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

        protocol number: 921

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 31 July 1981

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 April 1998
            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 29 April 2001

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

       
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

        protocol number: 911

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 17 October 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1868: Pierre-Julien Eymard]
       

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

        protocol number: 1277

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 January 1976

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 13 March 1998

        publication year of Positio: 2006

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

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

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

        protocol number: 1630

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 July 1988

        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:

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

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

        protocol number: 1282

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        nihil obstat: 19 June 1980

        opening of apostolic inquiry: 27 November 1983

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiries: 15 January 1988

        publication year of Positio: 1996

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 2004

        beatification: 27 April 2008

        actor: Hermanas Carmelitas de la Madre Candelaria, Av. Mirador 12-05 La Campaña, Caracas 1050, VENEZUELA

                    [1943: Sixto Sosa Díaz;

                     1991: María Israel Bogotá Baquero]
       

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

        protocol number: 1317

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat for the introduction of cause: 01 June 1979

        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:
   

        actor: [see 1946: Mario Ferdinandi]
   

7) 22 February in Moià, Barcelona (Spain)

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

        competent diocese: Vic

        protocol number: 1923

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 September 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 19 February 1999

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

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

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

        protocol number: 1134
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 September 1962

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 1968

        decree on writings: 22 June 1971

        nihil obstat: 16 November 1993

        validation of diocesan inquiries: 19 November 1993

        publication year of Positio: 1995

        meeting of theological consultors: 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: 

        beatification: 14 May 2005

       
        actor: Misioneras Dominicas del Ssmo. Rosario, C/ General Kirkpatrick, 44, 28027 Madrid, SPAIN

                    [1921: Ramón Zubieta Les]
       

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

        protocol number: 1577

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 02 January 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 03 February 1995

        publication year of Positio: 1997

        meeting of theological consultors: 16 January 2004

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

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

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

        protocol number: 572

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 25 March 1963

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 February 1978
            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 26 October 1980
            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

        canonization: 16 May 2004

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

                     1951: Carlo Sterpi;

                     1964: Cesare Pisano (Ave Maria)]
   

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

        DOMINGOS CHOHATI NAKAMURA
        priest of the diocese of Presidente Prudente
        born: 22 August 1865 in Minami-Matsuura-gun, Nagasaki (Japan)
 

        competent diocese: Presidente Prudente

        protocol number: 2515

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 November 2006

        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:

        actor: 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

12) 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

        protocol number: 1636

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 September 1988

        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:

        actor: Sisters of Saint Casimir, 2601 West Marquette Rd., Chicago, IL 60629-1817, USA
   

13) 17 April in Taiyuan, Shanxi (China)

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

        competent diocese: Genoa

        protocol number: 2823

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 22 May 2008

        nihil obstat:

        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:

        actor: Provincia Ligure dei Frati Minori Francescani, Salita Nuova di N.S. del Monte, 15, 16143 Genova, ITALY
   

14) 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

        protocol number: 1431

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 23 May 1983

        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 martyrdom: 12 January 1996
        beatification: 24 November 1996   

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

15) 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

        protocol number:

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

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

16) 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

        protocol number: 1953

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 February 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 30 May 1997

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

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

17) 07 June in Brooklyn, New York (United States)

        BERNARD QUINN

        priest of the diocese of Brooklyn

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

        competent diocese: Brooklyn

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

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

18) 24 June in Chongqing, Sichuan (China)

        FRÉDÉRIC-VINCENT LEBBE
        priest and founder, Congregation of Saint John the Baptist

                and Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
        born: 19 August 1877 in Ghent, East Flanders (Belgium)
   

        competent diocese: Taichung

        protocol number: 1639

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 November 1988

        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:

        actor: Congregation of St. John the Baptist, 161 Szeping Road 40658, Taichung, TAIWAN R.O.C.
                    Little Sisters of St. Therese, 44 Takuan St., Hsinchuang, Taipei Hsien 242, TAIWAN R.O.C.
           

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

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 09 December 2005

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Augustinian Sisters, 273 Santolan Rd., San Juan, 1500 Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES
       

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

        protocol number: 1445

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 February 1984

        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: 17 December 1996
            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 06 June 1997
       

        actor: [see 1916: Adam Chmielowski (Albert)]
 

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

        protocol number: 1347

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 31 July 1981

        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: 08 March 1997

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

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

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 17 January 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Vicepostulazione, Via Farini, 248, 47023 Cesena (FO), ITALY
   

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

        protocol number: 1392

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 June 1982

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 May 1983

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 April 1991

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 14 March 1992

        publication year of Positio: 1996

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: 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
           

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 [ฝิลิป  สีพอง  อ่อนพิทักษ] **

            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) [อักแมส  พิลา] *
            professed religious, Lovers of the Holy Cross of Thare
            born: 1909 in Ban Nahi, Nong Khai (Thailand)
    3.    LUSIA KHAMBANG [ลูชีอา  กำบาง] * 
            professed religious, Lovers of the Holy Cross of Thare
            born: 22 January 1917 in Ban Wiang Khuk, Nong Khai (Thailand)
    4.    AKATHA PHUTTHA [จากาทา  พุคทา] *
            layperson of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
            born: 1882 in Ban Kengpho, Savannakhet (Laos)
    5.    SESILIA BUTSI [เชชีอา  บุตสี] *
            young layperson of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng
            born: 16 December 1924 in Ban Songkhon, Mukdahan (Thailand)
    6.    BIBIANA KHAMPHAI [บีบีอานา  กำไพ] *
            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

        protocol number: 802

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 July 1952 (*)

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 1955 (*)

        nihil obstat: 12 December 1977 (*)

        decree on writings: 07 April 1978 (*)

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 December 1980 (**)

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

        decree on the unification of causes: 27 September 1985

        validation of diocesan inquiries: 27 February 1986

        publication year of Positio: 1987

        meeting of theological consultors: 11 March 1988

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 21 June 1988

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

        actor: Pramamda Heng Moranasakkee, Ban Song Khon, Wan Yai, Mukdahan 49000, THAILAND

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

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.”