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1) 01 January in Mirna (Slovenia) in odium fidei
 ALOJZIJ [LOJZE] GROZDE
young layperson of the diocese of Novo Mesto
born: 27 May 1923 in Zgornje Vodale, Sevnica
(Slovenia)
competent forum:
Novo Mesto
CCS protocol number: 1888
type
of cause: martyrdom
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 17 October 1992
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 01 December 1992
closing of diocesan inquiry: 01 August 1999
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 01 June 2001
publication of Positio:
2003
particular congress of theological consultors:
16 June 2009
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
19 January 2010
promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 27 March 2010
beatification: 13 June 2010
postulator: Rev. Igor Luzar
petitioner: Škofija Novo
Mesto,
Kapiteljska 1, p. p. 182, 8001 Novo Mesto,
SLOVENIA
website:
www.skofija-novomesto.si
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2) 26 January at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany) in odium fidei
 MICHAŁ
KOZAL
auxiliary bishop of Włocławek
born: 27 September 1893 in Nowy Folwark, Krotoszyn
(Poland)
competent forum: Włocławek
CCS protocol number: 1140
type
of cause: martyrdom
opening of
informative process:
08 October 1960
closing of
informative process:
29 August 1964
decree on validity of informative process: 27 September 1986
publication of Positio:
1987
particular congress of theological consultors:
24 March 1987
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
28 April 1987
promulgation of decree on
martyrdom: 08 May
1987
beatification:
14 June 1987
postulator:
petitioner: Diecezja
Włocławska, ul. Gdanska 2, 87-800 Włocławek,
POLAND
website:
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3) 31 January in Annà di Melito Porto
Salvo, Reggio Calabria (Italy)
 ENRICO MONTALBETTI
archbishop of Reggio
Calabria-Bova
born: 12 September 1888 in Venice (Italy)
competent forum: Reggio
Calabria-Bova
CCS protocol number: 2230
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 19 May 1998
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 18 June 1998
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
petitioner: Arcidiocesi di
Reggio Calabria-Bova, Via Tommaso Campanella,
63, 89127 Reggio Calabria, ITALY
website:
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4) 03 February at KZ Dachau, Oberbayern (Germany) in odium fidei
 ALOJS ANDRITZKI [ANDRICKI]
priest of the diocese of
Dresden-Meissen
born: 02 July 1914 in Radibor, Dresden (Germany)
competent forum: Dresden-Meissen
CCS protocol number: 2246
type
of cause: martyrdom
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 01 July 1998
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 27 August 1998
closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 March 2001
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
08 February 2002
publication of Positio:
2003
particular congress of theological consultors:
07 November 2009
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
09 November 2010
promulgation
of decree on martyrdom: 10 December 2010
beatification: 13 June 2011
postulator:
petitioner: Cyrill-Methodius-Verein e. V., An der
Petrikirche 7, 02625 Bautzen,
GERMANY
website:
www.kaplan-andritzki.de;
www.andricki.de
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5)
20 February
in Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland)
 CZESŁAWA WOJTCZAK (MARIA WŁODZIMIRA)
professed
religious, Sisters of Saint Elizabeth
born: 20 February 1909 in Franklinów, Ostrów
Wielkopolski (Poland)
competent forum:
Poznań
CCS protocol number:
3298
type
of cause: heroic virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
24 April 2017
opening of diocesan
process:
24 September 2017
closing of diocesan
process:
24 May 2020
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08
February 2023
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
Sr. Maria Paula Zaborowska,
csse
petitioner: [see
1872: Maria Luiza Merkert]
website:
elzbietankipoznan.pl/wlodzimira
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6) 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 forum: 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
publication of Positio: 1990
particular congress of theological consultors: 09 May 1995
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 17 October 1995
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 January
1996
postulator:
Rev. Marco Chiesa,
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:
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7) 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 forum: Pasto
CCS protocol number: 1497
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 24 October 1985
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
01 July 1991
publication of Positio:
1992
particular congress of theological consultors:
29 January 1999
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
04 May 1999
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: 20
November 1998
meeting of the Medical Board:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
promulgation
of decree on miracle:
beatification:
23 March 2003
postulator:
petitioner:
Hermanas Franciscanas de Maria Inmaculada, Carrera
79, N. 40A-20,
Barrio Modelia, Aptdo. 98892
Bogotá, COLOMBIA
website:
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8) 28 February in Rio das Antas, Rio
Grande do Sul (Brazil)
 ANNA SABATOVICH (AMBROSIA)
[Анна
Сабатович (Амбросія)]
professed religious, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
(Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite)
born:
20 August 1895 in Turinka, Lviv (Ukraine)
competent forum: São João
Batista em Curitiba of the
Ukrainians
CCS protocol number: 2805
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: January 2008
opening of
eparchial
inquiry: 30 May 2008
closing of
eparchial inquiry:
decree on validity of eparchial inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Sr. Rosalia Parastchuk, ssmi
petitioner: [see 1956:
Teklia Bodnar (Anatólia);
see also 1919:
Mykhailyna Hordashevs’ka (Yosafata)]
website:
Note: The name is also spelled “Ambrósia Ana
Sabatovycz”.
