~ 1957 ~

1) 30 January in Dibrugarh, Assam (India)

        COSTANTINO VENDRAME

        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco

        born: 27 August 1893 in San Martino di Colle Umberto, Treviso (Italy)

        competent diocese: Shillong

        protocol number: 2741

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 August 2006

        nihil obstat: 16 September 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Salesian Province  of Guwahati, PB 258, Guwahati,  781 001 Assam, INDIA

                             [1998: Oreste Marengo]

2) 05 February in Varese (Italy)

        CARLO SONZINI
        priest of the archdiocese of Milan;

                founder, Handmaids of Saint Joseph (n.o.)

        born: 24 June 1878 in Malnate, Varese (Italy)

        competent diocese: Milan

        protocol number: 1731

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 June 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:

        petitioner: Ancelle di San Giuseppe, Via Mons. Sonzini, 8, 21100 Varese (VA), ITALY
   

3) 18 March in Bari (Italy)

        GIOVANNI MODUGNO
        layperson of the diocese of Bari-Bitonto; married
        born: 21 February 1880 in Bitonto, Bari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Bari-Bitonto

        protocol number: 2056

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 June 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: June 2005

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 2006

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Bari-Bitonto, P.za Odegitria, 30, 70122 Bari, ITALY

                             Parrocchia S. Ferdinando, Via Sparano, 70121 Bari, ITALY
       

4) 29 March in Madrid (Spain)
   

        JOSEFA SEGOVIA MORÓN
        layperson of the archdiocese of Madrid;

                cofounder, Teresian Institute
        born: 10 October 1891 in Jaén (Spain)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        protocol number: 1241

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 27 January 1995

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 December 2005   

        petitioner: Institución Teresiana, C/ Príncipe de Vergara 88, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN

                             Istituzione Teresiana, Via Clitunno 33-35, 00198 Roma, ITALY

                             [see also 1936 Sp: Pedro Poveda Castroverde]
 

5) 06 April in Fiobbio di Albino, Bergamo (Italy) in defensum castitatis

        PIERINA MOROSINI
        layperson of the diocese of Bergamo
        born: 07 January 1931 in Fiobbio di Albino, Bergamo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Bergamo

        protocol number: 1334

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat for introduction of cause: 17 November 1979

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 April 1980

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 May 1983

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 17 February 1984

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 03 July 1987
        beatification: 04 October 1987

       
        petitioner: Opera S. Gregorio Barbarigo, Via Ghislanzoni 38, 241000 Bergamo (BG), ITALY

6) 24 April in Rome (Italy)

        MARIA ELISABETH [MARIA ELISABETTA] HESSELBLAD
        founder, Bridgettine Sisters
        born: 04 June 1870 in Fåglavik, Västra Götaland (Sweden)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number: 1588

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 04 February 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 heroic virtues: 26 March 1999

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 09 April 2000

       
        petitioner: Suore Brigidine, P.za Farnese 96, 00186 Roma, ITALY

7) 29 April in La Spezia (Italy)

        ITALA MELA
        layperson of the diocese of La Spezia;

                member, Benedictine Oblates
        born: 28 August 1904 in La Spezia (Italy)

        competent diocese: La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato

        protocol number: 1235

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 02 October 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Monastero S. Maria del Mare, Via Montelbano, 135b, 19125 Castellazzo Strà ― La Spezia (SP), ITALY
   
   

8) 21 May in Locri, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

        GIUDITTA MARTELLI

        founder, Parochial Handmaids of the Holy Spirit

        born: 13 April 1893 in Portigliola, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

        competent diocese: Locri-Gerace

        protocol number: 2777

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 28 July 2007

        opening of diocesan process: 01 December 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Ancelle Parrocchiali dello Spirito Santo, Via Anagnina 374, 00040 Morena (RM), ITALY

                             Ancelle Parrocchiali dello Spirito Santo, Via Trieste, 14, 89044 Locri (RC), ITALY
 

9) 25 May in Ragusa (Italy)

        GIOVANNI IACONO

        bishop of Caltanissetta

        born: 14 March 1873 in Ragusa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Caltanissetta

        protocol number: 2776

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 24 October 2007 (from the diocese of Ragusa)

        nihil obstat: 24 October 2007

        opening of diocesan process: 13 January 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Arcivescovado di Caltanisetta, Via Cairoli, 8, 93100 Caltanissetta, ITALY

