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1) 01 January in Mirna, Trebnje, Dolenjska (Slovenia) in odium fidei, uti fertur
   

        ALOJZIJ [LOJZE] GROZDE
        young layperson of the archdiocese of Ljubljana
        born: 27 May 1923 in Tržišče, Zgornje Vodale, Dolenjska (Slovenia)
 

        competent diocese: Ljubljana

        protocol number: 1888

        type of cause: martyrdom

 

        nihil obstat: 01 December 1992

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Nadškofija Ljubljana Ordinariat, Ciril-Metodov trg 4, p. p. 1990, 1001 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

        website:

        

 

2) 26 January in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei
   

        MICHAŁ KOZAL
        auxiliary bishop of Włocławek
        born: 27 September 1893 in Ligota, Wielkopolskie (Poland)

 

        competent diocese: Włocławek

        protocol number: 1140

        type of cause: martyrdom

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        validation of diocesan inquiry: 18 April 1986

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 08 May 1987
        beatification: 14 June 1987

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Diecezja Włocławska, ul. Gdanska 2, 87-800 Włocławek, POLAND

        website:

        

 

3) 31 January in Annà di Melito Porto Salvo, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

   

        ENRICO MONTALBETTI
        bishop of the archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova
        born: 12 September 1888 in Venice (Italy)
 

        competent diocese: Reggio Calabria-Bova

        protocol number: 2230

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        nihil obstat: 19 May 1998

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Reggio Calabria-Bova, Via Tommaso Campanella, 63, 89127 Reggio Calabria, ITALY

        website:

        

 

     4) 03 February in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

   

        ALOIS ANDRITZKI [ALOJS ANDRICKI]
        priest of the diocese of Dresden-Meissen
        born: 02 July 1914 in Radibor, Saxony (Germany)
 

        competent diocese: Dresden-Meissen

        protocol number: 2246

        type of cause: martyrdom

 

        nihil obstat: 27 August 1998

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Cyrill-Methodius-Verein e. V., An der Petrikirche 7, 02625 Bautzen, GERMANY

        website:

        

 

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: Victoria/San Sebastián

        protocol number: 661

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1950

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 1950

        decree on writings: 22 April 1963

        introduction of cause: 22 September 1978

        decree “non-cultu”: 20 July 1979

        opening of apostolic inquiry: 1980

        closing of apostolic inquiry: 1981

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 31 March 1984

        publication year of Positio: 1990

        meeting of theological consultors: 09 May 1995

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 17 October 1995

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 January 1996

       

        postulator:
       
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

        protocol number: 1497

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        nihil obstat: 24 October 1985

        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: 28 June 1999

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            validation of inquiry on miracle:

            session of medical consultors:

            meeting of theological consultors:

            ordinary congregation 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:

        

   

7) 28 February in Rio das Antas, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

           

        ANNA SABATOVICH (AMBRÓSIA) [Анна Сабатович (Амбросія)]

        professed religious, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite)

        born: 20 August 1895 in Turinka, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)

       

        competent eparchy: São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians

        protocol number: 2805

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: [see 1956: Teklia Bodnar (Anatólia);

                               see also 1919: Mykhailyna Hordashevs’ka (Yosafata)]

        website:

Note: The surname is also spelled "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

        protocol number: 810

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 July 1951

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 October 1955

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 17 October 1987

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 January 1991

       

        postulator:
       
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

        protocol number: 1638

        type of cause: martyrdom

 

        nihil obstat: 06 October 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:

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 06 April 1998
        beatification: 21 June 1998

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Franziskanerinnen von der Christlichen Liebe, Hartmanngasse 7, A-1050 Wien, AUSTRIA

        webpage: http://www.restituta.at

     

   

10) 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 Poiana Maggiore, Vicenza (Italy)
       

        competent diocese: Venice

        protocol number: 947

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:
        introduction of cause: 27 September 1975

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: [see 1976: Maria Oliva Bonaldo (Maria Oliva of the Mystical Body)]

        website:

        

   

11) 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 diocese: Rome/Sutri-Nepi

        protocol number: 1043

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 May 1963

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 October 1967

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 11 October 1991

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2004

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: [see 1888: Giovanni Bosco]

        website:

        

   
12) 29 May in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

   

        GEORGES DURET
        priest of the diocese of Poitiers
        born: 19 November 1887 in La Bruffière, Vendée (France)
 

        competent diocese: Poitiers

        protocol number: 2092

        type of cause: heroic virtues


        nihil obstat: 01 June 1996

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Diocèse de Poitiers, 44 Rue Jean-Jaurès, 86035 Poitiers CEDEX, FRANCE

        website:

        

   

13) 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 diocese: Cumaná

        protocol number: 2495

        type of cause: heroic virtues


        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat: 13 September 2002

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: [see 1940: Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez (Candelaria of Saint Joseph)]

        website:

        

   

14) 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 diocese: Vigevano

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 1992

        publication year of Positio: 1999

        meeting of theological consultors: 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 

            validation of inquiry on miracle: 21 February 2003

            session of medical consultors: 12 October 2006

            meeting of theological consultors: 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

        website: http://www.padrepianzola.it

        

   

15) 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 diocese: Buenos Aires

        protocol number: 2383

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        nihil obstat: 24 November 2000

        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:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas de Cristo Rey, Anchorena 1553,

                                     C1425ELI Capital Federal, ARGENTINA

        website:

        

   

16) 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 diocese: Buenos Aires

        protocol number: 1495

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 20 March 1987

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        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: 

            validation of inquiry on miracle:

            session of medical consultors:

            meeting of theological consultors:

            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 27 September 1992

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Misioneras Cruzadas de la Iglesia, C/ Durando, 19, 28044 Madrid, SPAIN

        website:

        


17) 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 diocese: Madrid

        protocol number: 1013

        type of cause: heroic virtues

 

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 30 September 1994

        publication year of Positio: 2006

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Vicepostulación del Opus Dei, Vicente López 1950,

                                     C1128ACD Capital Federal, ARGENTINA

        website:

        

   

18) 01 August in Novogrudok (a.k.a Nowogródek), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’ (Belarus) in odium fidei

                       

        MARIA STELLA MARDOSEWICZ AND 10 COMPANIONS 

        FROM THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH

        OF NOVOGRUDOK [NOWOGRÓDEK]

 

Adela Mardosewicz Jadwiga Karolina Zak Anna Kukolowicz Eleonora Aniela Józwik Józefa Chrobot

Julia Rapiej Helena Cierpka Paulina Borowik Leokadia Matuszewska Eugenia Mackiewicz Weronika Narmontowicz

 

    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

        protocol number: 1748

        type of cause: martyrdom

       

        nihil obstat: 10 October 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 17 December 1993

        publication year of Positio: 1997

        meeting of theological consultors: 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:
       
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:

        

   
19) 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

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 03 October 2003

        publication year of Positio: 2005

        meeting of theological consultors: 31 March 2006

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        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: http://www.jaegerstaetter.at

   

   

20) 13 August at the Plötzensee prison, Berlin (Germany) in odium fidei

   

        JAKOB GAPP
        professed priest, Marianists
        born: 26 July 1897 in Watt