5) 27 February in San Sebastián,
Guipúzcoa (Spain)
JUAN
VICENTE ZENGOTITABENGOA LAUSEN (JUAN VICENTE OF
JESUS AND
MARY)
professed priest, Discalced
Carmelites
born: 19 July 1862 in Bérriz, Vizcaya (Spain)
competent diocese: Vitoria/San
Sebastián
CCS protocol number: 661
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process: 1950
closing of
informative process: 1950
decree on writings: 22 April 1963
introduction of cause: 22 September 1978
opening of apostolic process: 1980
closing of apostolic process: 1981
decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 31 March 1984
submission of Positio to CCS: 1990
congress of theological consultants: 09 May 1995
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 17 October 1995
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 January
1996
postulator:
Rev. Ildefonso Moriones Zubillaga,
ocd petitioner: Provincia OCD de San Joaquín de
Navarra, C/ Manuel Iradier, 2/B, 01005 Vitoria-Gasteiz,
SPAIN [1957:
Zacarias Salterain Bizkarra (Zacarias of Saint Teresa);
1963:
Pedro Landeta Azcueta (Aureliano of the Blessed
Sacrament)]
website:
6) 27 February in Pasto, Nariño
(Colombia)
KAROLINA BRADER ZAHNER (María CARIDAD
[CHARITAS] OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT)
founder, Franciscan Sisters of Mary
Immaculate
born: 15 August 1860 in Kaltbrunn, Sankt Gallen
(Switzerland)
competent diocese: Pasto
CCS protocol number: 1497
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
nihil
obstat: 24 October 1985
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
01 July 1991
submission of Positio to CCS:
1992
congress of theological consultants:
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:
28 June 1999
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:
23 March 2003
postulator:
Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano,
oar
petitioner:
Hermanas Franciscanas de Maria Inmaculada, Carrera
79, N. 40A-20,
Barrio Modelia, Aptdo. 98892
Bogotá, COLOMBIA
website:
7) 28 February in Rio das Antas, Rio
Grande do Sul (Brazil)
see also 1919:
Mykhailyna Hordashevs’ka (Yosafata)]
website:
Note: The name is also spelled “Ambrósia Ana
Sabatovycz”.
8) 01 March in Ventimiglia, Imperia
(Italy)
GIUSEPPE CARLO VASER (ALFANO)
professed religious, Marist Brothers of the
Schools
born: 10 September 1873 in Hône, Aosta
(Italy)
competent diocese: Ventimiglia-San Remo
CCS protocol number: 810
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process: 03 July 1951
closing of
informative process: 11 October 1955
decree on validity of informative process: 17 October
1987
submission of Positio to CCS: 1988
congress of theological consultants:
25 May 1990
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
08 January 1991
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 January
1991
postulator: Frt. José María Ferre Vicedo,
fms petitioner: Fratelli Maristi delle Scuole, Via Gallardi, 105,
18039 Ventimiglia (IM), ITALY
website:
9) 30 March in Vienna (Austria) in
odium fidei
HELENE KAFKA (MARIA RESTITUTA)
professed religious, Franciscan Sisters of Christian
Love (n.o.)
born: 01 May 1894 in Brno-Husovice (a.k.a.
Brünn-Hussowitz), Brněnský (Czech Republic)
competent diocese: Vienna
CCS protocol number: 1638
type
of cause: martyrdom
nihil
obstat: 06 October 1988
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 04 November 1988
closing of diocesan inquiry: 29 March 1990
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
19 November 1993
submission of Positio to CCS:
1995
congress of theological consultants:
25 November 1997
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
03 March 1998
promulgation of decree on
martyrdom: 06 April
1998 beatification:
21 June 1998
postulator:
Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano,
ofm
petitioner:
Franziskanerinnen von der Christlichen Liebe,
Hartmanngasse 7, A-1050 Wien, AUSTRIA
founder, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculata, Queen of
Peace (n.o.)
born: 05 October 1881 in Sartirana Lomellina, Pavia
(Italy)
competent diocese: Vigevano
CCS protocol number: 1417
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
nihil
obstat: 22 March 1983
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 04 June 1983
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 25 March 1990
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 1992
submission of Positio to CCS:
1999
congress of theological consultants: 30 November 2004
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 16 May
2006
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:
26 June 2006
opening of
diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 03
December 2001
closing of
diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 20
September 2002
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 21
February 2003
session of
medical consultants: 12 October 2006
congress of theological consultants: 30 October 2007
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 11 March 2008
promulgation
of decree on miracle: 15 March 2008
beatification:
04 October 2008
postulator: Sr. Tiziana Adriana Conterbia,
smirp petitioner: Suore Missionarie dell’Immacolata,
Regina della Pace, Via Ss. Trinità,
16, 27036 Mortara (PV),
ITALY
MARÍA MERCEDES DEL CARMEN
PACHECO
founder, Missionary Catechist Sisters of Christ the King
(n.o.)