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9) 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 forum: 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
publication of Positio: 1988
particular congress of theological consultors:
25 May 1990
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
08 January 1991
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 January
1991
postulator: Frt. Guillermo José Villarreal Cavazos,
fms
petitioner: Fratelli Maristi delle Scuole, Via Gallardi, 105,
18039 Ventimiglia (IM), ITALY
website:
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10) 10
March in Maribor (Slovenia)
 Izidor
Završnik
priest of the diocese of
Celje
born: 04 April 1917 in Sveti Jurij, Tabor
(Slovenia)
competent forum:
Celje
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: offer of life
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 26 April 2023
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
petitioner: Škofija Celje,
Prešernova ulica 23, 3000 Celje, SLOVENIA
website:
skofija-celje.si
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11) 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 (Czechia)
competent forum: Vienna
CCS protocol number: 1638
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “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
publication of Positio:
1995
particular congress of theological consultors:
25 November 1997
ordinary session 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
webpage:
www.restituta.at
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12) 11 April in Mestre, Venice (Italy)
 OLGA GUGELMO
(OLGA OF THE MOTHER OF
GOD)
professed religious, Daughters of the
Church
born: 10 May 1910 in Pojana Maggiore, Vicenza (Italy)
competent forum: Venice
CCS protocol number: 947
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process:
11 April 1956
closing of
informative process:
20 May 1960
decree on writings: 22 April 1963
introduction of cause:
27 September 1975
opening of apostolic process:
closing of apostolic process:
decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 18 July 1986
publication of Positio: 2007
particular congress of theological consultors:
17 January 2012
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
24 September 2013
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:
31 October 2013
postulator:
Sr. Giuseppina Audasso, ef
petitioner: [see 1976:
Maria Oliva Bonaldo (Maria Oliva of the Mystical
Body)]
website:
www.figliedellachiesa.org
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13) 05 May in Ischia,
Naples (Italy)
 CIRO
SCOTTI
priest of the diocese of
Ischia
born: 23 March 1883 in Piedimonte, Barano
d’Ischia, Naples (Italy)
competent forum:
Ischia
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
Fra Massimiliano Noviello,
ofmcap
petitioner: Diocesi di Ischia,
Via Seminario, 24, 80077 Ischia (NA), ITALY
website:
www.chiesaischia.it
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14) 19 May in Pordenone (Italy)
 LUIGI MARIA
OLIVARES
professed religious, Salesians of Don Bosco;
bishop of Sutri-Nepi
born: 18 October 1873 in Corbetta, Milan (Italy)
competent forum: Rome/Civita Castellana
CCS protocol number: 1043
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of
informative process: 25 May 1963
closing of
informative process: 19 October 1967
decree on validity of informative process: 11 October 1991
publication of Positio: 1992
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December
2004
postulator:
Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni,
sdb
petitioner: [see 1888:
Giovanni Bosco]
website:
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15) 29
May in Wolfenbüttel (Germany) in
odium fidei, uti fertur
 GEORGES DURET
priest of the diocese of
Poitiers
born: 19 November 1887 in La Bruffière, Vendée (France)
competent forum: Poitiers
CCS protocol number: 2092
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 01 June 1996
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
petitioner: Diocèse de Poitiers, 44 Rue Jean-Jaurès, 86035
Poitiers CEDEX, FRANCE
website:
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16) 29 May in Caracas
(Venezuela)
 SIXTO SOSA
DÍAZ
bishop of Cumaná;
cofounder, Carmelite Sisters of Venezuela (Carmelites of
Mother Candelaria) (n.o.)
