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~ 1944 ~

 

1) 03 January in Lecce (Italy)

   

DINO ZAMBRA

young layperson of the archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto

born: 12 March 1922 in Chieti (Italy)

 

competent forum: Chieti-Vasto

CCS protocol number: 1092

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

   

opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 July 1961

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 26 May 1997

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 April 1998

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni, sdb

petitioner: Dino Zambra Associazione, Via Pescara, 203, 66013 Chieti, ITALY

website: www.dinozambra.it

   

   

2) 03 January in Tvirtovės, Kaunas (Lithuania) in defensum castitatis, uti fertur

   

ELENA SPIRGEVIČIŪTĖ [biography]

young layperson of the archdiocese of Kaunas

born: 22 September 1924 in Tvirtovės, Kaunas (Lithuania)

 

competent forum: Kaunas

CCS protocol number: 2315

type of cause: martyrdom

  

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 22 October 1999

opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 January 2000

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Rev. Andrius Končius

petitioner: [see 1955: Adelė Dirsytė]

website

   

   

3) 04 January in San Chirico Raparo, Potenza (Italy)

   

ANTONIO MARIA DE SARLO

priest of the diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro

born: 11 February 1875 in San Chirico Raparo, Potenza (Italy)

 

competent forum: Tursi-Lagonegro

CCS protocol number: 1511

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 22 March 1986

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator:

petitioner: Diocesi di Tursi-Lagonegro, Via Roma, 63, 75028 Tursi (MT), ITALY

website

  

   

4) 12 January at the Bang Kwang Central Prison, Nonthaburi (Thailand) ex aerumnis carceris

     

NIKHOLAS BUYKOET KRISBAMRUNG (BENEDIKTO CHUNKIM)

[นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง (เบเนดิกโต ชุนกิม)]

priest of the archdiocese of Bangkok

born: 28 February 1895 in Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom (Thailand)

  

competent forum: Bangkok

CCS protocol number: 2026

type of cause: martyrdom

    

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 07 March 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 January 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 January 1998

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 29 May 1998

publication of Positio: 1999

particular congress of theological consultors: 29 October 1999

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 11 January 2000

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 27 January 2000

beatification: 05 March 2000

 

postulator: Rev. Diego Sáez Martín, omi

petitioner: Assumption Cathedral, Charoenkrung 40, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, THAILAND

websitenicolasbunkerd.catholic.or.th

           

Note: The Thai scripts of this name have been Romanized using the method employed by the UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems. Vatican documents, on the other hand, Romanize it as “Nicholas Bunkerd (or Bunkert) Kitbamrung”. The original family name, being Chinese in origin, may also be Romanized as “Xunkim”.              

                      

          

5) 25 January in Alessandria (Italy)

     

TERESA GRILLO MICHEL (MARIA ANTONIA)

widow; founder, Little Sisters of Divine Providence (n.o.)

born: 25 September 1855 in Spinetta Marengo, Alessandria (Italy)

 

competent forum: Alessandria

CCS protocol number: 929

type of cause: heroic virtues 

  

   

opening of informative process: 16 April 1953

closing of informative process: 25 September 1959

decree on writings: 06 July 1963

introduction of cause: 16 December 1972

opening of apostolic process: 1974

closing of apostolic process: 1976

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 20 October 1977

publication of Positio: 1981

particular congress of theological consultors: 01 April 1985

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:  04 June 1985

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 July 1985

    opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

    closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

    decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 28 February 1983

    meeting of the Medical Board: 13 July 1988; 10 October 1996

    particular congress of theological consultors: 14 November 1997

    ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 02 December 1997

    promulgation of decree on miracle: 18 December 1997

beatification: 24 May 1998

  

postulator:

petitioner: Piccole Suore della Divina Provvidenza, Via Divina Provvidenza, 41, 00166 Roma, ITALY

website

 

 

6) 24 January in Regensburg (Germany)

     

BERNHARD LEHNER

child of the diocese of Regensburg

born: 04 January 1930 in Herrngiersdorf, Kelheim (Germany)

