvarienberg-Ahrweiler (n.o.)
        born: 10 July 1883 in Düppenweiler, Saarland (Germany)
        protocol number: 992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause:  04 December 1980

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 July 1983
        beatification: 01 November 1987

       
        actor: Ursulinenkongregation Calvarienberg Ahrweiler, 53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, GERMANY

 

8) 07 July in Granada (Spain)

        JOSÉ GRAS GRANOLLERS
        priest of the diocese of Granada;

                founder, Daughters of Christ the King (n.o.)
        born: 22 February 1824 in Agramunt, Lleida (Spain)
        protocol number: 681

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 22 September 1978

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 March 1994

       
        actor: Hijas de Cristo Rey, Callejón de Alberzana, 1, 18010 Granada, SPAIN

                    Figlie di Cristo Re, Via della Pisana, 332, 00163 Roma, ITALY
                    [1930: Isabel Gómez Rodríguez (Inés of Jesus)]

 

9) 27 July in Benevello, Cuneo (Italy)

        MAGGIORINO VIGOLUNGO
        seminarian, Society of Saint Paul
        born: 06 May 1904 in Benevello, Cuneo (Italy)
        protocol number: 1021

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 10 December 1964
        nihil obstat: 11 September 1980

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 28 March 1988
 

        actor: [see 1971: Giacomo Alberione]
   
   

10) 09 August in Molokai, Hawaii (USA)

        BARBARA COPE (MARIANNE)
        professed religious, Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse
        born: 23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, Hesse (Germany)
        protocol number: 1313

        nihil obstat: 28 July 1983

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 2004

        beatification: 14 May 2005

       
        actor: Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse, 2500 Grant Blvd., Syracuse, NY 13208-1713, USA

        website: http://blessedmariannecope.org

11) 31 August in Sacais, Porto (Portugal)

        ANTÓNIO JOSÉ DE SOUSA BARROSO
        bishop of Porto
        born: 05 November 1854 in Remelhe, Barcelos, Braga (Portugal)
        protocol number: 1890
        nihil obstat: 05 December 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Postulação, Rua Visconde de Valmor, 9 R/C D.to, 1000-289 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
   
   

12) 08 September in Tafers, Fribourg (Switzerland)

        JOHANN BAPTIST JORDAN (FRANZISKUS MARIA OF THE CROSS)
        priest of the archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau;

                founder, Society of the Divine Savior
                and Sisters of the Divine Savior
        born: 16 June 1848 in Gurtweil, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
        protocol number: 502

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        nihil obstat: 05 June 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 2006

        publication year of Positio: 2006

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Società del Divin Salvatore, Via della Conciliazione, 51, 00193 Roma, ITALY
   

13) 20 September in Chicago, Illinois (USA)

        JOSEPHINE [JÓZEFINA] DUDZIK (MARY THERESA)
        founder, Franciscan Sisters of Chicago
        born: 30 August 1860 in Plocicz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1199

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 01 June 1979

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 March 1994

       
        actor: League of Mo. Mary Theresa, 14700 Main St., Lemont, IL 60439, USA
       

           
14) 04 October in Cambrai, Nord (France)

        JOSEF ENGLING
        young layperson of the diocese of Trier;

                member, Schönstatt Movement
        born: 05 January 1898 in Prosity (a.k.a. Prossitten), Warmińsko-Mazurskie (then in Germany, now in Poland)
        protocol number: 1047

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 28 October 1988

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Josef-Engling Sekretariat, Höhrer Straße 80a, 56179 Vallendar, GERMANY
   
       

15) 07 October in Pisa (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE TONIOLO
        layperson of the diocese of Pisa; married
        born: 07 March 1845 in Treviso (Italy)
        protocol number: 307

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 07 January 1951

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 14 June 1971

       
        actor: Comitato “Giuseppe Toniolo”, Azione Cattolica Italiana, Via Aurelia, 481, 00165 Roma , ITALY
       
   

16) 10 October in Madrid (Spain)

        MARÍA CATALINA IRIGOYEN ECHEGARAY (MARÍA DESPOSORIOS)
        professed religious, Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick
        born: 25 November 1848 in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)
        protocol number: 548

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        introduction of cause: 14 February 1962

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 30 March 1981

       
        actor: [see 1887: María Soledad Torres Acosta]
   
           

17) 18 October in Paimol, Kitgum (Uganda) in odium fidei

       DAUDI OKELO
       young layperson of the archdiocese of Gulu
       born: ca. 1902 in Payira, Kitgum (?) (Uganda)
       JILDO IRWA
       child of the archdiocese of Gulu
       born: ca. 1906 in Bar Kitoba, Kitgum (Uganda)
       protocol number: 2209
       nihil obstat: 07 February 1998

       opening of diocesan inquiry:

       closing of diocesan inquiry:

       validation of diocesan inquiry:

       publication year of Positio:

       session of historical consultors:

       meeting of theological consultors:

       ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 23 April 2002
       beatification: 20 October 2002

       
       actor: Archdiocese of Gulu, P.O. Box 200, Gulu, UGANDA
       

18) 24 November in Crespano del Grappa, Treviso (Italy)

        LUIGI MARIA RAINERI
        professed cleric, Barnabites
        born: 19 November 1895 in Turin (Italy)
        protocol number: 1005

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 1988

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Chiesa S. Bartolomeo, P.za S. Bartolomeo, 2, 16122 Genova, ITALY
   
   

19) 25 November in Lima (Peru)

        RAFAELA VEINTEMILLA VILLACIS (RAFAELA OF THE PASSION)
        founder, Augustinian Daughters of the Most Holy Redeemer (n.o.)
        born: 22 March 1836 in Quito (Ecuador)
        protocol number: 1549
        nihil obstat: 06 February 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Agustinas Hijas del Santísimo Salvador, Jiron Ancash Nº 880, Aptdo. 5266, Lima 1, PERU
   
       

20) 27 November in Elda, Alicante (Spain)

        CARME BADOSA CUATRECASAS (ARCÀNGELA)
        professed religious, Sisters of the Virgin of Mount Carmel (n.o.)
        born: 16 June 1878 in Sant Joan de les Fonts, Girona (Spain)
        protocol number: 2308
        nihil obstat: 18 November 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 2004

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1931:  Josefa Oliver Molina (María Elisea)]
       
   

21) 08 December in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
   
        JOSIP STADLER
        archbishop of Sarajevo;

                founder, Handmaids of the Child Jesus (n.o.)
        born: 24 January 1843 in Slavonski Brod, Brodsko-Posavaska (Croatia)
        protocol number: 2436
        nihil obstat: 03 November 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Služvake Malog Isusa, Naumovac, 12, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA

                    Postulatura Sl. B. Josipa Stadlera, Josipa Stadlera 5, 71000 Sarajevo, CROATIA
       
       

22) 17 December in Rome (Italy)

        VINCENZO TAROZZI
        priest of the archdiocese of Bologna
        born: 11 June 1849 in Castelfranco Emilia, Modena (Italy)
        protocol number: 73

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        nihil obstat: 1992

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 21 January 1994

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Vicepostulazione, Via U. Giordano, 14, 40141 Bologna, ITALY
   

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