1) 04 January in Palencia (Spain)

        MANUEL GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA
        bishop of Palencia;

                founder, Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (n.o.)
        born: 25 February 1877 in Seville (Spain)
       

        competent diocese: Palencia

        CCS protocol number: 921

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 31 July 1981

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 13 July 1984

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1991

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 April 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 consultants:
            congress of theological consultants:
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 29 April 2001

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Misioneras Eucaristicas de Nazaret, C/ Tutor, 15-17, 28008 Madrid, SPAIN

        website: www.uner.org

       
2) 06 January in Bergamo (Italy)

        GIOVANNI NADIANI
        professed religious, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
        born: 20 February 1885 in Santa Maria Nuova, Forlì (Italy)
   

        competent diocese: Bergamo

        CCS protocol number: 911

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 27 February 1959

        closing of informative process: 04 January 1961

        opening of supplementary process: 31 March 1987

        closing of supplementary process: 24 May 1989

        decree on validity of informative process: 17 October 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Bernardo Mauri, sss

        petitioner: [see 1868: Pierre-Julien Eymard]

        website: it.ssseu.net

3) 10 January in Stara Wieś, Podkarpackie (Poland)

        MARIA NASTAŁ (LEONIA)
        professed religious, Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
        born: 08 November 1903 in Stara Wieś, Podkarpackie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Przemyśl of the Latins

        CCS protocol number: 1277

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 09 January 1976

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 13 March 1998

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2006

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Siostry Służebniczki Starowiejskie, 36-201 Stara Wieś, 460, k. Brzozowa, woj. Krosno, POLAND

        website: www.sluzebniczkinmp.pl

4) 29 January in Castronovo di Sicilia, Palermo (Italy)

        PIETRO DI VITALE
        cleric of the archdiocese of Palermo
        born: 14 December 1916 in Castronovo di Sicilia, Palermo (Italy)
       

        competent diocese: Palermo

        CCS protocol number: 1630

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 July 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 October 1996

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2001

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Causa di Beatificazione Pietro Di Vitale, Via Giuseppe Arcoleo, 39, 90129 Palermo, ITALY

        website:

5) 31 January in Cumaná, Sucre (Venezuela)

        SUSANA PAZ-CASTILLO RAMÍREZ (CANDELARIA OF SAINT JOSEPH)
        cofounder, Carmelite Sisters of Venezuela (Carmelites of Mother Candelaria) (n.o.)
        born: 11 August 1863 in Altagracia de Orituco, Guarico (Venezuela)
       

        competent diocese: Caracas

        CCS protocol number: 1282

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 19 June 1980

        opening of cognitional process: 27 November 1983

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 15 January 1988

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

        congress of theological consultants: 07 October 2003

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 03 February 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 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: 25 February 2000
            session of medical consultants: 24 November 2005
            congress of theological consultants: 31 May 2006
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 06 March 2007
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 06 July 2007

eventu resuscitationis puellulae Milagros del Valle Candelaria Bermúdez a “morte endouterina del feto (a 29 settimane di gestazione) ecograficamente accertata con esame prolungato per 30 minuti e con idonea strumetazione, evidenziando l'assenza dei movimenti fetali e del battito cardiaco fetale, in paziente (signora Rapahela Meza de Bermúdez) affetata da ipertenzione cronica e sovrapposta grave gestosi.”

        beatification: 27 April 2008

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Grosso, ocarm
        petitioner: Hermanas Carmelitas de Madre Candelaria, Av. Mirador 12-05 La Campaña, Caracas 1050, VENEZUELA

                             [1943: Sixto Sosa Díaz;

                              1991: María Israel Bogotá Baquero]

        website:

6) 22 February in Todi, Perugia (Italy)

        TERESA FERDINANDI
        layperson of the diocese of Orvieto-Todi
        born: 02 November 1912 in Todi, Perugia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Orvieto-Todi

