~ 1937 ~

1) 06 January in Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
   

        ALFRED BESSETTE (ANDRÉ)

        professed religious, Congregation of Holy Cross
        born: 09 August 1845 in Saint-Grégoire-d’Iberville, Quebec (Canada)

        protocol number: 655
        introduction of cause: 09 November 1960

        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: 12 June 1978
        beatification: 23 May 1982
        actor: St. Joseph’s Oratory, 3800 Queen Mary Rd., Montreal H3V 1H6, CANADA
   
   

2) 11 February in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)

        MARÍA LUISA DE LA PEÑA NAVARRO de ROJAS (MARÍA LUISA JOSEFA OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT)

        widow; founder, Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart
        born: 21 June 1866 in Atotolnico el Alto, Jalisco (Mexico)
        protocol number: 1352
        nihil obstat*: 26 January 1981

        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: 01 July 2000
        actor: Carmelitas del Sagrado Corazon, Fray Juan de Zumarraga 462,

                             Col. Chapalita, 45000 Guadalajara, Jal., MEXICO
       

       
3) 03 March in  Mexico City (Mexico)

        MARÍA CONCEPCIÓN CABRERA ARIAS de ARMIDA

        layperson of the archdiocese of Mexico; married;
                founder, Religious of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
        born: 08 December 1862 in San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
        protocol number: 926
        introduction of cause: 11 May 1982

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 1999
        actor: Religiosas de la Cruz del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Calle Francisco Sosa, 109,

                           A.P. 21-902, Deleg. Coyoacán, 04000 México D.F., MEXICO
   

   
4) 11 April in Cuesta de las Perdices, Madrid (Spain)
       

        FERNANDO DE HUIDOBRO POLANCO

        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 10 March 1903 in Santander (Spain)
        protocol number: 698
        nihil obstat: *

        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: Pp. Jesuitas, C/ Almagro, 6, 28010 Madrid, SPAIN
        Note: The CCS issued the decree on his writings on 08 July 1965. 

5) 24 April in  Mexico City (Mexico)

        MARÍA DEL REFUGIO AGUILAR TORRES de CANCINO

        widow; founder, Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
        born: 21 September 1866 in San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato (Mexico)
        protocol number: 1357
        nihil obstat*: 02 April 1982

        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: Mercedarias del Santísimo Sacramento, Calle Fernandez Leal 130,

                            Col. Barrio del Niño Jesús, A.P. 21963, 04330 Mexico D.F., MEXICO
       
   

6) 03 April in Grottaferrata, Rome (Italy)
   

        MARIA TERESA CASINI

        founder, Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
        born: 27 October 1864 in Frascati (Italy)
        protocol number: 633

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        introduction of cause: 26 January 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: 07 July 1997
        actor: Suore Oblate del Sacro Cuore di Gesù,Via del Casaletto, 128, 00131 Roma, ITALY
 

7) 06 June in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz (Spain)
 

        MARÍA ISABEL GONZÁLEZ DEL VALLE

        cofounder, Missionaries of the Rural Parishes (n.o.)

        born: 02 July 1889 in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain)

        competent diocese:

        protocol number:

        type of cause:

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Misioneras de las Doctrinas Rurales, C/ Brahms, 7-9⁰-A, 29004 Málaga, SPAIN

                    [1926: Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz]       

8) 15 June in Eggenberg-Graz, Styria (Austria)
 

        ROSA MARIA FIETZ (MARIA KLARA)

        professed religious, Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (n.o.)
        born: 06 January 1905 in Dolní Lipová (a.k.a. Niederlindewiese), Olomoucký kraj

                            (then in Austria, today in the Czech Republic)
        protocol number: 746

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        validation of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 1993

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 January 1996
        actor: Franziskanerinnen von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis, Georgigasse, 84, A-8020 Graz, AUSTRIA
   
   

9) 03 July in Rome (Italy)
   

        ANTONIA [NENNOLINA] MEO

        child of the vicariate of Rome
        born: 15 December 1930 in Rome (Italy)
        protocol number: 1203
        nihil obstat: 12 December 2003

        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: 17 December 2007

        actor: Pro-Associazione “Nennolina”, P.za S. Croce in Gerusalemme, 12, 00185 Roma, ITALY
       

10) 06 July in San Cristóbal, Táchira (Venezuela)
   
        TOMÁS ANTONIO SANMIGUEL DÍAZ
        bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
        born: 07 March 1887 in Valencia, Carabobo (Venezuela)
        protocol number: 2488
        nihil obstat: 06 July 2002

