~ 1927 ~

1) 17 January in Rome (Italy)

        GIUSEPPINA BERETTONI [biography]
        layperson of the vicariate of Rome;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 06 August 1875 in Rome (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome
        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Fraternitá Nazionale OFS, Via Pomponia Grecina, 31, 00145 Roma, ITALY
               
         

2) 27 January in Kaunas, Kauno rajonas (Lithuania)

        JURGIS MATULAITIS-MATULEWICZ
        bishop of Kaunas;

                renovator, [1] Marians of the Immaculate Conception;

                founder, [2] Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

                and [3] Sister Servants of the Eucharistic Jesus (n.o.)
        born: 13 April 1871 in Lugine, Marijampolės rajonas (Lithuania)

        competent diocese: Rome/Kaunas
        protocol number: 829

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 26 June 1959

        introduction of cause: 09 February 1967

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries: 07 March 1975

        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 May 1982

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 28 June 1987

       
        actor: [1] [see 1701: Jan Papczyński (Stanisław of Jesus and Mary)]
                     [2]  Šv. Mergelės Marijos Vargdienių Seserų, P. Kriaučiūno g. 11, LT-68298 Marijampolė, LITHUANIA
                     [3] Siostry Eucharystki, ul. Zawisy, 3, 05-800 Pruszków, POLAND
   

   
3) 07 February in Hrodna, Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’ (Belarus)
   

        JÓZEF FORDON (MELCHIOR) [Язэп Фордон (Мельхіёр)]

        professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals
        born: 05 August 1862 in Hrodna (a.k.a. Grodno), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’

                            (then in Poland, now in Belarus)

        competent diocese: Warsaw
        protocol number: 1924

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 12 January 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 12 November 1999

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Klasztor Stygmatów Sw. Franciszka, ul. Zakroczymska, 1, 00-225 Warszawa, POLAND
   

4) 09 February in Barranquilla, Atlántico (Colombia)

        SATURNINO IBARGUREN GURUDI

        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 11 February 1856 in Villareal de Urretxu, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        competent diocese: Baranquilla/Pamplona-Tudela
        protocol number: 71

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 12 July 1946

        nihil obstat:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Curia Provincial de la Compañía de Jesús, Carrera 23 # 39-69, Bogotá, D.C., COLOMBIA
               
   

5) 12 February in Begoña, Bilbao, Vizcaya (Spain)
 

        ANTONIA OTEGI ZABALA (ANTONIA OF JESUS)

        professed religious, Sisters Adorers, Handmaids of Charity and of the Blessed Sacrament
        born: 10 February 1894 in Asteasu, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        competent diocese: Vitoria
        protocol number: 454

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 June 1935

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        nihil obstat:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Casa Provincial Hnas. Adoratrices, C/ Menéndez Pidal, s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, SPAIN

                    [see also 1865: Micaela Desmaisières López de Dicastillo (María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament)]
   

   
6) 25 March in Ain Karim, Yerushalayim (Israel)

        MARYAM SŪLTANAH DANIL GHAŢŢAS  (MARIE-ALPHONSINE) [ﻣﺮﻴﻢ ﺳوﻟﺑﻨﻪ ﺪﻨﻲﻞ غطَاسْ]

        cofounder, Rosary Sisters
        born: 04 October 1843 in Jerusalem (Israel)

        competent diocese: Jerusalem of the Latins
        protocol number: 1533

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        nihil obstat: 20 October 1986

        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: 15 December 1994

       
        actor: Congregation of the Rosary Sisters, P.O. Box 21370, Beit-Hanina, 91213 Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Note: In several Arabic circles, the first baptismal name is Romanized as “Mariam”  and the second as “Sultaneh”.
 

7) 08 April in Belmonte, Cuenca (Spain)
   

        DOMINGO ITURRATE ZUBERO (DOMINGO OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT)

        professed priest, Trinitarians
        born: 11 May 1901 in Dima, Vizcaya (Spain)
               

        competent diocese: Cuenca/Vitoria
        protocol number: 91

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 29 March 1958

        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 October 1980

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 30 October 1983

       
        actor: Provincia Trinitaria de España-Norte, C/ Echegaray, 30, 28014 Madrid, SPAIN

                    Religiosos Trinitarios, San Martin, 6, 48990 Getxo-Algorta (Vizcaya), SPAIN

                    [1951: Felix Monasterio Ateca (Felix of the Virgin)]
 

8) 12 April in Naples (Italy)
   

        GIUSEPPE MOSCATI

        layperson of the diocese of Naples
        born: 25 July 1880 in Benevento (Italy)

        competent diocese: Naples
        protocol number: 507

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        decree on writings: 11 March 1945

        introduction of cause: 06 March 1949

        opening of apostolic inquiries:

        closing of apostolic inquiries:
        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries: 17 January 1958

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 10 May 1973

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 16 November 1975

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        canonization: 25 October 1987

       
        actor: Chiesa di Gesù Nuovo, Via S. Sebastiano 48, 80134 Napoli, ITALY
   
   

9) 02 May in Pallanza, Novara (Italy)
   

        SILVIO GALLOTTI

        priest of the diocese of Novara
        born: 21 September 1881 in Cannobio, Verbania (Italy)

        competent diocese: Novara
        protocol number: 936

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 15 December 1981

        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

        actor: Oblati dei SS. Gaudenzio e Carlo - Missionari di Maria,

                            Via Monte San Gabriele 1/E, 28100 Novara, ITALY

                     Santuario della Pietà, P.za del Santuario, 28822 Cannobio (VB), ITALY
 

10) 08 May in Convent Station, New Jersey (USA)