        CCS protocol number: 1317

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 01 June 1979

        opening of cognitional process: 01 June 1980

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1946: Mario Ferdinandi]

        website: www.acorvietotodi.it

7) 22 February in Moià, Barcelona (Spain)

        FRANCESC SAGRERA RIERA
        professed priest, Piarists
        born: 08 February 1895 in Breda, Girona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Vic

        CCS protocol number: 1923

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 September 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 February 1999

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. József Ruppert, schp

        petitioner: Província Escolàpia de Catalunya, Ronda Sant Pau, 80, 1°, 08001 Barcelona, SPAIN

                             Fundació Francesc Sagrera, La Granada del Penedés, 19-21, 1er.-1a., 08006 Barcelona, SPAIN

        website: francesc.sagrera.googlepages.com

8) 24 February in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)

        FLORENTINA NICOL GOÑI (MARÍA ASCENSIÓN OF THE HEART OF JESUS)
        cofounder, Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Rosary
        born: 14 March 1868 in Tafalla, Navarra (Spain)
   

        competent diocese: Pamplona-Tudela

        CCS protocol number: 1134
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 24 September 1962

        closing of informative process: 24 April 1968

        decree on writings: 22 June 1971

        introduction of cause:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 19 November 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1995

        congress of theological consultants: 28 January 2003

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 04 March 2003

        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: 31 March 1995
            session of medical consultants: 04 December 2003
            congress of theological consultants: 26 March 2004
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 05 October 2004
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2004
        beatification: 14 May 2005

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Misioneras Dominicas del Rosario, C/ General Kirkpatrick, 44, 28027 Madrid, SPAIN  

                              [1921: Ramón Zubieta Les]

        website: www.misionerasdominicas.org

9) 05 March in Polla, Salerno (Italy) 

        TERESA CALVINO (TERESINA OF THE OBEDIENT JESUS)
        professed religious, Company of the Queen of the Lilies at the Service of the Church (n.o.)
        born: 14 June 1907 in Polla, Salerno (Italy)

        competent diocese: Teggiano-Policastro

        CCS protocol number: 1577

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 June 1984

        nihil obstat: 02 January 1988

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  26 May 1992

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 February 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1997

        congress of theological consultants: 16 January 2004

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 15 October 1993

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

        petitioner: Compagnia della Regina dei Gigli, Via S. Martino, 1-5, 80046 S. Giorgio a Cremano (NA), ITALY

        website: www.operareginaliliorum.org

10) 12 March in San Remo, Imperia (Italy)

        LUIGI ORIONE
        priest of the diocese of Tortona;

                founder, Sons of Divine Providence
                and Little Missionary Sisters of Charity
        born: 23 June 1872 in Pontecurone, Alessandria (Italy)
   

        competent diocese: Tortona

        CCS protocol number: 572

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 17 January 1947

        closing of informative process: 07 February 1951

        decree on writings: 25 November 1956

        introduction of cause: 25 March 1963

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process: 04 March 1964

        closing of apostolic process: 03 March 1967

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 24 April 1970

        commission of CCS officials and consultants: 07 June 1977

        plenary session of cardinals: 22 November 1977

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: 15 December 1977

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 February 1978

            opening of apostolic process on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of apostolic process on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes on miracle: 19 May 1970
            session of medical consultants: 01 February 1979
            commission of CCS officials and consultants: 08 January 1980
            plenary session of cardinals: 22 February 1980
            papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: 15 March 1980
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 13 April 1980

instanatanea, perfecta ac constanti sanatione Georgii Passamonti, iuvenis quattuordecim annos natus, a gravi syndrome meningea acuta, febrili, cum liquore limpido, laesionibus nodularibus pulmonis dexteri reviviscentibus sociata, in subiecto cum praecedentibus infectionis tubercularis familiaribus et personalibus, die 08-09 Aprilis 1944, in Laudensis

        beatification: 26 October 1980

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 04 January 1999
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 12 March 1999
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 14 May 1999
            session of medical consultants: 16 January 2003
            congress of theological consultants: 04 April 2003
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 03 June 2003
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 07 July 2003
        canonization: 16 May 2004

        information: Figli della Divina Provvidenza, Via Etruria, 6, 00183 Roma, ITALY
                                 [1908: Gaspare Goggi;