10) 28 May in Vellore, Tamil Nādu (India)

        ZACARÍAS SALTERAIN BIZKARRA (ZACARÍAS OF SAINT TERESA)
        professed priest, Discalced Carmelites
        born: 05 November 1887 in Abadiano, Vizcaya (Spain)

        competent diocese: Verapoly

        protocol number: 1331

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat for introduction of cause: 15 October 1982

        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:

        petitioner: Vice Postulation, Sacred Heart Philosophy College, Monastery Lane,

                                  Aluva, Kerala 683101, INDIA

                             [1963: Pedro Landeta Azcueta (Aureliano of the Blessed Sacrament);

                             see also 1943: Juan Vicente Zengotitabengoa Lausen (Juan Vicente of Jesus and Mary)]
   

11) 01 June in San Giorgio la Molara, Benevento (Italy)

        CONCETTA BLATTA
        layperson of the diocese of Benevento
        born: 23 February 1903 in San Giorgio la Molara, Benevento (Italy)

        competent diocese: Benevento

        protocol number: 2041

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 21 April 1995

        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:

        petitioner: Parrocchia di N.S. di Fatima, C.so Umberto I, 82020 San Giorgio la Molara (BN), ITALY
   

12) 14 June in Molo, Iloilo (Philippines)

        MARIA BEATRIZ DEL ROSARIO ARROYO (MARIA ROSARIO OF THE VISITATION)

        founder, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines

        born: 17 February 1884 in Molo, Iloilo (Philippines)

        competent diocese: Jaro

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 

        petitioner: Dominican Sisters of Molo, Avanceña St., P.O. Box 146, Molo, Iloilo City, PHILIPPINES

13) 01 July in Garanhuns, Pernambuco (Brazil) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        FRANCISCO EXPEDITO LOPES
        bishop of Garanhuns;

                founder, Secular Institute of the Missionaries of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima (n.o.)

        born: 08 July 1914 in  Sítio Jerusalém, Sobral, Ceará (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Garanhuns

        protocol number: 998

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 October 2003

        nihil obstat: 12 December 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  13 October 2005

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Diocese de Garanhuns, Av. Santo Antônio, 40 – Centro
                                 55290-000 – Garanhuns – PE, BRAZIL

                             Missionárias de Nossa Senhora de Fátima do Brasil, Av. Júlio Brasileiro, 703 – Heliópolis

                                 55295-475 – Garanhuns – PE, BRAZIL
   
   

14) 04 July in Santa Marinella, Rome (Italy)

        ROSA CURCIO (MARIA CROCIFISSA)
        founder, Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
        born: 30 January 1877 in Ispica, Ragusa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Porto-Santa Rufina

        protocol number: 1651

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 January 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 February 1989

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 August 1991

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 20 December 1991

        publication year of Positio: 1994

        meeting of theological consultors: 27 September

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:  19 November 2002

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2002

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 20 May 1991

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2004
        beatification: 13 November 2005

        petitioner: Suore Carmelitane Missionarie di S.Teresa del Bambino Gesù, Via del Carmelo, 3,

                                00058 Santa Marinella (RM), ITALY
   
   

15) 25 July in Kannur, Kerala (India)

        MARY CELINE KANNANAIKAL  
        professed religious, Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate
        born: 13 February 1931 in Kundanoor, Kerala (India)

        competent diocese: Kannur

        protocol number: 2804

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nulla osta: 16 October 2007

        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:

       
        petitioner: Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Payyambalam, Kannur, 670 001 Kerala, INDIA

16) 31 July in Detroit, Michigan (USA)

        BERNARD FRANCIS CASEY (FRANCIS SOLANUS)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 25 November 1870 in Oak Grove, Wisconsin (USA)

        competent diocese: Detroit

        protocol number: 1400

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 07 November 1986

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 July 1995

       
        petitioner: Father Solanus Guild, 1780 Mt. Eliott Ave., Detroit, MI 48207-3496, USA

17) 27 August in Trapani (Italy)

        TERESA FARDELLA DI BLASI
        widow; founder, Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin
        born: 24 May 1867 in New York City, New York (USA)

        competent diocese: Trapani

        protocol number: 1204

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 April 1972

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 12 July 1991

        nihil obstat: 11 June 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Povere Figlie di Maria Santissima Incoronata, Via Alessandrino, 695, 00172 Roma, ITALY
   
