~ 1931 ~

1) 13 January in Acri, Cosenza (Italy)

        FRANCESCO MARIA GRECO
        priest of the archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano;

                founder, Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts
        born: 26 July 1857 in Acri, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cosenza-Bisignano

        CCS protocol number: 1325

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of informative process: 16 February 1990

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1994

        meeting of theological consultors: 02 December 2003

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 09 March 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 2004

                opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
                closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
                decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
                session of medical consultors: 12 May 2005
       

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm        

        petitioner: [see 1936: Raffaela De Vicenti (Maria Teresa)]

        website:

2) 19 January in Valletta (Malta)

        ISIDOR FORMOSA
        priest of the archdiocese of Malta;

                founder, Ursuline Sisters of Malta
        born: 15 November 1851 in Valletta (Malta)

        competent diocese: Malta
        CCS protocol number: 2492

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 04 September 2002

        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: Sorijiet Orsolini, Triq Karm Galea S.D.B., Sliema, SLM 09, MALTA

        website:
       
       

3) 22 January in Vienna (Austria)

        BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN LÁSZLÓ
        layperson of the archdiocese of Vienna; married
        born: 28 October 1870 in Dunakiliti, Györ-Moson-Sopron (Hungary)

        competent diocese: Vienna/Szombathely/Eisenstadt

        CCS protocol number: 1206

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of informative process: 13 January 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: 11 July 1992

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 05 July 2002
        beatification: 23 March 2003 

        postulator: Mons. Németh László

        petitioner: Szombathelyi egyházmegye, Berzsenyi Dániel tér 3, Pf. 41, 9701 Szombathely, HUNGARY
                             Diözese Eisenstadt, St. Rochusstrasse, 21, A-7000 Eisenstadt, AUSTRIA

        webpage: www.communio.hu/batthyany/

4) 28 January in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        LEONOR LÓPEZ DE MATURANA ORTIZ DE ZÁRATE (LEONOR OF SAINT ALOYSIUS)
        professed religious, Carmelite Sisters of Charity “Vedruna”
        born: 25 July 1884 in Bilbao, Vizcaya (Spain)

        competent diocese: La Merced

        CCS protocol number: 1163

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 17 November 1979

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 13 December 1985

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 December 1993

           
        postulator: Sr. María Concepción López Ramos, ccv

        petitioner: Carmelitas de la Caridad - Provincia de Argentina, Ayacucho, 460,

                                 C1026AAB Capital Federal, ARGENTINA
                             [see also 1854: Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas (Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi)]

        website:

       
5) 07 March in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

        MARIA GIOIA
        layperson of the diocese of Fermo
        born: 23 September 1904 in Casette d’Ete, Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

        competent diocese: Fermo

        CCS protocol number: 1291

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 31 July 1981

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process:

        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: 06 April 1998

        postulator:

        petitioner: Parrocchia del SS. Redentore, C.so Garibaldi, 76, 63011 Casette d’Ete (AP), ITALY

        website:
   
       

6) 13 March in San Diego, California (USA)
   

        FEDERICO SALVADOR RAMÓN
        priest of the diocese of Almería;

                founder, Servants of the Immaculate Child Mary
        born: 09 March 1867  in Almería (Spain)

        competent diocese: Almería

        CCS protocol number: 2206

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 29 November 1997 (from the diocese of San Diego)

        nihil obstat: 18 July 1998

        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: Sr. Quintila Cruz Castrejón, ein

        petitioner: Esclavas de la Inmaculada Niña, C/ Dr. Espina, 10, 28019 Madrid, SPAIN

        website:
   
   

7) 15 March in Sparanise, Caserta (Italy)

        GIOVANNI SEMERIA

        professed priest, Barnabites

        born: 26 September 1867 in Coldirodi, Imperia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Teano-Calvi

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Rev. Francesco Bracciani, fdd

        petitioner: [see 1959: Giovanni Minozzi]

        website:

8) 26 March in Naples (Italy)

        MARIA ANNA LANDI (MARIA OF JESUS)
        founder, Handmaids of the Church (n.o.)
        born: 21 January 1861 in Naples (Italy)

        competent diocese: Naples

        CCS protocol number: 973

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 October 1995

        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: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm        

        petitioner: Ancelle della Chiesa, Via Nuova a Capodimonte, 14, 80136 Napoli, ITALY

        website:

   
   
9) 05 May in Lucca (Italy)
   

        RENATO MASINI
        layperson of the archdiocese of Lucca
        born: 15 October 1901 in La Spezia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Lucca

        CCS protocol number: 524

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings: 28 January 1944

        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:

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Lucca, Via Arcivescovado, 55100 Lucca, ITALY

        website:

10) 15 June in São Luís, Imaruí, Santa Catarina (Brazil) in defensum castitatis

        ALBERTINA BERKENBROCK
        child of the diocese of Tubarão
        born: 11 April 1919 in São Luís, Imaruí, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Tubarão

        CCS protocol number: 786

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of informative process: 30 December 1954

        nihil obstat: 02 October 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 January 2002

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2002

        meeting of theological consultors: 26 September 2006

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 21 November 2006

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 16 December 2006

        beatification: 20 October 2007

        postulator: Fra Paolo Lombardo, ofm

        petitioner: Diocese de Tubarão, Rua Senador Gustavo Richard, 90 – Centro
                                 88701-220 – Tubarão – SC, BRAZIL

                             Vicepostulação da Causa A. Berkenbrock, Rua Roberto Zumblick, 981 – Humaitá
                                 88704-400 – Tubarão – SC, BRAZIL

        website: www.beataalbertina.com

11) 19 June in Rome (Italy)