born: 20 October 1870 in Tinaco, Cojedes
(Venezuela)
competent forum: Cumaná
CCS protocol number: 2495
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from Caracas)
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 13
September 2002
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Dr. Giovanna Brizi
petitioner: [see 1940:
Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez (Candelaria of Saint
Joseph)]
website:
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17) 04 June in Mortara, Pavia (Italy)
 FRANCESCO PIANZOLA
priest of the diocese of Vigevano;
founder, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculata, Queen of
Peace (n.o.)
born: 05 October 1881 in Sartirana Lomellina, Pavia
(Italy)
competent forum: Vigevano
CCS protocol number: 1417
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “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
publication of Positio:
1999
particular congress of theological consultors: 30 November 2004
ordinary session 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
(Vercelli)
closing of
diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 20
September 2002 (Vercelli)
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 21
February 2003
meeting of the Medical Board: 12 October 2006
particular congress of theological consultors: 30 October 2007
ordinary session 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
website:
www.padrepianzola.it
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18) 30 June in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
 MARÍA MERCEDES DEL CARMEN
PACHECO
founder, Missionary Catechist Sisters of Christ the King
(n.o.)
born: 18 October 1867 in Ciudacita, Tucumán (Argentina)
competent forum: Buenos Aires
CCS protocol number: 2383
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 24 November 2000
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 January 2007
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
petitioner: Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas de
Cristo Rey, Anchorena 1553,
C1425ELI Capital Federal,
ARGENTINA
website:
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19) 04 July in Ybycuí, Paraguari (Paraguay)
 JULIO CÉSAR
DUARTE ORTELLADO
priest of the diocese of Carapeguá
born:
12 April 1906 in Caazapá (Paraguay)
competent forum: Carapeguá
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2013
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 25 July 2020
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 28 June 2025
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev. Óscar César Hermosilla Benítez
petitioner: Diócesis de
Carapeguá, Cap. Rogelio Santacruz 834, Carapeguá,
PARAGUAY
website:
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20) 06 July in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
 NAZARIA IGNACIA MARCH
MESA
founder, Missionary Crusaders of the Church (n.o.)