 

competent forum: Regensburg

CCS protocol number: 676

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

  

opening of informative process: 14 July 1950

closing of informative process: 14 March 1951

decree on writings: 13 May 1956

decree on validity of informative process: 21 March 1986

opening of first supplementary inquiry: 06 June 1994

closing of first supplementary inquiry: 07 December 1994

opening of second supplementary inquiry: 15 April 2002

closing of second supplementary inquiry: 27 November 2002

decree on validity of supplementary inquiries: 05 November 2004

publication of Positio: 2005

particular congress of theological consultors: 16 December 2009

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 01 February 2011

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 02 April 2011

    opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

    closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

    decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 09 June 2007

 

postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

petitioner: Causa Bernhard Lehner, Sandsbach, Am Kirchberg 2, 84097 Herrngiersdorf, GERMANY

website

 

 

7) 27 February in Lucca (Italy)

     

STEFANO ANTONI

priest of the archdiocese of Lucca

born: 28 December 1852 in Ghivizzano, Lucca (Italy)

 

competent forum: Lucca

CCS protocol number: 2521

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 27 November 2002

opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 February 2003

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator:

petitioner: Parrocchia S. Cassiano di Mariano, Via della Chiesa, 315, 55060 Lucca, ITALY

website

     

     

8) 28 February in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)

 

LUIZ GONZAGA DO MONTE

priest of the archdiocese of Natal

born: 03 January 1905 in Vitória de Santo Antăo, Pernambuco (Brazil)

 

competent forum: Natal

CCS protocol number: 2649

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

    

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 13 May 2005

opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 October 2005

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

  

postulator:

petitioner: Arquidiocese de Natal, Av. Floriano Peixoto, 674 – Tirol

                          59020-500 – Natal – RN, BRAZIL

                     [1645: André de Soveral, Ambrósio Francisco Ferro and 29 Companions;

                      1905: Joăo Maria Cavalcanti de Brito;

                      1966: Joaquim Honório da Silveira]

websitepadremonte.com

          

     

9) 21 March near Lopushna, Lviv (Ukraine)

          and in Cherepin, Lviv (Ukraine) in odium fidei, uti fertur

     

AVHUSTYN-KLEMENT TSEBROVS᾽KYI

[АВГУСТИН-КЛЕМЕНТ ЦЕБРОВСЬКИЙ]

priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

born: 04 February 1888 in Romanove Selo, Ternopil (Ukraine)

OLEKSANDRA PEHLE TSEBROVS᾽KA

[ОЛЕКСАНДРА ПЕЛЕХ ЦЕБРОВСЬКА]

layperson of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

born: June 1898 in Tovschiv, Lviv (Ukraine)

 

competent forum: Lviv of the Ukrainians

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

    

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of eparchial inquiry:

closing of eparchial inquiry:

decree on validity of eparchial inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Rev. Taras Bublyk

petitioner: Ukrainska Greko-Katolitska Tserkva, pl. Sviatoho Yura 5, Lviv 79000, UKRAINE

                     [Українська Греко-Католицька Церква, пл. Святого Юра 5, Львів 79000, Україна]

website

     

     

10) 24 March in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

   

JÓZEF AND VIKTORIA ULMA

AND THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN

   

1.    JÓZEF ULMA

        layperson of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins; married

        born: 02 March 1900 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

2.    WIKTORIA NIEMCZAK ULMA

        layperson of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins; married

        born: 10 December 1912 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

3.    STANISŁAWA [Stasia] ULMA

        child of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins

        born: 18 July 1936 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

4.    BARBARA JADWIGA [Basia] ULMA

        child of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins

        born: 06 October 1937 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

5.    WŁADYSŁAW [Władziu] ULMA

        child of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins

        born: 05 December 1938 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

6.    FRANCISZEK [Franuś] ULMA

        child of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins

        born: 03 April 1940 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

7.    ANTONI [Antoś] ULMA

        child of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins

        born: 06 June 1941 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

8.    MARIA [Marysia] ULMA

        child of the diocese of Przemyśl of the Latins

        born: 16 September 1942 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

9.    UNNAMED ULMA CHILD (*)

        born: 24 March 1944 in Markowa, Łańcut (Poland)

    

Note: On 5 September 2023, the Dicastery for Causes of Saints issued an official statement regarding the seventh unnamed Ulma child. It clarified that (1) Wiktoria Ulma was at an advanced state of pregnancy with her seventh child at the time of the massacre; (2) this child was born at the time of his mother’s martyrdom; and (3) this unnamed child was added among the other Ulma children, having received a baptism of blood through the martyrdom of the parents.    