born: 18 October 1867 in Ciudacita, Tucumán (Argentina)
competent diocese: Buenos Aires
CCS protocol number: 2383
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
nihil
obstat: 24 November 2000
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 January 2007
submission of Positio to CCS:
congress of theological consultants:
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: petitioner: Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas de
Cristo Rey, Anchorena 1553,
NAZARIA IGNACIA MARCH
MESA
founder, Missionary Crusaders of the Church (n.o.)
born: 10
January 1889 in Madrid (Spain)
competent diocese: Buenos
Aires
CCS protocol number: 1495
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process: 06 September 1966
closing of
informative process: 03 December 1973
decree on validity of informative process: 20 February 1987
submission of Positio to CCS:
1987
congress of theological consultants:
24 November 1987
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
12 April 1988
promulgation of decree on
heroic virtues: 01 September 1988
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 1989
session of
medical consultants: 03 October 1991
congress of theological consultants: 20 December 1991
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 21 January 1992
promulgation
of decree on miracle: 07 March 1992
beatification: 27 September 1992
postulator: Sr. Margarita Torrubia,
mci petitioner: Misioneras Cruzadas de la Iglesia, C/ Durando, 19,
28044 Madrid, SPAIN
1. ADELA MARDOSEWICZ (MARIA
STELLA OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 14 December 1888 in Kachanoviche, Nesvizh (a.k.a.
Ciasnówka, Nieświez),
Minskaya voblasts’ (then in Poland; now in Belarus)
2. JADWIGA KAROLINA ŻAK
(MARIA IMELDA OF THE EUCHARISTIC
JESUS)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 27 December 1892 in Oświęcim, Małopolskie (Poland)
3. ANNA KUKOŁOWICZ (MARIA RAJMUNDA
OF JESUS AND MARY)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 24 August 1892 in Barvanishki, Vilniaus rajonas
(then in Poland, now in Lithuania) 4. ELEONORA ANIELA JÓŹWIK
(MARIA DANIELA
OF JESUS AND MARY IMMACULATE)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 25 January 1895 in Poizdów, Lubelskie (Poland)
5. JÓZEFA CHROBOT (MARIA
KANUTA OF JESUS IN THE
GARDEN)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 22 May 1896 in Raczyn, Wieluń, Łódzkie (Poland)
6. JULIA RAPIEJ (MARIA SERGIA
OF THE SORROWFUL MOTHER OF
GOD)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 18 August 1900 in Rogożyna, Augustów, Podlaskie
(Poland) 7. HELENA CIERPKA (MARIA
GWIDONA OF THE MERCY OF
GOD)
professed religious, Sisters of
the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 11 April 1900 in Granowiec, Odolanów,
Wielkopolskie (Poland) 8. PAULINA BOROWIK (MARIA
FELICYTA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 30 August 1905 in Rudno, Lublin, Lubelskie
(Poland) 9. LEOKADIA MATUSZEWSKA
(MARIA
HELIODORA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 08 February 1906 in Stara Huta, Świecie,
Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Poland) 10.
EUGENIA MACKIEWICZ (MARIA
KANIZJA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 27 September 1900 in Suwałki, Podlaskie (Poland)
11.