                                  1951: Carlo Sterpi;

                                  1964: Cesare Pisano (Ave Maria)]

        website: www.donorione.org

11) 14 March in Álvares Machado, São Paolo (Brazil)

        DOMINGOS CHOHACHI NAKAMURA [ドミンゴス　中村長八神父]
        priest of the diocese of Presidente Prudente
        born: 22 August 1865 in Minami-Matsuura-gun, Fukue, Nagasaki (Japan)
       

        competent diocese: Presidente Prudente

        CCS protocol number: 2515

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 November 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 March 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Rubens Miraglia Zani
        petitioner: Paróquia São José, Praça da Matriz, s/nº – Centro

                                     19160-000 – Álvares Machado – SP, BRAZIL
                              Pastoral Nipo-Brasileira (Sede), Rua Pires da Mota, 1173 – Aclimação
                                     01529-001 – São Paulo – SP, BRAZIL

        website: www.panib.org.br

12) 07 April in Brooklyn, New York (United States)

        BERNARD JOHN QUINN

        priest of the diocese of Brooklyn

        born: 15 January 1888 in Newark, New Jersey (United States)

        competent diocese: Brooklyn

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 January 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: St. Peter Claver Church, 29 Claver Pl., Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA

        website: www.quinnest.com

13) 17 April in Chicago, Illinois (USA)

        KASIMIRA KAUPAS (MARIA)
        founder, Sisters of Saint Casimir
        born: 06 January 1880 in Ramygala, Panevėžio rajonas (Lithuania)

        competent diocese: Chicago

        CCS protocol number: 1636

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 September 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi
        petitioner: Sisters of Saint Casimir, 2601 West Marquette Rd., Chicago, IL 60629-1817, USA

        website: ssc2601.com

14) 17 April in Taiyuan, Shanxi (China)

        ANGELICO ALESSANDRINI
        professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 22 May 1917 in Rome (Italy)
       

        competent diocese: Genoa

        CCS protocol number: 2823

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 22 May 2008 (from the archdiocese of Taiyuan)

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: February 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm
        petitioner: Provincia Ligure dei Frati Minori Francescani, Salita Nuova di N.S. del Monte, 15, 16143 Genova, ITALY

                             Ordine dei Frati Minori, P.tta S. Maria delle Grazie, 1, 27058 Voghera (AL), ITALY

        website:

15) 30 May in Buchenwald, Thuringia (Germany) in odium fidei

        OTTO NEURURER
        priest of the diocese of Innsbruck
        born: 25 March 1881 in Piller, Tyrol (Austria)
            

        competent diocese: Innsbruck

        CCS protocol number: 1431

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 23 May 1983

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 1983

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 December 1986

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 June 1991

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants: 19 May 1995

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 21 November 1995

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 12 January 1996
        beatification: 24 November 1996   

        postulator:
        petitioner: Bischöflisches Ordinariat, Kanzler, Wilhelm-Greil-Straße 7, A-6020 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA

        website:

16) 04 June in Vila de São Sebastião, Terceira, Azores (Portugal) in defensum castitatis, uti fertur

        MARIA VIEIRA DA SILVA
        child of the diocese of Angra
        born: 11 November 1926 in Vila de São Sebastião, Terceira, Azores (Portugal) 

        competent diocese: Angra

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Câmara Eclesiástica, rua Serpa Pinto, 43, 9760-545 Praia da Vitória, PORTUGAL

        website:

17) 06 June in Freguesia das Mercês, Lisbon (Portugal)