        

         

competent forum: Przemyśl of the Latins

CCS protocol number: 3320

type of cause: martyrdom

          

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 18 February 2003

opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 September 2003

closing of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 May 2014

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 20 February 2017 (from Pelplin)

session of historical consultors: 16 February 2021

publication of Positio: 2021

particular congress of theological consultors: 22 February 2022

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 06 December 2022

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 17 December 2022

beatification: 10 September 2023

  

postulator: Rev. Witold Burda

petitioner: Archidiecezja Przemyska, pl. Katedralny 4a, 37-700 Przemyśl, POLAND

website: ulmowie.pl

            

 

11) 25 March at KZ Majdanek, Lublin (Poland) in odium fidei

     

OMELIAN KOVCH [OМEЛЯН КОВЧ]

priest of the eparchy of Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk); married

born: 20 August 1884 in Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

 

competent forum: Lviv of the Ukrainians

CCS protocol number: 2256

type of cause: martyrdom

  

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 13 October 1998

opening of eparchial inquiry: 1998

closing of eparchial inquiry: 2001

decree on validity of eparchial inquiry: 09 March 2001

publication of Positio: 2001

particular congress of theological consultors: 03 April 2001

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 23 April 2001

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 24 April 2001

beatification: 27 June 2001

 

postulator:

petitioner: [see Martyrs of Eastern Europe (1): Mykolai Charnets’kyi and 24 Companions]

website

    

     

12) 17 April in Görden, Brandenburg an der Havel (Germany) in odium fidei

     

MAX JOSEF METZGER (PAULUS)

priest of the archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau;

founder, Secular Institute of Christ the King (n.o.)

born: 03 February 1887 in Schopfheim, Lörrach (Germany)

 

competent forum: Freiburg in Breisgau

CCS protocol number: 2499

type of cause: martyrdom

   

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 06 September 2003 (from Berlin)

rescript of “nihil obstat”:  28 November 2005

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 May 2006

closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 March 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 May 2015

session of historical consultors: 15 January 2019

publication of Positio: 2019

particular congress of theological consultors: 21 January 2021

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 12 March 2024

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 14 March 2024

beatification:

 

postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

petitioner: Christkönigs-Institut, St.-Wolfgang-Str. 14, 86405 Meitingen, GERMANY

website: www.max-josef-metzger-meitingen.de

     

     

13) 12 May in Nairobi (Kenya)

 

EDEL MARY QUINN

layperson of the archdioceses of Nairobi and Dublin;

member, Legion of Mary

born: 14 September 1907 in Kanturk, Cork (Ireland)

 

competent forum: Nairobi/Dublin

CCS protocol number: 1011

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

opening of informative process: 1963

closing of informative process: 1969

decree on writings: 14 September 1973

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 May 1991

publication of Positio: 1991

particular congress of theological consultors: 30 September 1994

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 13 December 1994

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 December 1994

 

postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

petitioner: Concilium Legionis Mariae, Morning Star Ave., Brunswick St., Dublin 7, IRELAND

                     [1959: Alphonsus Lambe;

                      1980: Francis Michael Duff]

website

     

 

14) 29 June in Civitella in Val di Chiana, Arezzo (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur

 

ALCIDE LAZZERI

priest of the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-San Sepolcro

born: 17 September 1887 in Chitignano, Arezzo (Italy)

 

competent forum: Arezzo-Cortona-San Sepolcro

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

        

    

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 June 2019

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Emmanuele Spedicato

petitioner: Diocesi di Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, P.za del Duomo, 1, 52100 Arezzo (AR), ITALY

websitewww.diocesiarezzo.it

 

 

15) 20 July in Sidolo di Bardi, Parma (Italy) in odium fidei

   

GIUSEPPE BEOTTI

priest of the diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio

born: 26 August 1912 in Campremoldo Sotto, Gragnano Trebbiense, Piacenza (Italy)

 

competent forum: Piacenza-Bobbio

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

  

   

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 2002

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 20 August 2010

reopening of diocesan inquiry: 21 November 2010

closing of diocesan inquiry: 07 November 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 01 June 2018

session of historical consultors: 11 May 2021

publication of Positio: 2021

particular congress of theological consultors: 13 December 2022

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 16 May 2023

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 20 May 2023

beatification: 30 September 2023

 

postulator: Rev. Massimo Cassola

petitioner: Parrocchia SS. Salvatore, Via Roma, 80, 29010 Piozzano (PC), ITALY

website

     

