~ 1942 ~

1) 07 March in Gdańsk, Pomorskie (Poland)
       

        KONSTANTYN DOMINIK
        auxiliary bishop of Chełmno (now Pelplin)
        born: 07 November 1870 in Gnieżdżewo, Pomorskie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1046

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 19 May 1986

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

                                     publication year of Positio:

                                     session of historical consultors:

                                     meeting of theological consultors:

                                     ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

                                     actor: Kuria Diecezjalna Pelplińska, ul. Biskupa K. Dominika 1, 83-130 Pelplin, POLAND
       

2) 16 March in Lábrea, Amazonas (Brazil)
   

        IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ MADRID (IGNACIO OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT)
        professed priest, Augustinian Recollects;

                apostolic administrator of Lábrea
        born: 31 December 1902 in Baños de Valdearados, Burgos (Spain)
        protocol number: 2121

        competentia fori: 28 June 1996 (from the prelature of Lábrea)

        nihil obstat: 18 September 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 February 2000

                                     closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 November 2004

                                     validation of diocesan inquiry:

                                     publication year of Positio:

                                     session of historical consultors:

                                     meeting of theological consultors:

                                     ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

                                     actor: Provincia OAR de San Nicolás de Tolentino, Paseo de la Habana, 167, 28036 Madrid, SPAIN

                                                 [1989: Mariano Gazpio Ezcurra]
                                                 Prelazia de Lábrea, Pça. Coronel Labre, 119 – Centro

                                                          69830-000 – Lábrea – AM, BRAZIL
       
       

3) 11 June in Enakievo (a.k.a. Rikowo), Donets’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)

        ANGELINO CUCCURU
        young layperson of the diocese of Nuoro
        born: 06 December 1920 in Sindia, Nuoro (Italy)
        protocol number: 1891

        nihil obstat: 05 December 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 19 May 2006

                                     publication year of Positio:

                                     session of historical consultors:

                                     meeting of theological consultors:

                                     ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

                                     actor: Causa di Canonizzazione, Parrocchia Abbaziale di N. S. di Corte, 08018 Sindia (NU), ITALY
   

4) 16 June in Tsebliv, L’viv’ska oblast’ (Ukraine)

        EKATERINA SHAPKA (VARVARA) [ЕКАТЕРІНА Шапка (ВАРВАРА)]
        professed religious, Sisters of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
        born: 1896 in Tsebliv, L’viv’ska oblast’ (Ukraine)
        protocol number: 2204

        nihil obstat: 09 December 1997

        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: Sestry Yosyfitky, vul. Ustyianovycha, 4 k. 4, 79000 Lviv, UKRAINE

                                                 [Сестри Йосифітки (ЗССЙО), вул. Устияновича 4 к. 4, 79000 Львів, Україна] 

                                                 [1918: Kirilo Selets’kyi]   

5) 28 June in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        FRANTIŠEK SCHUBERT (AUGUSTIN)
        professed priest, Augustinians
        born: 14 May 1902 in Prague (Czech Republic)
        protocol number:
        nihil obstat:
        actor: Česká Provincie řádu sv. Augustina, Josefská, 8, 11 801 Praha 1, CZECH REPUBLIC
   

3) 09 July in São Paulo (Brazil)

AMABILE VISINTAINER (PAULINA OF THE AGONIZING HEART OF JESUS)

founder, Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (n.o.)

born: 16 December 1865 in Vigolo Vattaro, Trent (Italy)
 

competent diocese: São Paulo

protocol number: 1084
type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of diocesan inquiry:  03 September 1965

closing of diocesan inquiry:  1970

nihil obstat: 07 January 1982

opening of apostolic inquiry: 26 May 1982

closing of apostolic inquiry: 21 September 1983

validation of diocesan inquiries:  30 May 1986

publication year of Positio: 1987

meeting of theological consultors: 31 October 1987

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 15 December 1987

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 08 February 1988 

          validation of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 13 February 1988

          session of medical consultors:  16 July 1988

          meeting of theological consultors: 25 November 1988

          ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 10 January 1989

          promulgation of decree on miracle:

beatification: 18 October 1991

          validation of diocesan inquiry on miracle:                           

          session of medical consultors: 24 October 1996

          meeting of theological consultors: 04 May 2001

          ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 03 July 2001

          promulgation of decree on miracle: 07 July 2001

canonization: 19 May 2002

actor:  Irmãzinhas da Imaculada Conceição, Avda. Nazaré, 470 – Ipiranga

7) 24 July in Cuenca, Azuay (Ecuador)