born: 10
January 1889 in Madrid (Spain)
competent forum: 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
publication of Positio:
1987
particular congress of theological consultors:
24 November 1987
ordinary session 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
meeting of the Medical Board: 03 October 1991
particular congress of theological consultors: 20 December 1991
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 21 January 1992
promulgation
of decree on miracle: 07 March 1992
beatification: 27 September 1992
opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 17 April 2015
closing of
diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 20 July 2015
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
meeting of the Medical Board: 22 September 2017
particular congress of theological consultors:
26 October 2017
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
promulgation of decree on miracle:
26 January 2018
canonization:
14 October 2018
postulator during canonization: Sr. Margarita Torrubia,
mci
petitioner: Misioneras Cruzadas de la Iglesia, C/ Durando, 19,
28044 Madrid, SPAIN
website:
www.misionerascruzadasdelaiglesia.net
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21) 15 July in Madrid (Spain)
 ISIDORO ZORZANO LEDESMA
layperson of the personal prelature of the Holy Cross
and Opus
Dei
born:
13 September 1902 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
competent forum: Madrid
CCS protocol number: 1013
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of informative
process: 11 October 1948
closing of informative
process: 19 April 1961
decree on writings: 21 October 1965
opening of supplementary inquiry: 04
December 1993
closing of supplementary inquiry: 17 June
1994
decree on validity of diocesan and supplementary inquiries: 30 September
1994
publication of Positio: 2006
particular congress of theological consultors:
17 November 2015
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
13 December 2016
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 21 December 2016
postulator: Mons. José Luis Gutiérrez Gómez
petitioner: Prelatura del
Opus Dei, C/ Diego de León, 14, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN
Prelatura del Opus Dei, Vicente
López 1950, C1128ACD Capital Federal,
ARGENTINA
website:
opusdei.es/es-es/section/isidoro-zorzano/
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22) 01 August in Navahrudak (a.k.a
Nowogródek), Grodno (Belarus) in
odium fidei
MARIA STELLA
MARDOSEWICZ AND 10 COMPANIONS
FROM
THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH
OF
NAVAHRUDAK [NOWOGRÓDEK]
  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),
Minsk (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 (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, Vilnius
(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, Kock, Lubartów (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, Czarnożyły, Wieluń (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, Lipsk, Augustów
(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, Sośnie, Ostrów
Wielkopolski (Poland)
8. PAULINA BOROWIK
(MARIA
FELICYTA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
 
born: 30 August 1905 in Rudno, Milanów, Parczew
(Poland)
9. LEOKADIA MATUSZEWSKA
(MARIA
HELIODORA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 08 February 1906 in Stara Huta, Warlubie, Świecie (Poland)
10.
EUGENIA MACKIEWICZ
(MARIA
KANIZJA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
 
born: 27 September 1900 in Suwałki (Poland)
11.
WERONIKA NARMONTOWICZ
(MARIA
BOROMEA)
professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of
Nazareth
born: 18 December 1916 in Vercjaliski,
Grodno
(then in Poland; now in Belarus)
competent forum: Pinsk/Warsaw
CCS protocol number: 1748
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 10
October 1990
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 December
1993
publication of Positio: 1997
particular congress of theological consultors: 09 February
1999
ordinary session 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 also 1902:
Maria Franciszka Siedliska (Maria of Jesus the Good
Shepherd)]
website:
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23)
05 August
at Stadelheim Prison,
Giesing, Munich (Germany) in odium fidei, uti
fertur
 WALTER
KLINGENBECK
young layperson of the archdiocese of
Munich-Freising
born: 20 March 1924 in Munich (Germany)
competent forum:
Munich-Freising
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
process:
closing of diocesan
process:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Dr. Johannes Modesto
petitioner: [1934:
Fritz Michael Gerlich]
website:
www.erzbistum-muenchen.de
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24) 09
August at the Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Brandenburg
(Germany) in odium fidei
 FRANZ
JÄGERSTÄTTER
layperson of the diocese of Linz;
married
born: 20 May 1907 in Sankt Radegund,
Braunau am Inn
(Austria)
competent forum: Linz
CCS protocol number: 1914
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “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
publication of Positio: 2005
particular congress of theological consultors: 31 March 2006
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
20 February 2007
promulgation
of decree on martyrdom:
01 June 2007
beatification:
26 October 2007
postulator:
petitioner: Pfarre St. Radegund, Hadermarkt 70, A-5121
Ostermiething,
AUSTRIA
webpage:
www.jaegerstaetter.at
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25) 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 forum: 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
publication of Positio:
1992
particular congress of theological consultors:
31 January 1995
ordinary session 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:
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26) 13 August in Rome (Italy)
 RAFFAELE MELIS
professed priest, Oblates of the Virgin
Mary
born:
25 March 1886 in Genoni, Nuoro (Italy)