   

18) 24 September in Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes (Argentina)

        VICTORINA RIVARA de PERAZZO
        layperson of the diocese of Goya; married;

                member, Salesian Cooperators

        born: 03 April 1867 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        competent diocese: Goya

        protocol number: 1701

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 December 1989

        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:

        petitioner: Parroquia San Juan Bosco, Don Bosco 1430, W3460BPB Curuzú Cuatiá (Corrientes), ARGENTINA        

                             Diócesis de Goya, Mariano Loza, 592, W3450BXL Goya (Corrientes), ARGENTINA

19) 28 September in Iglesias, Cagliari (Italy)

        LEONTINA SOTGIU
        layperson of the diocese of Iglesias;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 13 January 1889 in Sassari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Iglesias

        protocol number: 1361

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 25 February 1982

        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:

        petitioner: Diocesi di Iglesias, P.za Municipio, 09016 Iglesias (CA), ITALY

20) 07 October in Granada (Spain)

        FRANCISCO BARRECHEGUREN MONTAGUT
        widower; professed priest, Redemptorists

        born: 08 August 1881 in Lleida (Spain)

        competent diocese: Granada

        protocol number: 1904

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 April 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 October 1993

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 July 1994

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 March 1995

        publication year of Positio: 2001

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Padres Redentoristas, C/ S. Jeronimo 35, 18001 Granada, SPAIN
                             [1927: María Concepcion Barrecheguren García]

21) 08 October in Zagreb (Croatia)

        MARICA STANKOVIĆ

        layperson of the archdiocese of Zagreb;

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

        born: 31 December 1900 in Zagreb (Croatia)

        competent diocese: Zagreb

        protocol number: 2721

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 10 June 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 November 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Suradnice Krista Kralja, Ksaverska cesta 10/B, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA

                             Postulatura Službenice Božje Marice Stanković, Kaptol 29, pp. 549, 10001 Zagreb, CROATIA

        webpage: www.maricastankovic.com.hr

22) 23 November in Ponte Alto di Cognola, Trent (Italy)

        EUGENIO BERNARDI

        priest of the archdiocese of Trent

        born: 18 February 1888 in Trent (Italy)

        competent diocese: Trent

        protocol number: 2599

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 May 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:

        petitioner: Associazione “Don Eugenio Bernardi”,  C.so 3 Novembre, 46, 38100 Trento, ITALY

                             Associazione “Don Eugenio Bernardi”,  Via Zell, 138, 38050 Cognola (TN), ITALY

23) 03 December in Carpi, Modena (Italy)

        MARIA ANNA SALTINI TESTI
        widow; founder, Daughters of Saint Francis of Carpi (n.o.)

        born: 28 August 1889 in Fossoli di Carpi, Modena (Italy)

        competent diocese: Carpi

        protocol number: 1465

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:  07 March 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 June 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 04 December 1988

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 04 May 1990

        publication year of Positio: 1994

        meeting of theological consultors: 23 November 2001

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 08 January 2002

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 April 2002

       
        petitioner: Figlie di San Francesco di Carpi, Via Giacomo Matteotti, 71, 41012 Carpi (MO), ITALY

                             Postulazione della Causa di Mamma Nina, Via Mare Ionio, 12, 41010 Fossoli di Carpi (MO), ITALY

24) 15 December in Zsida, Szengotthárd, Vas (Hungary) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        BRENNER JÁNOS
        priest of the diocese of Szombathely

        born: 17 December 1931 in Szombathely, Vas (Hungary)

        competent diocese: Szombathely

        protocol number: 2399

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 14 February 2001

        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:

        petitioner: Egyházmegyei Hatóság, Berzsenyi Dániel tér 3, Pf. 41, H-9701, Szombathely, HUNGARY

        website: www.brennerjanos.hu

25) 25 December in Fano, Pesaro (Italy)

        MARIA PIA BENATI
        founder, Missionaries of the Eucharist (n.o.)
        born: 09 March 1898 in Finale Emilia, Modena (Italy)

        competent diocese: Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola

        protocol number: 1563

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 June 1987

        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:

        petitioner: Missionarie dell’Eucaristia, Villa S. Giuseppe, Via Antonio Cerasi, 3, 00152 Roma, ITALY
       

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