        TERESA DEMJANOVICH (MIRIAM TERESA)

        professed religious, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
        born: 26 March 1901 in Bayonne, New Jersey (USA)

        competent diocese: Paterson
        protocol number: 801

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        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:

        actor: Sister Miriam Teresa League, Convent Station, NJ 07961, USA
   
   

11) 13 May in Granada (Spain)
   

        MARÍA CONCEPCION BARRECHEGUREN GARCÍA

        young layperson of the diocese of Granada
        born: 27 November 1905 in Granada (Spain)

        competent diocese: Granada
        protocol number: 552

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1957: Francisco Barrecheguren Montagut]
   
   

12) 01 June in Messina (Italy)
   

        ANNIBALE MARIA DI FRANCIA

        priest of the archdiocese of Messina;

                founder, Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus

                and Daughters of Divine Zeal
        born: 05 July 1851 in Messina (Italy)

        competent diocese: Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
        protocol number: 729

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 19 January 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: 21 December 1989

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 07 October 1990

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        canonization: 16 May 2004

        actor: Rogazionisti del Cuore di Gesù, Via Tuscolana, 167, 00182 Roma, ITALY

 

13) 28 June in Bogotá (Colombia)
   

        RAFAÉL MANUEL ALMANSA RIAÑO

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 02 August 1840 in Bogotá (Colombia)

        competent diocese: Bogotá
        protocol number: 2078

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 27 October 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 September 1999

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Vicepostulación, Parroquia de San Diego, Carrera 7, Nº 26-37,  Santafé de Bogotá, COLOMBIA

                    Curia Provincial  OFM, Calle 73, Nº 10-67, Santafé de Bogotá, COLOMBIA
 

14) 19 July in Bogotá (Colombia)
   
        GABRIELA DURÁN PÁRRAGA (GABRIELA OF SAINT MARTIN)
        cofounder, Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena of Colombia (n.o.)
        born: 22 May 1848 in Firavitoba, Boyocá (Colombia)

        competent diocese: Bogotá
        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Dominicas de Santa Catalina de Siena, Carrera 11, N° 77 – 20, Bogotá, D.C., COLOMBIA
       
       

15) 06 August in Cagliari (Italy)
       

        ANTONINO PISANO

        professed cleric, Mercedarians
        born: 19 March 1907 in Cagliari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cagliari
        protocol number: 866

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 25 October 1961

        nihil obstat:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Padri Mercedari, P.za Bonaria, 2, 09125 Cagliari (CA), ITALY
                   

16) 17 August in Santiago (Chile)
   

        PERE MARCER CUSCÓ

        professed religious, Claretians
        born: 01 October 1854 in Avinyonet del Penedès, Barcelona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Santiago de Chile
        protocol number: 668

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 23 January 1963

        nihil obstat:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1904: Mariano Avellana Lasierra]

17) 11 September in Grottazzolina, Ascoli Piceno (Italy)
   

        PAOLA RENATA CARBONI

        young layperson of the archdiocese of Fermo
        born: 21 February 1908 in Montefalcone Appennino, Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

        competent diocese: Fermo
        protocol number: 1045

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 15 March 1980

        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: 02 April 1993

       
        actor: Convento Madona della Misericordia, Via A. Murri, 1, 63023 Fermo (AP), ITALY
       
   

18) 04 October in México City (Mexico)
   

        SALVADOR GARCIDUEÑAS ARGÜELLO

        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 05 August 1856 in Villa Escalante (a.k.a. Santa Clara del Cobre), Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Mexico
        protocol number: 1438

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 June 1957

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 December 1982

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Compañía de Jesús, Séneca No. 306, Col. Los Morales, Sec. Alameda, 11510 México, D.F., MEXICO
   

   
19) 20 November in Rachol, Goa (India)
   

        AGNELO GUSTAVO ADOLFO DE SOUZA

        professed priest, Missionary Society of Saint Francis Xavier of Pilar
        born: 21 January 1869 in Anjuna, Goa (India)
       

        competent diocese: Goa-Daman
        protocol number: 842

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 21 December 1968

        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: 10 November 1986

       
        actor: Vice Postulation, Society of Pilar, Goa 403 203, INDIA
   
   

20) 23 November in Mexico City (Mexico) in odium fidei
   

        MIGUEL AGUSTÍN PRO JUÁREZ
        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 13 January 1891 in Guadalupe, Zacatecas (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Mexico
        protocol number: 209

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 01 June 1947

        introduction of cause: 11 January 1952

        decree on “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries: 22 July 1964

        publication year of Positio: 1984

        meeting of theological consultors: 29 April 1986

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 01 July 1986

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 10 November 1986
        beatification: 25 September 1988

       
        actor: Compañía de Jesús, Calle Puebla 144, Col. Roma, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, Mexico D.F., MEXICO
   
   

21) 25 December in Bari (Italy)
   

        TEODORA FRACASSO (ELIA OF SAINT CLEMENT)

        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns
        born: 17 January 1901 in Bari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Bari-Bitonto
        protocol number: 807

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        introduction of cause: 11 September 1980

        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: 11 December 1987

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 18 March 2006

       
        actor: Carmelitane Scalze, Via de Rossi, 245, 70122 Bari, ITALY
   

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