     

16) 25 July in Valle di Gressoney, Aosta (Italy)

     

LUIGI [GINO] PISTONI

young layperson of the diocese of Ivrea

born: 25 February 1924 in Ivrea, Turin (Italy)

 

competent forum: Ivrea

CCS protocol number: 2011

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 24 February 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

opening of supplementary inquiry:

closing of supplementary inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan and supplementary inquiries: 16 April 1999

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

petitioner: Diocesi d’Ivrea, P.za Castello 3, 10015 Ivrea (TO), ITALY

website:   

        

       

17) 09 August in Olzai, Nuoro (Italy)

 

PANTALEO FANCELLO

priest of the diocese of Nuoro

born: 1919 in Dorgali, Nuoro (Italy)

 

competent forum: Nuoro

CCS protocol number: 2263

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

 

postulator:

petitioner: Parrocchia S. Giovanni Battista, C.so Vittorio Emmanuele, 08020 Olzai (NU), ITALY

website

 

 

18) 28 August in Santa Giulia, Dego, Savona (Italy) in defensum castitatis

          

TERESA BRACCO

young layperson of the diocese of Acqui Terme

born: 24 February 1924 in Santa Giulia, Dego, Savona (Italy)

 

competent forum: Acqui Terme

CCS protocol number: 1604

type of cause: martyrdom

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 15 April 1988

opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 June 1988

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 January 1991

publication of Positio: 1993

particular congress of theological consultors: 26 November 1996

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 15 April 1997

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 07 July 1997

beatification: 24 May 1998

 

postulator:

petitioner: Diocesi di Acqui Terme, P.za Duomo 4, 15011 Acqui Terme (AL), ITALY

website

 

 

19) 02 September in Santo Stefano dʼAveto, Genoa (Italy)

 

ALBINO BADINELLI

young layperson of the diocese of Chiavari

born: 06 March 1920 in Allegrezze, Santo Stefano dʼAveto, Genoa (Italy)

 

competent forum: Chiavari

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

    

rescript of transfer of competent forum: November 2019 (from Piacenza-Bobbio)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 21 December 2021

opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 February 2022

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

 

postulator: Rev. Luca Sardella

petitioner: Comitato Albino Badinelli, Via Caduti dʼItalia, 20, 16049 Santo Stefano dʼAveto (GE), ITALY

websiteabadinelli.altervista.org

 

 

20) 07 September off Sindangan Point, Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte (Philippines)

 

JOSEPH VERBIS LAFLEUR

priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States

born: 24 January 1912 in Ville Platte, Louisiana (United States)

 

competent forum: Lafayette

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

    

rescript of transfer of competent forum:

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 September 2020

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

 

postulator: Dr. Waldery Hilgeman

petitioner: St. Landry Catholic Church, 1020 North Main St., Opelousas, LA 70570, USA

websitefatherlafleur.org

 

 

21) 07 September in Nocchi, Camaiore, Lucca (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur

       

SALVADOR MONTES DE OCA (BERNARDO)

bishop of Valencia (Venezuela);

novice, Carthusians

born: 21 October 1895 in Carora, Lara (Venezuela)

 

competent forum: Valencia (Venezuela)

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

  

rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from Lucca)

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 March 2017

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

petitioner: Arquidiócesis de Valencia, Apdo. 32, Av. Urdaneta 100-54,

                         Valencia 2001-A, Edo. Carabobo, VENEZUELA

websitewww.arquidiocesisdevalencia.org

             

 

22) 13 September in Kraków (Poland)

     

ROZALIA CELAK

layperson of the archdiocese of Kraków

born: 19 September 1901 in Jachówka, Budzów, Sucha (Poland)

 

competent forum: Kraków

CCS protocol number: 2148

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

   

opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 November 1996

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 December 1996

closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 April 2007

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 22 December 2012

session of historical consultors: 27 February 2018

publication of Positio: 2018

particular congress of theological consultors: 15 April 2021

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 01 March 2022 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 April 2022