        RAFAEL ARMANDO FAJARDO RODRÍGUEZ
        priest of the diocese of Azogues
        born: 22 October 1871 in Cuenca, Azuay (Ecuador)
        protocol number: 1840

        nihil obstat: 23 January 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: Diocesis de Azogues, Aptdo. 03-01-759, calle Matovalle y Solano 2-20, Azogues, Cañar, ECUADOR
   
       

8) 26 July in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei

        ANNO SJOERD BRANDSMA (TITUS)
        professed priest, Carmelites of the Ancient Observance
        born: 23 February 1881 in Ugoklooster (a.k.a. Oegeklooster), Friesland (Netherlands)
        protocol number: 871

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 10 December 1973

        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 martyrdom: 09 November 1984
                                     beatification: 03 November 1985
                                     actor: Nederlandse Provincie Karmelieten, Damast 7-11, 7603 TJ Almelo, NETHERLANDS
                                                 Titus Brandsma Memorial, Stijn Buysstraat 11, 6512 CJ Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS
   
   

9) 30 July in Padua (Italy)
   

        BOGDAN IVAN MANDIĆ (LEOPOLDO FROM CASTELNUOVO)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 12 May 1866 in Herceg Novi, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska (Croatia)
        protocol number: 713

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 25 May 1962

        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 March 1974
                                     beatification: 02 May 1976

                                     canonization: 16 October 1983
                                     actor: Vicepostulazione dei Cappuccini della Provincia del Veneto e Friuli-V.G., P.le S. Croce, 44, 35123 Padova, ITALY

                                                 [1631: Tommaso Acerbis (Tommaso from Olera);

                                                  1699: Carlo Domenico Cristofori (Marco from Aviano);

                                                  1936: Giacinto Longhin (Andrea from Campodarsego);

                                                  1948: Beniamino Filon (Giacomo from Balduina);

                                                  1961: Lazzaro Graziani (Lazzaro from Sarcedo)] 
   

10) 01 August in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur
   

        GERHARD HIRSCHFELDER
        priest of the archdiocese of Prague
        born: 17 February 1907 in Kłodzko (a.k.a. Glatz), Dolnośląskie (then in Germany; now in Poland)
        protocol number: 2265

        nihil obstat: 19 December 1998

        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: Seligsprechungsprozeß des Kaplans Hirschfelder, Glatzer Büro, Ermlandweg 22,

                                                         48159 Münster, GERMANY
           
               

11) 09 August in Oświęcim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Małopolskie (Poland) in odium fidei
   

        EDITH STEIN (THERESIA BENEDIKTA OF THE CROSS)
        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns
        born: 12 October 1891 in Wrocław (a.k.a. Breslau), Dolnośląskie (then in Germany; now in Poland)
        protocol number: 1182

        nihil obstat: 17 January 1986

        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 and martyrdom: 26 January 1987
                                     beatification: 01 May 1987
                                     canonization: 11 October 1998
                                     actor: Edith-Stein-Archiv, Karmel Maria vom Frieden, Vor den Siebenburgen 6, 50676 Köln, GERMANY
           

12) 20 August in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur
 

        GEORG HÄFNER
        priest of the diocese of Würzburg
        born: 19 October 1900 in Würzburg, Bavaria (Germany)
        protocol number: 1637

        nihil obstat: 21 September 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:

                                     actor: Bischöfliches Ordinariat, Domerschulstraße 2, 97070 Würzburg, GERMANY
   

   
13) 21 August in Berlin-Brandenburg prison, Berlin (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur
 

        FRANZ REINISCH
        professed priest, Pallotines
        born: 01 February 1903 in Feldkirch, Voralberg (Austria)
        protocol number: 1815

        competentia fori: 19 September 1991

        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: Herz-Jesu-Heim Pallotiner, Schloßweg 2, 96190 Untermerzbach, GERMANY
                                                 Pater Reinisch-Sekretariat, Hillscheider Straße 9, 56179 Vallendar, GERMANY
   
   

