~ 1953 ~

1) 15 January in Bra, Cuneo (Italy) 

        MATTEO PITTAVINO (ANGELICO FROM NONE)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 28 May 1875 in None, Turin (Italy)

        competent diocese: Turin

        protocol number: 1281

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 June 1982

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio: 1987

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 March 1992

       
        actor: Frati Minori Cappucini, Via Craveri, 1, 12042 Bra (CN), ITALY
   

2) 17 January in Lukov, Zlínský kraj (Czech Republic)
       

        IGNÁC STUCHLÝ
        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco
        born: 14 December 1869 in Olomouc, Olomoucký kraj (Czech Republic)

        competent diocese: Olomouc

        protocol number: 1925

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 October 1993

        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:

        actor: Salesiani Dona Boska, Kobyliake nam. 1, 182 00 Praha, CZECH REPUBLIC
   

3) 07 February in Donoku, Taungoo, Bago (Myanmar) in odium fidei, uti fertur
   
        ALFREDO CREMONESI
        professed priest, Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
        born: 15 May 1902 in Ripalta Guerina, Cremona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Crema/Taunggyi
        protocol number: 2592

        type of cause: martyrdom

       
        competentia fori: 04 March 2004 (to the archdiocese of Taunggyi)

        nihil obstat: 29 March 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 June 2005

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 09 February 2007

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Archdiocese of Taunggyi, Bayintnaung Rd., Taunggyi 06011, MYANMAR
   

4)  23 March in Castrovillari, Cosenza (Italy) 

        MARIA BERARDI (SEMPLICE)

        consecrated virgin of the diocese of Cassano all’Jonio

        born: 16 July 1873 in Castrovillari, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cassano all’Jonio

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Associazione Suor Semplice Berardi, Via Roma 11, 87012 Castrovillari (CS), ITALY

5)  27 March in Airola, Benevento (Italy)

        MARIA CONCETTA PANTUSA DE MARCO

        layperson of the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti; married

        born: 03 February 1894 in Celico, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

        protocol number: 2704

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 July 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 February 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor:  Pia Opera del Volto Santo, Via Monteoliveto, 83, 82011 Airola (BN), ITALY

6) 04 April in Reggio Calabria (Italy)

        GAETANO CATANOSO
        priest of the archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova;

                founder, Veronican Sisters of the Holy Face
        born: 14 February 1879 in Chorio di San Lorenzo, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

        competent diocese: Reggio Calabria-Bova

        protocol number: 1401

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 15 October 1981

        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: 03 March 1990

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 04 May 1997

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

        canonization: 23 October 2005

       
        actor: Suore Veroniche, Via P. Gaetano Catanoso, C.P. 127, 89128 Reggio Calabria, ITALY

7) 09 May in Rome (Italy)
   
        MARIA FARSETTI
        layperson of the vicariate of Rome
        born: 16 May 1867 in Cervia, Ravenna (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome
        protocol number: 1243

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Opera Maria Farsetti, Via Salara, 174, 48015 Cervia (RA), ITALY

                    Fondaĵo Farsetti- IKUE, Via Berni 9, 00185 Roma, ITALY

8) 26 May in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        MARIE-CHARLOTTE DUPOUY BORDES (MARÍA TERESA)
        professed religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus;
                founder, Religious Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of Mary (n.o.)
        born: 06 May 1873 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (France)

        competent diocese: San Sebastián

        protocol number: 1646

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 November 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 12 May 1995

        publication year of Positio: 2006

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Religiosas Misioneras del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y María, Paseo de la Fe, 34,

                            Alto Miraconcha, 20007 San Sebastián, SPAIN

9) 27 May in Sant’Andrea Ionio, Catanzaro (Italy)

        MARIA ANTONIA SAMÀ

        layperson of the archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

        born: 02 March 1875 in Sant’Andrea Ionio, Catanzaro (Italy)

        competent diocese: Catanzaro-Squillace

        protocol number: 2795

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 August 2007

        nihil obstat: 29 September 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Parrocchia di SS. Pietro e Paolo, 88066 Sant’Andrea Ionio (CZ), ITALY

10) 08 June in Budapest (Hungary) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Sándor István

        professed religious, Salesians of Don Bosco

        born: 26 October 1914 in Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (Hungary)

        competent diocese: Esztergom-Budapest

        protocol number: 2758

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 2006

        nihil obstat: 27 March 2007

        closing of the diocesan inquiry: 08 December 2007

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Szalézi Tartományfõnökség, Bécsi út 173, 1032 Budapest, HUNGARY

11) 11 June in Budapest (Hungary) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        MESZLÉNYI ZOLTÁN LAJOS

        auxiliary bishop of Esztergom

        born: 02 January 1892 in Hatvan, Heves (Hungary)

        competent diocese: Esztergom-Budapest

        protocol number: 2619

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 17 September 2004

        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:

        actor:  [see 1975: Mindszenty József]

12) 11 July in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India)

        Geevarghese THOMAS Panickerveetil (Ivanios)

        archeparch of Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) of the Syro-Malankarese;

                founder, Congregation of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Ashram)

        born: 21 September 1882 Mavelikara, Alappuzha, Kerala (India)

        competent eparchy: Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankarese

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 July 2007

        nihil obstat:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Bethany Ashram Generalate, P.B. No. 6, Vadavathoor - 686 010 Kottayam, INDIA

Note: The family name is also spelled “Pannickaruveettil”.