                            

postulator: Rev. Pascual Cebollada Silvestre, sj

petitioner: Towarzystwo Jezusowe - Prowincja Polski Południowej, Mały Rynek 8, 31-041 Kraków, POLAND

websitewww.celakowna.pl

     

 

23) 29 September in Casaglia, Marzabotto, Bologna (Italy)

     

UBALDO MARCHIONI

priest of the archdiocese of Bologna

born: 19 May 1918 in Vimignano di Grizzana Morandi, Bologna (Italy)

 

competent forum: Bologna

CCS protocol number: 2241

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 19 August 1998

opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2013

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Ulderico Parente

petitioner: Postulazione, Via S. Stefano, 58, 40125 Bologna, ITALY

                     Parrocchia di Ss. Giuseppe e Carlo, P.za Martiri delle Fosse Ardeatine,

                          40043 Marzabotto (BO), ITALY

                     [1944: Ferdinando Casagrande;

                      1944: Giovanni Fornasini]

website

            

                                  

24) 01 October in Pioppe di Salvaro, Grizzana, Bologna (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur

     

ELIA COMINI

professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco

born: 07 May 1910 in Calvenzano di Vergato, Bologna (Italy)

                          

competent forum: Bologna

CCS protocol number: 2023

type of cause: martyrdom

           

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 February 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 December 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 November 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 2004

publication of Positio: 2009; 2019

particular congress of theological consultors: 04 April 2017 (super virtutibus)

session of historical consultors: 25 February 2020

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

         

postulator: Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni, sdb

petitioner: Vicepostulazione dei Salesiani, Via Jac. della Quercia, 1, 40128 Bologna, ITALY

website

     

     

25) 01 October in Pioppe di Salvaro, Grizzana, Bologna (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur

 

NICOLA CAPELLI (MARTINO)

professed priest, Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians)

born: 20 September 1912 in Nembro, Bergamo (Italy)

 

competent forum: Bologna

CCS protocol number: 2024

type of cause: martyrdom

 

                             

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 February 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 February 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 October 2003

publication of Positio: 2009; 2019

session of historical consultors: 01 December 2020

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

       

postulator: Rev. Ramón Domínguez Fraile, scj

petitioner: Vicepostulazione del Sacerdoti del Sacro Cuore, Via Nosadella, 6, 40123 Bologna, ITALY

website

     

     

26) 09 October in Pozza Rosa di San Martino, Marzabotto, Bologna (Italy)

 

FERDINANDO CASAGRANDE

priest of the archdiocese of Bologna

born: 15 November 1913 in Castelfranco Emilia, Bologna (Italy)

    

competent forum: Bologna

CCS protocol number: 2242

type of cause: heroic virtues

    

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 19 August 1998

opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2013

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Ulderico Parente

petitioner: [see 1944: Ubaldo Marchioni]

website

 

 

27) 13 October in San Martino di Caprara, Marzabotto, Bologna (Italy) in odium fidei

   

GIOVANNI FORNASINI

priest of the archdiocese of Bologna

born: 23 February 1915 in Pianaccio di Lizzano, Belvedere, Bologna (Italy)

 

competent forum: Bologna

CCS protocol number: 2243

type of cause: martyrdom

    

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 19 August 1998

opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2013

publication of Positio: 2018

session of historical consultors: 29 May 2018

particular congress of theological consultors: 10 December 2019

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 19 January 2021

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 21 January 2021

beatification: 26 September 2021

 

postulator: Dr. Ulderico Parente

petitioner: [see 1944: Ubaldo Marchioni]

websitedongiovannifornasini.chiesadibologna.it

                          

      

28) 01 November in Lviv (Ukraine)

 

ROMAN OLEKSANDR MARIA SHEPTYTS’KYI (ANDREI)

[РОМАН ОЛЕКСАНДР МАРІА ШЕПТИЦЬКИЙ (АНДРЕЙ)]

professed priest, Basilians of Saint Josaphat;

archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians

born: 29 July 1865 in Prylbychi, Lviv (Ukraine)

 

competent forum: Lviv of the Ukrainians

CCS protocol number: 792

type of cause: heroic virtues    

 

opening of informative process: 05 December 1958

closing of informative process: 06 December 1968

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 November 2002

publication of Positio: 2003

particular congress of theological consultors: 19 January 2007

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 16 July 2015

   

postulator:

petitioner: Misia “Postuliatsiinyi Tsentr Beatifikatsii i Kanonizatsii Sbiatykh UGKTS”,  