        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: Obispado, Apdo. 20, Calle 3 con Carrera 3, San Cristóbal, Edo. Táchira, VENEZUELA

                    [1972: Maria Geralda (Medarda) Guerrero García de Piñero]
   
   

11) 13 October in Częstochowa, Śląskie (Poland)
   

        ANIELA RÓŻA GODECKA

        cofounder, Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Sisters of Blessed Honorat (n.o.)
        born: 03 September 1861 in Korczew, Mazowieckie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1979
        nihil obstat: 18 August 1994

        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: Siostry Honoratki, ul. Klasztorna, 19, 42-200 Częstochowa, POLAND

                    [see also 1916: Wacław Koźmiński (Honorat from Biała)]
   
   

12)  14 October in Naples (Italy)
       

        SALVATORE MICALIZZI

        professed priest, Vincentians
        born: 05 November 1856 in Naples (Italy)
        protocol number: 957

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 23 February 1957

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 1960
        validation of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 1985

        publication year of Positio: 1998

        meeting of theological consultors: 14 June 2005

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 03 October 2006

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 16 December 2006

        actor: Congregazione della Missione - Provincia di Napoli, Via Vergini, 51, 80137 Napoli, ITALY
   
   

13) 23 October in Sassari (Italy)
   

        GIOVANNI BATTISTA MANZELLA

        professed priest, Vincentians;

                founder, Sisters of Gethsemane (n.o.)
        born: 21 January 1855 in Soncino, Cremona (Italy)
        protocol number: 639
        opening of diocesan inquiry: *

        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: Suore del Getsemani, Via Giacomo Matteotti, 56, 07100 Sassari, ITALY
        Note: The diocese of Sassari petitioned the CCS to approve the opening of a diocesan inquiry on 27 May 1966.

14) 25 October in Montaione, Florence (Italy)
   

        FAUSTINO GHILARDI

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 06 May 1858 in Pieve a Nievole, Pistoia (Italy)
        protocol number: 1031

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 January 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Convento di San Vivaldo, 50050 Montaione (FI), ITALY
   
   

15) 25 October in Concesa di Trezzo d’Adda, Milan (Italy)
   

        ANGELO CALVI (BENIGNO OF SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS)

        professed priest, Discalced Carmelites
        born: 23 July 1909 in Inzago, Milan (Italy)
        protocol number: 1800
        nihil obstat: 22 June 1991

        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: 20 December 2003

        actor: Carmelitani Scalzi - Provincia di S. Carlo Borromeo, Via Canova, 4, 20145 Milano, ITALY

                    Carmelitani Scalzi, Via P. Benigno Calvi, 9, 20056 Concesa di Trezzo d’Adda (MI), ITALY
       

       
16) 02 November in Rome (Italy)
   

        ANTONIO QUADRI (VENANZIO MARIA)

        professed cleric, Servites
        born: 09 December 1916 in Vado di Setta, Bologna (Italy)
        protocol number: 1141
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 November 1957

        closing of the diocesan inquiry:
        validation of diocesan inquiry: 27 September 1996

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1984: Dino Piccinelli (Bernardino Maria)]

                     Frati Servi di Maria, Via dei Bersaglieri, 1, 40125 Bologna, ITALY
       
       

17) 10 November in Warsaw (Poland)
   

        JADWIGA JAROSZEWSKA (WINCENTA OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD)

        founder, Benedictine Samaritan Sisters of the Cross of Christ (n.o.)

        born: 07 March 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Lódzkie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1880
        nihil obstat: 30 September 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: Benedyktynki samarytanki, Niegow “Samaria,” 07-230 Zabrodzie, POLAND
   
   

18) 19 November in Naples (Italy)
   
        ANTONIO DOTA
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 04 February 1865 in San Bartolomeo in Galdo, Benevento (Italy)
        protocol number:
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 1957

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 31 December 1980

        nihil obstat:
        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Ordine dei dei Frati Minori - Provincia di Puglia e Molise, Via San Pasquale, 4, 71100 Foggia, ITALY

19) 04 December in Verona (Italy)
   

        FRANCESCO MARIA PEREZ

        professed religious, Poor Servants of Divine Providence (n.o.)
        born: 09 July 1861 in Verona (Italy)
        protocol number: 1648
        nihil obstat: 12 November 1988

        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: 01 June 2007

        actor: [see 1954: Giovanni Calabria]
   

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