competent forum: Rome
CCS protocol number: 2033
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 09 March 1995
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
petitioner: [see 1830:
Pio Brunone Lanteri]
website:
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27) 13 August in Sant’Alessio Siculo,
Messina (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur
 ANTONIO
MUSUMECI
priest of the
archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
born:
15 December 1899 in Aci Sant’Antonio, Catania (Italy)
competent forum:
Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev. Giacinto Tavilla
petitioner: Arcidiocesi di
Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Via Garibaldi, 67,
98122 Messina, ITALY
website:
www.diocesimessina.it
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28) 17 August in Grotte, Agrigento
(Italy)
 MICHELE ARCANGELO MARIA ANTONIO
VINTI
priest of the
archdiocese of
Agrigento
born: 18 January 1893 in Grotte, Agrigento (Italy)
competent forum: Agrigento
CCS protocol number: 1368
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 23 May 1983
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 07 November 1983
closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 June 1997
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 2005
publication of Positio:
2010
particular congress of theological consultors: 05
May 2020
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 12
January 2021
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 21 January
2021
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:
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29) 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, Noord-Brabant
(Netherlands)
competent forum: 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
publication of Positio:
1994
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session 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: 26 November 1999
meeting of the Medical Board:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 01 February
2005
promulgation of decree on miracle: 19 December 2005
beatification:
15 June 2006
postulator: Rev. Andrzej Łukawski,
sscc
petitioner: Padres dos Sagrados Corações, Rua Riachuelo, 1250 –
Padre Eustáquio
30720-060 – Belo Horizonte – MG,
BRAZIL
website:
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30)
19 September in Boves, Cuneo (Italy)
in odium fidei
  GIUSEPPE
BERNARDI
priest of the diocese of Cuneo
born: 25 November 1897 in Caraglio, Cuneo (Italy)
MARIO GHIBAUDO
priest of the diocese of Cuneo
born: 19 January 1920 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo (Italy)
competent forum:
Cuneo
CCS protocol number:
3056
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2013
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 31 May 2013
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 05 June 2014
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 05 June
2015
publication of Positio: 2019
particular congress of theological consultors: 04
May 2021
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05
April 2022
promulgation of decree
on martyrdom: 09 April
2022
beatification:
16 October 2022
postulator: Fra Francesco Maria Ricci, op
petitioner: Associazione
Don Bernardi e Don Ghibaudo, Parrocchia S.
Bartolomeo Ap. 6,
P.za Dell’Olmo, 12012 Boves (CN),
ITALY
website:
www.donbernardiedonghibaudo.it
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31) 23 September in Palidoro, Rome
(Italy)
 SALVO D’ACQUISTO
young layperson of the military ordinariate of
Italy
born: 15 October 1920 in Naples (Italy)
competent forum: Military
Ordinariate of Italy
CCS protocol number: 1461
type
of cause: offer of life
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 04 November 1983
closing of diocesan
inquiry: 25 November 1991
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 1992
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 November 1993; 12 February 1999
publication of Positio:
1999
particular congress of theological consultors
(martyrdom):
30 November 2007
particular congress of theological consultors
(offering of life):
19 September 2024
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
promulgation of decree on offer of life:
24 February 2025
postulator:
Rev. Gabriele Teti
petitioner: Ordinariato Militare
per l’Italia, Salita del Grillo, 37, 00184 Roma,
ITALY
website:
www.ordinariatomilitare.it
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32) 23 September in San Giuseppe
Vesuviano, Naples (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur
 GINO
CESCHELLI
professed priest, Josephites of Murialdo
born:
08 May 1902 in Motta di Livenza, Treviso (Italy)
competent forum:
Nola
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
Rev. Alberto Antonio Santiago,
csi
petitioner:
[see
1900: Leonardo
Murialdo]
website: www.murialdo.org
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33) 26 September in Lapa, Paraná
(Brazil)
 JOSÉ [GIUSEPPE]
CALVI
professed priest, Oblates of Saint Joseph
born:
01 May 1901 in Cortemilia, Cuneo (Italy)
competent forum: Curitiba
CCS protocol number: 2762
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 05 June
2007
opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 November 2007
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev. Mario Pasetti,
osj
petitioner: Oblatos de São José - Província Nossa
Senhora do Rocio, Rua J. Bettega, 796 –
Portão
81070-000 – Curitiba – PR, BRAZIL
[see also 1895:
Giuseppe Marello]
website:
www.osj.org.br
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34)
04 October in Munich (Germany)
 BALTHASAR
WERNER
professed
religious, Franciscan Friars
Minor
born: 14 April 1887 in Dietfurt, Neumarkt in der
Oberpfalz (Germany)
competent forum: Munich-Freising
CCS protocol number: 1037
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
opening of informative process:
closing of informative process:
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano,
ofm
petitioner:
Franziskannerkloster St. Anna, St-Anna-Str.