        MARIA DA CONCEIÇÃO [SÃOZINHA] FROES GIL FERRÃO de PIMENTEL TEIXEIRA
        young layperson of the archdiocese of Lisbon
        born: 01 February 1923 in Largo da Sé Nova, Coimbra (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Lisbon

        CCS protocol number: 1953

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 February 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 30 May 1997

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Lar da Sãozinha, Abrigada - 2580-041 Alenquer, PORTUGAL

        website:

18) 24 June in Chongqing, Sichuan (China)

        FRÉDÉRIC-VINCENT LEBBE [雷鳴遠]
        priest and founder, Congregation of Saint John the Baptist [耀漢小兄弟會]

                and Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus [德來小妹妹會]
        born: 19 August 1877 in Ghent, East Flanders (Belgium)
   

        competent diocese: Taichung

        CCS protocol number: 1639

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 November 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Congregation of St. John the Baptist, 161 Szeping Road 40658, Taichung, TAIWAN R.O.C.

                             [天主教耀漢小兄弟會   台灣省台中市 40658   台灣 ]
                             Little Sisters of St. Therese, 2, Lane 13, Taili, Taishan, Taipei Hsien 24308, TAIWAN R.O.C.

        website:

19) 04 August in Manila (Philippines)
   
        JOAQUINA MARÍA MERCEDES BARCELÓ PAGÉS (CONSUELO)
        cofounder, Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation
        born: 24 July 1857 in Sarrià, Barcelona (Spain)
   

        competent diocese: Manila

        CCS protocol number: 2472

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 June 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 September 2002

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 06 September 2003

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 09 December 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultants:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Fernando Rojo Martínez, osa
        petitioner: Augustinian Sisters, 273 Santolan Rd., San Juan, 1500 Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES

        website: asolc.org

20) 23 September in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
   

        MARIA JABŁOŃSKA (BERNARDYNA)
        founder,  Sisters Servants of the Poor – Albertine Sisters
        born: 13 June 1886 in Pizuny, Podkarpackie (Poland)
       

        competent diocese: Kraków

        CCS protocol number: 1445

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 February 1984

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 May 1984

        closing of diocesan inquiry: April 1986

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 30 January 1987

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1992

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 17 December 1996

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 30 January 1987
            session of medical consultants:
            congress of theological consultants:
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 06 June 1997

        postulator: Sr. Renata Władysława Bobrowska, sapu
        petitioner: [see 1916: Adam Chmielowski (Albert)]

        website: www.albertynki.pl

21) 01 October in Palermo (Italy)

        MARIA CARMELINA LEONE
        young layperson of the archdiocese of Palermo
        born: 11 July 1923 in Palermo (Italy)
   

        competent diocese: Palermo

        CCS protocol number: 1347

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 31 July 1981

        opening of cognitional process: 29 January 1982

        closing of cognitional process: 11 July 1986

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 29 January 1988

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1990

        congress of theological consultants: 05 July 1996

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 25 February 1997

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 08 March 1997

        postulator:
        petitioner: Comitato Maria Carmelina Leone, Via S. Isidoro alla Giulia, 5, 90134 Palermo, ITALY

        website:

22) 02 October in Cesenatico, Forlì (Italy)

        ANGELINA PIRINI

        young layperson of the diocese of Cesena-Sarsina
        born: 30 March 1922 in Cesenatico, Forlì (Italy)
       

        competent diocese: Cesena-Sarsina

        CCS protocol number: 1490

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 July 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 October 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 October 1989

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 January 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Paolino Rossi, ofmcap
        petitioner: Vicepostulazione, Via Farini, 248, 47023 Cesena (FO), ITALY

        website:

23) 10 December in Granada (Spain)

