~ 1936 ~

1) 25 January in Vechta, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony (Germany)
   

        FRANZ HORTEN (TITUS)

        professed priest, Dominicans
        born: 09 August 1882 in Wuppertal, Elberfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

        competent diocese: Münster
        CCS protocol number: 744

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:
        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 March 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors: 02 March 2004

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 09 November 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2004

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 19 January 2007

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op
        petitioner: Dominikanerkonvent, Füchteler Str. 72, 49377 Vechta, GERMANY
        website: 

 

2) 18 February in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)
   

        FRANCISCO OROZCO JIMÉNEZ

        archbishop of Guadalajara
        born: 19 November 1864 in Zamora, Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Guadalajara
        CCS protocol number: 2006

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 21 February 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:

        petitioner: Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara, Apartado Postal 1-331, Calle Liceo 17, 44100 Guadalajara, Jal., MEXICO
        website: 
   
   

3) 28 February in Paris (France)

        DANIEL BROTTIER

        professed priest, Congregation of the Holy Spirit
        born: 07 September 1872 in La Ferté-Saint-Cyr, Loir-et-Cher (France)

        competent diocese: Paris
        CCS protocol number: 737

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 08 February 1961

        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: 14 December 1982

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 January 1983

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
            session of medical consultors: 27 January 1984
            meeting of theological consultors: 26 April 1984
            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 05 June 1984
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 09 June 1984
        beatification: 25 November 1984

        postulator: Rev. Jean-Jacques Boeglin, cssp

        petitioner: Les Orphelins Apprentis d’Auteuil, 40 rue La Fontaine, 75016 Paris, FRANCE

                             [see also 1852: François-Marie-Paul Libermann]
        website: 
   
   

4) 13 March in Poznań, Wielkoposlkie (Poland)
   
        KAZIMIERZ ROLEWSKI
        priest of the archdiocese of Poznań
        born: 02 June 1887 in Poznań, Wielkoposlkie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Poznań
        CCS protocol number: 1366

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Komisja ds. Beatyfikacji i Kanonizacji w Archidiecezji Poznańskiej,
                                 ul. Ostrów Tumski, 2, 61-109 Poznań, POLAND
                             [1938: Stanisław Streich;

                              1945: Aleksander Żychliński;

                              1983: Aleksander Woźny]

        website: 
 

5) 01 April in Carini, Palermo (Italy)
       

        TOMMASO MANNINO

        priest of the archdiocese of Monreale
        born: 24 June 1872 in Carini, Palermo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Monreale
        CCS protocol number: 1869

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 26 June 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:

        petitioner: Chiesa Madre, 90044 Carini (PA), ITALY
        website: 
   
   

6) 14 April in Maryknoll, New York (USA)

        JAMES ANTHONY WALSH

        priest and cofounder, Maryknoll Missionaries;

                titular bishop of Siene-Assuan
        born: 30 April 1891 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

        competent diocese: New York
        CCS protocol number: 1878

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: [see 1919: Thomas Frederick Price]
        website: 
       
       

7) 29 April in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec (Canada)
   

        ÉLISABETH BERGERON (MÉRE SAINT-JOSEPH)

        cofounder, Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe
        born: 25 May 1851 in Grand-Rang de la Présentation, Quebec (Canada)

        competent diocese: Saint-Hyacinthe
        CCS protocol number: 1220

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 13 March 1975

        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: 12 January 1996

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Centre Elisabeth Bergeron, 805 Raymond, St-Hyacinthe, Qué. J2S 5T9 CANADA
                             [1901: Louis-Zépherin Moreau]
        website: 
 

8) 16 May in Quebec (Canada)

        JOSEPH STAUB (MARIE-CLÉMENT)

        professed priest, Assumptionists;

                founder, Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc
        born: 02 July 1876 in Kaysersberg, Haut-Rhin (France)

        competent diocese: Quebec
        CCS protocol number: 1403

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:
        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 January 1986

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Soeurs de Ste-Jeanne d’Arc, 1505 rue de L’Assumption, Sillery (Québec), Qué. G1S 4T3 CANADA
        website: 
       

   
9) 18 May in Brzezie nad Odrą, Śląskie (Poland)

        HELENA JOANNA HOFFMANN (MARIA DULCISSIMA)

        professed religious, Sisters of Mary Immaculate (n.o.)
        born: 07 February 1910 in Zgoda, Świętochłowice, Śląskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Katowice
        CCS protocol number: 2232

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 19 June 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:

        petitioner: Siostry Maryi Niepokalanej, ul. Krasińskiego, 21, 40-019 Katowice, POLAND
                             [see also 1876: Johannes [Jan] Schneider]
        website: 
   
   

10) 09 June in Turin (Italy)
   

        LUIGI BOCCARDO

        priest of the archdiocese of Turin;

                founder, Sisters of Jesus the King (n.o.)