                          Pl. Soborna 31, 79008 m. L’viv, UKRAINE

                     [Місія «Постуляційний центр беатифікації й канонізації святих УГКЦ»,   

                          пл. Соборна 31, 79008 м. Львів, Україна]

                     [Martyrs of Eastern Europe (4): Petro Mekelyta and 47 Companions]

websitesheptytsky.ugcc.org.ua

 

 

29) 03 November in Camerino, Macerata (Italy)

 

ELENA GIACOBINI (MARIA GIUSEPPA)

professed religious, Dominican Nuns

born: 04 November 1864 in Caldarola, Macerata (Italy)

   

competent forum: Camerino-San Severino Marche

CCS protocol number: 1293

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 31 July 1981

opening of cognitional process:

closing of cognitional process:

decree on validity of cognitional process:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:     

 

postulator:

petitioner: Monastero Domenicano, Via Emilia Interna, 58, 48014 Castelbolognese (RA), ITALY

website

     

 

30) 13 November in Halle/Saale (Germany) in odium fidei

     

CARL LAMPERT

priest and pro-apostolic vicar of the diocese of Feldkirch

born: 09 January 1894 in Göfis, Feldkirch (Austria)

 

competent forum: Feldkirch

CCS protocol number: 2191

type of cause: martyrdom

  

    

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 05 September 1997

opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 November 2003

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 March 2008

publication of Positio: 2009

particular congress of theological consultors: 05 March 2010

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:  21 June 2011

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 27 June 2011

beatification: 13 November 2011

 

postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

petitioner: Bischöfliches Ordinariat, Bahnhofstraße 13, 6800 Feldkirch, AUSTRIA

websitewww.provikar-lampert.at

 

 

31) 15 November in Bogotá (Colombia)

     

JORGE MURCIA RIAŃO

priest of the archdiocese of Bogotá;

founder, Sisters of Saint John the Evangelist (n.o.)

born: 20 October 1895 in Bogotá (Colombia)

 

competent forum: Bogotá

CCS protocol number: 2627

type of cause: heroic virtues

     

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 06 October 2004

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 December 2007

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator:

petitioner: Hermanas de San Juan Evangelista, Carrera 7A N. 10-20, Santafé de Bogotá, COLOMBIA

websitehermanasjuanistas.net

     

     

32) early November in Trieste (Italy)

     

NICOLŇ CORTESE (PLACIDO)

professed priest, Conventual Franciscans

born: 07 March 1907 in Cres, Primorje-Gorski Kotar (a.k.a. Cherso, Quarnaro)

           (then in Italy, now in Croatia)

 

competent forum: Trieste

CCS protocol number: 2431

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 08 October 2001

opening of diocesan inquiry (martyrdom): 29 January 2002

closing of diocesan inquiry (martyrdom): 15 November 2003

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 June 2010

opening of diocesan inquiry (heroic virtues): 18 June 2012

closing of diocesan inquiry (heroic virtues): 25 October 2012

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry (heroic virtues): 17 May 2013

session of historical consultors: 31 January 2017

publication of Positio: 2018

particular congress of theological consultors: 24 November 2020

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 06 July 2021

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 30 August 2021

 

postulator: Fra Zdzisław Józef Kijas, ofmconv

petitioner: Frati Minori Conventuali ‒ Provincia Italiana di S. Antonio di Padova,

                          P.za del Santo, 11, 35123 Padova, ITALY

websitewww.padreplacidocortese.org

 

     

33) 22 November in Pavlovce nad Uhom, Košice (Slovak Republic) in defensum castitatis

 

ANNA [ANKA] KOLESÁROVÁ

young layperson of the diocese of Košice

born: 14 July 1928 in Vysoká nad Uhom, Košice (Slovak Republic)

 

competent forum: Košice

CCS protocol number: 2608

type of cause: martyrdom

   

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 July 2004

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry: 14 February 2012

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 June 2013

publication of Positio: 2015

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 06 March 2018

beatification: 01 September 2018

    

postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

petitioner: Arcibiskupstvo Košice, Hlavná 28, 041 83 Košice, SLOVAK REPUBLIC

website: annakolesarova.sk

 

 

34) 23 December at KZ Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Oświęcim (Poland)