        MARÍA EMILIA RIQUELME ZAYAS
        founder, Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Mary Immaculate
        born: 05 August 1847 in Granada (Spain)
               

        competent diocese: Granada

        CCS protocol number: 1392

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 19 June 1982

        opening of cognitional process: 11 May 1983

        closing of cognitional process: 28 April 1991

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 14 March 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

        congress of theological consultants: 18 May 2007

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 08 February 2008

            session of medical consultants: 

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale
        petitioner: Misioneras del Ssmo. Sacramento y de María Inmaculada, C/ Navarro Amandi, 11,

                                      28033 Madrid, SPAIN

                              Misioneras del Ssmo. Sacramento y de María Inmaculada, Pl. Sor Cristina de la Cruz, 1,

                                      18001 Granada, SPAIN

        website: www.misionerasdelsantisimo.org

24) AKNAET PHILA AND 5 COMPANION MARTYRS OF SONGKHON

        ALONG WITH FILIP SIPHONG ONPHITHAKT

    16 December in Muang Phaluka, Nakhon Phanom (Thailand) in odium fidei

         
    1.    FILIP SIPHONG ONPHITHAKT [ฟิลิป สีฟอง อ่อนพิทักษ์] **

            layperson of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng; married
            born: 30 September 1907 in Nong Seng, Nakhon Phanom (Thailand)
       

    26 December in Ban Songkhon, Mukdahan (Thailand) in odium fidei

    2.    MARGARITA PHILA (AKNAET) [อักแนส พิลา] *
            professed religious, Lovers of the Holy Cross of Thare
            born: 1909 in Ban Nahi, Nong Khai (Thailand)
    3.    LUSIA KHAMBANG [ลูซีอา คำบาง] * 
            professed religious, Lovers of the Holy Cross of Thare
            born: 22 January 1917 in Ban Wiang Khuk, Nong Khai (Thailand)
    4.    AKATHA PHUTTHA [อากาทา พุดทา] *
            layperson of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
            born: 1882 in Ban Kengpho, Savannakhet (Laos)
    5.    SESILIA BUTSI [เซซีลีอา บุดสี ] *
            young layperson of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
            born: 16 December 1924 in Ban Songkhon, Mukdahan (Thailand)
    6.    BIBIANA KHAMPHAI [บีบีอานา คำไพ] *
            young layperson of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
            born: 04 November 1925 in Ban Songkhon, Mukdahan (Thailand)

    7.    MARIA PHON [มารีอา พร] *
            child of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
            born: 06 January 1929 in Ban Songkhon, Mukdahan (Thailand)
           

        competent diocese: Thare-Nongseng

        CCS protocol number: 802

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of informative process: 04 July 1952 (*)

        closing of informative process: 25 March 1955 (*)

        decree on writings: 07 April 1978 (*)

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 1983 (**)

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 1983 (**)

        unification of causes: 27 September 1985

        decree on validity of informative process and diocesan inquiry: 27 February 1986

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1988

        congress of theological consultants: 11 March 1988

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 21 June 1988

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 01 September 1988
        beatification: 22 October 1989

        postulator:
        petitioner: Our Lady of the Martyrs of Thailand Shrine, Ban Song Khon, t. Pong Kham, a. Wan Yai,

                                      ch. Mukdahan 49150, THAILAND

                              [สักการสถานพระมารดาแห่งมรณสักขี สองคอน ต.ป่งขาม อ.หว้านใหญ่

                                      จ.มุกดาหาร 49150, ราชอาณาจักรไทย]

                              Archdiocese of Thare-Nongseng, 362 Moo 2 Nong Bua Yai Rd., Tambon That Choeng Chum,
                                      Amphur Muang, Sakon Nakhon 47000, THAILAND

        website: www.7martyrs.com

Note: The Thai scripts of these names have been Romanized using the method employed by the UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems. CCS documents, on the other hand, Romanize these as “Agnes Phila, Philip Siphong Onphitak, Lucia Khambang, Agatha Phutta, Cecilia Butsi, Bibiana Khampai, and Maria Phon.”