13) 24 August in Lima (Peru)

        TERESA CANDAMO ÁLVAREZ-CALDERON (TERESA OF THE CROSS)
        founder, Canonesses of the Cross (n.o.)
        born: 19 August 1875 in Lima (Peru)

        competent diocese: Lima

        protocol number: 1342

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat*: 17 November 1979

        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:

        actor: Canonesas de la Cruz, Calle 10, n. 131, Urb. Monterrico Norte San Borja, Lima 41, PERU
 

14) 03 October in Aiud, Alba (Romania) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        BOGDÁNFFY SZILÁRD
        bishop of Oradea Mare of the Latins
        born: 11 February 1911 in Crna Bara (a.k.a. Feketetó), Čoka (then in Hungary; now in Serbia)

        competent diocese: Oradea Mare of the Latins

        protocol number: 1948

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 04 February 1994

        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:

        actor: Episcopiă Romano-Catolică, Şirul Canonicilor 7, CP 14, 410161 Oradea (BH), ROMANIA

                    [1947: Györgypál Albert]
 

15) 14 October in Nettuno, Rome (Italy)

        EGIDIO MARCELLI (LORENZO OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)

        professed religious, Passionists

        born: 30 August 1874 in Caprarola, Viterbo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Albano

        protocol number: 2630

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 November 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of the diocesan inquiry: 25 March 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Pp. Passionisti, Santuario S. Maria Goretti, 00048 Nettuno (RM), ITALY
   

16) 30 October in Alessandria (Italy)

        ANGELA MARIA BOIDI (LEONARDA OF JESUS CRUCIFIED)

        professed religious, Passionist Nuns

        born: 10 July 1908 in Quargnento, Alessandria (Italy)

        competent diocese: Acqui

        protocol number: 2542

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 08 April 2003

        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:

        actor: Monache Passioniste, Strada Cappellette, 11, 15076 Ovada (AL), ITALY

17) 05 November in Kubuna, Central (Papua New Guinea)

        ALAIN-MARIE GUYNOT DE BOISMENU
        professed priest, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart;
                vicar apostolic of Papuasia;

                founder, Handmaids of Our Lord
        born: 27 December 1870 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (France)

        competent diocese: Bereina

        protocol number: 1457

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 November 1984

        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:

        actor: Diocese of Bereina, P.O. Box 19, Bereina, C.P., PAPUA NEW GUINEA

                    Handmaids of Our Lord,  Nazareth, P. O. Box 1897 Boroko, N.C.D. 111, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

                    Spiritualité Centre Alain de Boismenu, 5 rue du Mont Verdun, 69140 Rillieux-la-Pape, FRANCE
       
       

18) 08 November in Vladimir, Vladimirskaya oblast’ (Russia) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        MEČISLOVAS REINYS
        auxiliary bishop of Vilnius
        born: 05 February 1884 in Madagaskaras, Utenos rajonas (Lithuania)

        competent diocese: Vilnius

        protocol number: 1763

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 17 November 1990

        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:

        actor: Vilniaus arkivyskupija kurija, Šventaragio g. 4,  01122 Vilnius , LITHUANIA
   

19) 12 November in Bologna (Italy)

        ELEONORA FORESTI (MARIA FRANCESCA OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT)
        founder, Franciscan Sisters Adorers (n.o.)
        born: 17 February 1878 in Bologna (Italy)

        competent diocese: Bologna

        protocol number: 1640

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 21 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:

        actor: Suore Francescane Adoratrici, Via Emilia 433, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia (BO), ITALY
 

20) 29 November in Rome (Italy)

        SEVERINO MALACARNE (EGIDIO GIUSEPPE OF THE SACRED HEARTS)
        professed priest, Passionists
        born: 11 April 1877 in Gualdo di Portomaggiore, Ferrara (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome/Ferrara-Comacchio

        protocol number: 1315

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 14 November 1986

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 March 1999

       
        actor: Pp. Passionisti, P.za SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 13, 00184 Rome, ITALY
   

21) 28 December in Salamanca (Spain)

        ISABEL MÉNDEZ HERRERO (ISABEL OF MARY IMMACULATE)
        professed religious, Servants of Saint Joseph
        born: 30 August 1924 in Castellanos de Moriscos, Salamanca (Spain)

        competent diocese: Salamanca

        protocol number: 1338

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 13 April 1978

        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:

        actor: [see 1905: Bonifacia Rodríguez Castro]

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