                    (contemplative branch of the Poor Daughters of Saint  Cajetan)
        born: 09 August 1861 in Moncalieri, Turin (Italy)

        competent diocese: Turin
        CCS protocol number: 1143

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 07 February 1992

        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: 12 April 2003

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
            session of medical consultors: 11 March 2004
            meeting of theological consultors: 19 October 2004
            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 15 March 2005
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 19 December 2005
        beatification: 14 April 2007

        postulator: Sr. Livia Piccinali, pfsg

        petitioner: [see 1913: Giovanni Boccardo]
        website: 

 

11) 26 June in Treviso (Italy)
   

        GIACINTO LONGHIN (ANDREA FROM CAMPODARSEGO)

        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins;

                bishop of Treviso
        born: 22 November 1863 in Fiumicello di Campodarsego, Padua (Italy)

        competent diocese: Treviso
        CCS protocol number: 1114

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 15 December 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: 21 December 1998

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
            session of medical consultors:
            meeting of theological consultors:
            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:
            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 20 October 2002

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap   

        petitioner: [see 1942: Bogdan Ivan Mandić (Leopoldo from Castelnuovo)]

        website: 
       
   

12) 29 July in Lackwanna, New York (USA)
       

        NELSON BAKER

        priest of the diocese of Buffalo
        born: 16 February 1841 in Buffalo, New York (USA)

        competent diocese: Buffalo

        CCS protocol number: 1564

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 06 July 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1999

        session of historical consultors: 12 December 2000

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

        petitioner: Our Lady of Victory National Shrine, 767 Ridge Rd., Lackwanna 14218 NY, USA
        website: 
   

13) 23 August in Macerata (Italy)

        DAMIANO SFASCIA (DAMIANO FROM CINGOLI)

        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins

        born: 06 May 1875 in Piammartino di Cingoli, Macerata (Italy)

        competent diocese: Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia

        CCS protocol number: 2491

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 July 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: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap   

        petitioner: Frati Minori Cappuccini, Largo dei Cappuccini, 2, 62100 Macerata, ITALY
        website: 
   
   

14) 06 October in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain)

        PRÁXEDES FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA de FERNÁNDEZ

        layperson of the diocese of Oviedo; married;

                member, Lay Dominicans
        born: 21 July 1886 in Sueros, Asturias (Spain)

        competent diocese: Oviedo
        CCS protocol number: 959

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 07 November 1957

        closing of informative process: 16 September 1960

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 11 November 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1996

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Secretariado Práxedes, C/ Claudio Coello, 141, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN
        website: 
   
   

15) 13 October in Tortosa, Tarragona (Spain)
   

        SATURNINA JASSÁ FONTCUBERTA (SATURNINA OF THE AGONIZING HEART OF JESUS)

        cofounder, Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus
        born: 03 March 1851 in Calaceite, Teruel (Spain)

        competent diocese: Tortosa
        CCS protocol number: 1173

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 July 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: 03 March 1990

        postulator:

        petitioner: Companyia de Sta. Teresa de Jesus, C/ Roselló 27, 43500 Tortosa (Tarragona), SPAIN
                             [see also 1896: Enric de Ossó Cervello]
        website: 
   
   

16) 23 November in Acri (Italy)
   

        RAFFAELA DE VINCENTI (MARIA TERESA)

        cofounder, Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts
        born: 01 May 1872 in Acri, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cosenza-Bisignano
        CCS protocol number: 1326

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:13 November 1981

        opening of supplementary inquiry: 23 November 2006

        closing of supplementary inquiry: 13 October 2007

        decree on validity of informative process and supplementary 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: Piccole Operaie dei Sacri Cuori, Via dei Pamphili, 3, 00152 Rome, ITALY
                             [1931: Francesco Maria Greco]

        website:  www.istitutopiccoleoperaiedeisacricuori.it
       
       

17 30 December in Miejsce Piastowe, Podkarpackie (Poland)
   

        ANNA KAWOREK

        cofounder, Sisters of Saint Michael the Archangel
        born: 18 June 1872 in Biedrzychowice, Opolskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Przemyśl of the Latins
        CCS protocol number: 1937

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 10 December 1993

        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: Siostry Michalitki, ul. Ks. Br. Markiewicza, 22, 38-430 Miejsce Piastowe, POLAND
        website: 
   

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