1a, 80538 München, GERMANY
website:
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35)
12 October at Stadelheim Prison,
Giesing, Munich (Germany) in odium fidei, uti
fertur
 WILHELM
[WILLI] GRAF
young layperson of the archdiocese of
Munich-Freising
born: 02 January 1918 in Kuchenheim,
Euskirchen (Germany)
competent forum:
Munich-Freising
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
process:
closing of diocesan
process:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Dr. Johannes Modesto
petitioner: [1934:
Fritz Michael Gerlich]
website:
www.erzbistum-muenchen.de
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36)
15 October in Faicchio, Benevento
(Italy)
 LUISA
PIAZZA
(MARIA MARGHERITA
OF THE SACRED HEART)
cofounder, Sisters of the Angels, Adorers of the Most Holy Trinity
born: 05 January 1869 in San Potito
Sannitico, Caserta (Italy)
competent forum: Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata
de’ Goti
CCS protocol number:
type of cause: heroic virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
process:
02 August 2024
closing of diocesan
process:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Sr. Giuseppina Romano, s d a
petitioner: [1911:
Clotilde Micheli (Maria Serafina of the Sacred Heart]:
Clotilde
website:
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37) 01 November in Mdina (Malta)
 LWIĠI FENECH
(AVERTAN)
professed
priest, Carmelites of the Ancient Observance
born: 10 July 1871 in Il-Mosta (Malta)
competent forum:
Malta
CCS protocol number:
type
of cause: heroic virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
process:
02 February 2016
closing of diocesan
process:
01 November 2017
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
23 March 2018
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Dr. Giovanna Brizi
petitioner: Provincja
Karmelitana Maltja, Triq Villegaignon, Mdina, MDN 1190,
MALTA
website:
www.karmelitani.org
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38) 05 November in Hof, Oberfranken
(Germany) in odium fidei
 BERNHARD LICHTENBERG
priest of
the archdiocese of
Berlin
born: 03 December 1875 in Oława (a.k.a. Ohlau) (then in Germany; now in Poland)
competent forum: Berlin
CCS protocol number: 1202
type
of cause: martyrdom
opening of
informative process:
18 April 1965
closing of
informative process:
16 November 1973
decree on validity of informative process: 16 December
1988
publication of Positio:
1993
particular congress of theological consultors:
30 March 1993
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
22 April 1994
promulgation of decree on
martyrdom: 02 July
1994
beatification:
23 June 1996
postulator: Dr. Gotthard Klein
petitioner:
Erzbischöfliches Ordinariat Berlin, Niederwallstraße
8-9, 10117 Berlin, GERMANY
website:
www.dioezesanarchiv-berlin.de/lichtenberg.html
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39) 10 November in Hamburg (Germany) in
odium fidei
  JOHANNES
PRASSEK AND
TWO COMPANIONS
1.
JOHANNES PRASSEK
priest of the diocese of Osnabrück (now within the
diocese of Hamburg)
born: 13 August 1911 in Barmbek, Hamburg
(Germany)
2.
EDUARD
MÜLLER
priest of the diocese of Osnabrück (now within the
diocese of Hamburg)
born: 20 August 1911 in Neumünster
(Germany)
 3.