14) 24 August in  Lucca (Italy)
 

        ANITA CANTIERI
        layperson of the diocese of Lucca;

                member, Secular Carmelites
        born: 30 March 1910 in Arancio, Lucca (Italy)
        protocol number: 856

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 11 June 1977

                                     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: 21 December 1991
                                     actor: Provincia Toscana dei Padri Carmelitani Scalzi, Via San Matteo in Arcetri, 18, 50125 Firenze, ITALY

                                                 Vicepostulazione della Ven. Anita Cantieri, Via la Madonnina, 35, 55012 Capannori (LU), ITALY
   

15) 29 August in Poznán, Wielkopolskie (Poland)
 

        JANINA SZYMKOWIAK (SANCJA)
        professed religious, Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God - Seraphic Sisters
        born: 10 July 1910 in Możdżanów, Wielkopolskie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1252

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 10 June 1988

        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: 18 December 2000

                                     beatification: 18 August 2002
                                     actor: [see 1905: Łucja Szewczyk (Małgorzata)]
   

16) 28 September in Villa Raffo, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        MARÍA ISABEL DEL CARMEN FERNÁNDEZ
        founder, Missionary Sisters of Saint Francis Xavier (n.o.)
        born: 26 November 1881 in Malaga (Spain)
        protocol number: 2321
        competentia fori: 08 November 1999 (to the archdiocese of Buenos Aires)

        nihil obstat: 24 November 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

                                     validation of diocesan inquiry: 13 January 2006

                                     publication year of Positio:

                                     session of historical consultors:

                                     meeting of theological consultors:

                                     ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

                                     actor: Hermanas Misioneras de San Francisco Javier, Calle Ntra. Sra. del Carmen y Madre Isabel Fernández, 

                                                         B1675 ATD Villa Raffo (Pcia. Buenos Aires), ARGENTINA
   

17) 26 October near Verde Island, Batangas (Philippines) in odium fidei, uti fertur
   

        WILLIAM [WILHELM] FINNEMANN
        professed priest, Society of the Divine Word;

                apostolic vicar of Calapan
        born: 18 December 1882 in Hultrop, Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
        protocol number: 2290

        nihil obstat: 07 December 1999

        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: Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan, 5200 Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, PHILIPPINES

                                                 SVD Philippine Central Province, 1916 Oroquieta St., cor. Tayuman ST., Sta. Cruz, 1003 Manila, PHILIPPINES

                                                [see also 1909: Arnold Janssen]
       
          

18) 11 November in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
   

        GIUSEPPE CANOVAI
        priest of the vicariate of Rome in the nunciature of Argentina
        born: 27 December 1904 in Rome (Italy)
        protocol number: 1826

        competentia fori: 18 October 1991 (to the vicariate of Rome)

        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:

                                     nihil obstat: 14 February 1994
                                     actor: Familia Christi, Via Cardinal Bofondi, 10, 00165 Roma, ITALY
       
       

19) 19 November in Santa Fe (Argentina)
   

        JOSÉ MARCOS FIGUERÓA UMPIERREZ
        professed religious, Jesuits
        born: 07 October 1865 in Tinajo, Canary Islands (Spain)
        protocol number: 1926

        nihil obstat: 04 February 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: Vicepostulación, Colegio de la Inmaculada, San Martín 1540, S3000FRJ Santa Fe, ARGENTINA
       
       

20) 08 December in La Vid de Aranda, Burgos (Spain)
   

        SEBASTIÁN ELORZA ARIZMENDI
        professed religious, Augustinians
        born: 01 November 1882 in Idiazábal, Guipúzcoa (Spain) 
        protocol number: 1226

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 11 October 1991

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

                                     publication year of Positio:

                                     session of historical consultors:

                                     meeting of theological consultors:

                                     ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

                                     actor: Provincia Agustiniana de España, C/ Columela 12, 28001 Madrid, SPAIN
                                                 [1998: Agustín Liébana del Blanco] 

21) 17 December at the Don River basin, Volgogradskaya oblast’ (Russia)

        GIOVANNI GHEDDO
        layperson of the archdiocese of Vercelli; married
        born: 22 April 1900 in Viancino, Vercelli (Italy)
        protocol number: 2672
        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005

        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: [see 1934: Rosetta Franzi Gheddo]
           

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