        GIOVANNI VOLPI
        bishop of Arezzo
        born: 27 January 1860 in Lucca (Italy)

        competent diocese: Arezzo-Cortona-San Sepolcro

        CCS protocol number: 627

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings: 13 December 1961

        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:

        petitioner: Diocesi di Arezzo, P.za del Duomo 1, 52100 Arezzo, ITALY

        website:

12) 25 July in Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz (Mexico) in odium fidei
   

        DARÍO ACOSTA ZURITA
        priest of the diocese of Veracruz
        born: 14 December 1908 in Naolinco, Veracruz (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Veracruz

        CCS protocol number: 2239

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 03 September 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 February 2000

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2004

        meeting of theological consultors: 15 May 2004

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 15 June 2004

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 22 June 2004

        beatification: 20 November 2005

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diócesis de Veracruz, Insurgentes Veracruzanos #470, Paseo del Malecón, 91700 Veracruz, Ver., MEXICO

        website:

   
   
13) 07 September in Warsaw (Poland)

        IGNACY KŁOPOTOWSKI
        priest of the archdiocese of Warsaw;

                founder, Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto (n.o.)
        born: 20 July 1866 in Korzeniówka, Mazowieckie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Warsaw/Prague

        CCS protocol number: 1622

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 June 1988

        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:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2004

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 30 May 2005
        beatification: 19 June 2005

        postulator: Mons. Marian Rola

        petitioner: Siostry Loretanki, ul. Sierakowskiego 6, 03-717 Warszawa, POLAND

        website:
   

   
14) 08 October in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)

        CIPRIANO IÑIGUEZ MARTÍN DEL CAMPO

        priest of the archdiocese of Guadalajara;

                cofounder, Servants of Saint Margaret Mary and of the Poor (n.o.)

        born: 22 September 1873 in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Guadalajara

        CCS protocol number: 2449

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 December 2001

        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 1963: Anastacia Guadalupe García Zavala (María Guadalupe)]

        website:       

15) 05 November in Parma (Italy)
   

        GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI
        archbishop of Parma;

                founder, Xaverian Missionaries
        born: 28 March 1856 in Casalora di Ravadese, Parma (Italy)

        competent diocese: Parma

        CCS protocol number: 506

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 18 March 1941

        closing of informative process: 12 September 1942

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 29 May 1959

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process: 28 March 1960

        closing of apostolic process: 07 June 1961

        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: 11 February 1982

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 06 April 1995
        beatification: 17 March 1996

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 05 May 2006

            session of medical consultors: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Postulazione Saveriana, V.le S. Martino, 8, 43100 Parma, ITALY

                             [1954: Pietro Uccelli]

        website:

16) 14 November in Calcinaia, Pisa (Italy)
   

        LODOVICO COCCAPANI
        layperson of the diocese of Pisa;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 23 June 1849 in Calcinaia, Pisa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Pisa

        CCS protocol number: 2151

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 28 January 1997

        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: Fra Angelo Paleri, ofmconv

        petitioner: Parrocchia di S. Francesco, P.za San Francesco, 4, 56127 Pisa, ITALY

        website:
   
   

17) 05 December in Turin (Italy)

        FILIPPO RINALDI
        professed religious, Salesians of Don Bosco;

                founder, Secular Institute of Don Bosco Volunteers
        born: 28 May 1856 in Lu Monferrato, Alessandria (Italy)

        competent diocese: Turin

        CCS protocol number: 749

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 05 November 1947

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 11 June 1977

        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: 03 January 1987

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 29 April 1990

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb

        petitioner: [1888: Giovanni Bosco]

                              Volontarie di Don Bosco, Via Aureliana, 53, 00187 Roma, ITALY

        website:

18) 17 December in Orihuela, Alicante (Spain)

        JOSEFA OLIVER MOLINA (MARÍA ELISEA)
        founder, Sisters of the Virgin of Mount Carmel (n.o.)
        born: 09 July 1869 in Benidoleig, Alicante (Spain)

        competent diocese: Orihuela-Alicante

        CCS protocol number: 1845

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 February 1992

        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: Sr. María Adela de Jesús López Martín, hcarm

        petitioner: Hermanas de la Virgen Maria del Monte Carmelo, C/ Pradillo, 63, 28002 Madrid, SPAIN
                             [1918: Carme Badosa Cuatrecasas (Arcàngela)]

        website: www.hcarm-orihuela.com

19) 18 December in Kaliningrad (Russia)

        LUIGI FAIDUTTI

        priest of the archdiocese of Gorizia

        born: 11 April 1861 in Scrutto, San Leonardo, Udine (Italy) 

        competent diocese: Gorizia

        CCS number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Gorizia, Via Arcivescovado, 2, 34170 Gorizia, ITALY

        website:

20) 25 December in Ghiffa, Verbania (Italy)

        LUIGIA LAVIZZARI (MARIA CATERINA OF THE CHILD JESUS)
        professed religious, Benedictine Nuns of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (n.o.)
        born: 06 October 1867 in Vervio, Sondrio (Italy)

        competent diocese: Novara

        CCS protocol number: 950

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 1956

        closing of informative process: 1959

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 04 December 1980

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process: 1984

        closing of apostolic process: 1987

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 09 December 1988

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1995

        meeting of theological consultors: 19 May 2006

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 19 December 2006

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 June 2007

        postulator: Dr. Francesca Consolini

        petitioner: Monastero SS. Trinità , Corso Risorgimento 274,  28823 Ghiffa (VB),  ITALY

        website:

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