WERONIKA NARMONTOWICZ (MARIA
BOROMEA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 18 December 1916 in Vercjaliski, Hrodzyenskaya
voblasts’
(then in Poland; now in Belarus)
competent diocese: Pinsk/Warsaw
CCS protocol number: 1748
type
of cause: martyrdom
nihil obstat: 10
October 1990
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 December
1993
submission of Positio to CCS: 1997
congress of theological consultants: 09 February
1999
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 04 May
1999
promulgation of decree
on martyrdom: 28 June
1999
beatification: 05 March 2000
postulator: Fra Zbigniew Suchecki,
ofmconv petitioner: Siostry Nazaretanki - Prowincja
Warszawska, ul. Czerniakowska 137, 00-720 Warszawa,
POLAND
[1966:
Ludwika Banaś (Maria Małgorzata)];
see also1902:
Maria Franciszka Siedliska (Maria of Jesus the Good
Shepherd)]
website:
20) 09
August in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg
(Germany) in odium fidei
FRANZ
JÄGERSTÄTTER
layperson of the diocese of Linz;
married
born: 20 May 1907 in Sankt Radegund, Oberösterreich
(Austria)
competent diocese: Linz
CCS protocol number: 1914
type
of cause: martyrdom
nihil
obstat: 22 September 1993
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 07 October 1997
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 21 June 2001
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 October
2003
submission of Positio to CCS: 2005
congress of theological consultants: 31 March 2006
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
20 February 2007
promulgation
of decree on martyrdom:
01 June 2007
beatification:
26 October 2007
postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi petitioner: Pfarre St. Radegund, Hadermarkt 70, A-5121
Ostermiething,
AUSTRIA webpage:
www.jaegerstaetter.at
21) 13 August at the Plötzensee prison,
Berlin (Germany) in odium fidei
JAKOB GAPP
professed priest,
Marianists
born: 26 July 1897 in Wattens, Tyrol (Austria)
competent diocese: Vienna
CCS protocol number: 1552
type
of cause: martyrdom
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 26 June 1987
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 20 October 1987
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 07 April 1989
submission of Positio to CCS:
1992
congress of theological consultants:
31 January 1995
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
04 April 1995
promulgation of decree
on martyrdom: 06 April
1995 beatification:
24 November 1996
postulator: Rev. Antonio Gascón Aranda,
sm petitioner: Marianisten an der AMS, Semperstraße 45 , 1180
Wien, AUSTRIA
website:
22) 13 August in Rome (Italy)
RAFFAELE MELIS
professed priest, Oblates of the Virgin
Mary born:
25 March 1886 in Genoni, Nuoro (Italy)
competent diocese: Rome
CCS protocol number: 2033
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
nihil
obstat: 09 March 1995
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: [see1830:
Pio Brunone Lanteri]
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 2005
submission of Positio to CCS:
congress of theological consultants:
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale petitioner: Diocesi di Agrigento, via Duomo 96,
92100 Agrigento, ITALY
Parrocchia Santa Venera, P.za Marconi,
92020 Grotte (AG), ITALY
website:
24) 30 August in Belo Horizonte, Minas
Gerais (Brazil)
HUBERTUS VAN LIESHOUT [EUSTÁQUIO
(EUSTACHIUS)]
professed priest, Congregation of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus)
born: 03 November 1890 in Aarle Rixtel, North Brabant
(Netherlands)
competent diocese: Belo
Horizonte
CCS protocol number: 1093
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process:
closing of
informative process:
decree on validity of informative process: 12 December
1986
submission of Positio to CCS:
1994
congress of theological consultants:
ordinary congregation of 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 consultants:
congress of theological consultants:
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 01 February
2005
promulgation of decree on miracle: 19 December 2005
beatification:
15 June 2006
postulator: Rev. Alfred Bell,
sscc petitioner: Padres dos Sagrados Corações, Rua Riachuelo, 1250 –
Padre Eustáquio
30720-060 – Belo Horizonte – MG,
BRAZIL
website:
25) 23 September in Palidoro, Rome
(Italy) per testimonium caritatis fortis, uti
fertur
SALVO D’ACQUISTO
young layperson of the military ordinariate of
Italy
born: 15 October 1920 in Naples (Italy)
competent diocese: Military
Ordinariate of Italy
CCS protocol number: 1461
type
of cause: martyrdom
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 04 November 1983
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 25 November 1991
nihil
obstat: 1992
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 November 1993; 12 February 1999
submission of Positio to CCS:
1999
congress of theological consultants:
30 November 2007
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev. Paolo Molinari,
sj petitioner: Ordinariato Militare in
Italia, Salita del Grillo, 37, 00184 Roma,
ITALY
professed religious, Salesians of Don
Bosco
born: 15 April 1876 in Nazerat (a.k.a. Nazareth),
Hazafon (Israel)
competent diocese: Jerusalem of the Latins
CCS protocol number: 1100
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process: 11 May 1964
closing of
informative process: 28 November 1966
decree on writings: 21 December 1968
introduction of cause:
22 September 1978
opening of apostolic process: 06 May 1981
closing
of apostolic process: 06 December 1983
decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 13 December
1985
submission of Positio to CCS: 1988
congress of theological consultants: 24 November 1992
ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 16 February
1993
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:
02 April 1993
postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo,
sdb petitioner: Salesian Province of the Middle East, Rehov Ain Het,
18, P.O.B. 10141, Jerusalem 91101,
ISRAEL
website:
Note:
In several Arabic circles, the baptismal name is
Romanized as “Simaan” and the family name as
“Sruji”. In ecclesiastical Latin and other non-Arabic languages,
the family name is Romanized as “Srugi”. The Italian transliteration of the name is "Simone Srugi".
31) 04
December in Kaipuzha, Kottayam, Kerala (India)
born: 16 April 1912 in Leer, Lower Saxony
(Germany)