HERMANN LANGE
priest of the diocese of Osnabrück (now within the
diocese of Hamburg)
born: 16 April 1912 in
Leer (Germany)
competent forum:
Hamburg
CCS protocol number: 2618
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 17 September 2004
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 26 November 2004
closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 November 2005
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 May 2007
publication of Positio:
2008
particular congress of theological consultors:
07 November 2009
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
08 June 2010
promulgation
of decree on martyrdom: 01 July 2010
beatification:
25 June 2011
postulator:
petitioner: Erzbistum Hamburg,
Danziger Straße, 52a, 20099 Hamburg,
GERMANY
Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Parade 4, 23552 Lübeck,
GERMANY
website:
www.luebeckermaertyrer.de
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40) 27 November in Beit Jimal, Beit Shemesh,
Jerusalem
(Israel)
 SIM‘ĀN SRŪJĪ
(سمعان
سروجي)
professed religious, Salesians of Don
Bosco
born: 15 April 1876 in Nazareth, Meḥoz HaTzafon (Israel)
competent forum: 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
publication of Positio: 1988
particular congress of theological consultors: 24 November 1992
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 16 February
1993
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:
02 April 1993
postulator: Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni,
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”.
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41) 04
December in Kaipuzha, Kottayam (India)
 THOMAS POOTHATHIL
priest of the archeparchy
of Kottayam;
founder, Sisters of Saint
Joseph’s Congregation
born:
24 October 1871 in Neendoor, Kottayam (India)
competent forum:
Kottayam
CCS protocol number:
2866
type of cause: heroic virtues
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 11
November 2008
opening of eparchial
inquiry: 26 January 2009
closing of eparchial
inquiry:
decree on validity of eparchial inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev. Stephen Muriankottunirappel,
osh
petitioner: St. Joseph’s
Congregation Generalate, S.H. Mount P.O., Kottayam 686
006 – Kerala, INDIA
St. Joseph’s Convent,
Kaipuzha P.O , Kottayam 686 602 – Kerala, INDIA
website:
poothathilthommiachan.org
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42) 08
December in Karpylivka, Rivne (then in
Poland; now in Ukraine) in odium fidei, uti
fertur
 LUDWIK
WRODARCZYK
professed priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
born: 25 August 1907 in Radzionków, Tarnowskie Góry (Poland)
competent forum:
Lutsk
CCS protocol number: 2660
type
of cause: martyrdom
rescript of transfer of competent forum: 14 March 2005 (from Lutsk to Katowice)
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 16 May
2005
rescript of transfer of competent forum: 27 June 2013 (from Katowice)
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 11 May 2016
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev.
Diego Sáez Martín, omi
petitioner: Misjonarzy Oblatów M.N., ul. Ostatnia
14, 60-102 Poznań, POLAND
website:
wrodarczyk.com.pl
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43) 10 December in Chieti (Italy)
 DOMENICO
MARIA D’AMICO
professed priest, Franciscan Friars
Minor
born: 25 August 1864 in Sant’Eufemia a Maiella, Pescara
(Italy)
competent forum: Pescara-Penne
CCS protocol number: 1934
type of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of transfer of competent forum: 29 October 1993 (from Chieti-Vasto)
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
opening of diocesan
inquiry:
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator:
Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano,
ofm
petitioner:
Parrocchia di
“Stella Maris”, Via Scarfoglio, 22, 65129 Pescara (PE),
ITALY
Curia Provinciale OFM, Via
Vittorio Veneto, 1, 67100 L’Aquila (AQ), ITALY
website:
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44) 25 December in Nairobi (Kenya)
 JOSEPH SHANAHAN
professed
priest, Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans);
bishop of Onitsha;
founder,
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy
Rosary
born: 04 June 1871 in Currafrusha, Glankeen, Tipperary (Ireland)
competent forum: Onitsha
CCS protocol number: 2108
type
of cause: heroic
virtues
rescript of transfer of competent forum:
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 24 May
1996
opening of diocesan
inquiry: 15 November 1997
closing of diocesan inquiry:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
session of historical consultors:
publication of Positio:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
postulator: Rev. Orlando Zanovelli, cssp
petitioner: Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the
Holy Rosary, 23, Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin,
IRELAND
website:
www.holyrosarymissionarysisters.org
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