 

MARIA CÄCILIA AUTSCH

(ANGELA MARIA OF THE HEART OF JESUS)

professed religious, Trinitarian Sisters of Valencia (n.o.)

born: 26 March 1900 in Röllecken, Attendorn (Germany)

 

competent forum: Vienna

CCS protocol number: 1700

type of cause: heroic virtues

          

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 15 January 1990

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 March 1990

closing of diocesan inquiry: 26 March 1992

opening of supplementary inquiry: 28 January 1998 (Paderborn)

closing of supplementary inquiry: 30 March 2000 (Paderborn)

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 January 1996; 20 March 2009

publication of Positio: 2012 

session of historical consultors: 25 September 2012

particular congress of theological consultors: 18 October 2016

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 08 May 2018 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 May 2018

             

postulator: Rev. Javier Carnerero Peńalver, osst

petitioner: Unbeschuhte Trinitarierinnen, Husarentempelgasse, 4, 2340 Mödling, AUSTRIA

                     Hermanas Trinitarias de Valencia, C/ Orihuela, 45, 46009 Valencia, SPAIN

website

     

     

35) 24 December in Manhumirim, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

   

JULIUS AEMILIUS DE LOMBAERDE (JÚLIO MARIA)

professed priest, Missionaries of the Holy Family;

founder, Missionaries of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (n.o.),

Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (n.o.),

and Sisters of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (n.o.)

born: 07 January 1878 in Beveren-Leie, Waregem, Kortrijk (Belgium)

  

competent forum: Caratinga

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 January 2014

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

petitioner: Missionários Sacramentinos de Nossa Senhora, Praça Bom Jesus, 38 – Centro

                          36970-000 – Manhumirim – MG, BRAZIL

                     Filhas do Coraçăo Imaculado de Maria, Rua 15 de Novembro,1216 – Centro

                          61600-000 – Caucaia – CE, BRAZIL

                     Irmăs Sacramentinas de Nossa Senhora, Rua Madre Beatriz, 135 – Centro

                          36970-000 – Manhumirim – MG, BRAZIL

website: www.sacramentinos.org.br  

     

      

36) 27 December in Budapest (Hungary) in odium fidei

    

SALKAHÁZI SÁRA [Schalkház Sára]

vowed member, Sisters of Social Service

born: 11 May 1899 in Košice (a.k.a. Kassa) (then in Hungary; now in Slovakia)

 

competent forum: Esztergom-Budapest

CCS protocol number: 2141

type of cause: martyrdom

     

                         

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 02 December 1996

opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 January 1997

closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 May 1998

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 February 2000

publication of Positio: 2004

particular congress of theological consultors: 05 April 2005

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 21 June 2005

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 28 April 2006

beatification: 17 September 2006

 

postulator: Rev. Ángel Ayala Guijarro, schp

petitioner: Szociális Testvérek Társasága, Bartók Béla út 61. III./6, 1114 Budapest, HUNGARY

website: www.salkahazisara.com

     

     

37) 27 December in Hersbruck, Nürnberger Land (Germany) in odium fidei

 

ODOARDO FOCHERINI

layperson of the diocese of Carpi; married

born: 06 June 1907 in Carpi, Modena (Italy)

 

competent forum: Carpi

CCS protocol number: 2090

type of cause: martyrdom

  

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 12 February 1996

opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 March 1996

closing of diocesan inquiry: 26 May 1998

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 May 1999

publication of Positio: 2003

particular congress of theological consultors: 16 October 2007

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 03 April 2012

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 10 May 2012

beatification: 15 June 2013

 

postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

petitioner: Diocesi di Carpi, Via Don Eugenio Loschi 1, 41012 Carpi (MO), ITALY

                     Parrocchia della Madonna della Neve, Via Carlo Marx, 109, 41012 Carpi (MO), ITALY

website: www.odoardofocherini.it

    

   

38) 29 December in Rome (Italy)

 

MARIA ITALIA PESCOSOLIDO

professed religious, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Catherine of Siena

born: 16 November 1916 in Ceprano, Frosinone (Italy)

 

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number: 1102

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

   

opening of informative process: 20 December 1956

closing of informative process: 23 March 1957

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:

petitioner: [see 1923: Savina Petrilli]

website: www.sorelledeipoveriscs.org

 

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