~ 1958 ~

1) 23 January in Tokyo (Japan)

        ELISABETH MARIA [ERIZABE-TO MARIA] KITAHARA SATOKO

                エリザベト マリフ  北原怜子
        layperson of the archdiocese of Tokyo
        born:  22 August 1929 in Tokyo (Japan)

        competent diocese: Tokyo

        CCS protocol number: 1388

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 26 January 1981

        opening of cognitional process: 1981

        closing of cognitional process: 1983

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 05 October 1984

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1997

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Angelo Paleri, ofmconv

        petitioner: Franciscan Conventuals - Province of Japan, 4-12-10 Sekimachi-Kita,

                                 Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-0051, JAPAN

                              Shiomi Catholic Church, 2-10-5 Shiomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0052, JAPAN
        website:
               

2) 30 January in Fátima, Coimbra (Portugal)

        MANUEL NUNES FORMIGÃO
        priest of the diocese of Leiria-Fátima;
                founder, Religious Reparatrices of Our Lady of Sorrows of Fatima (n.o.)
        born: 01 January 1883 in Tomar, Coimbra (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Leiria-Fátima

        CCS protocol number: 2396

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 September 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 September 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 April 2005

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 October 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Manuel Saturino Gomes
        petitioner: Religiosas Reparadoras de N. S. das Dores de Fatima, Rua Santo António, 73,

                                 Apart. 227, 2496-908 Fátima, PORTUGAL
        website:
   

3) 01 February in Tortosa, Tarragona (Spain)

        MAXIMINA GARCÍA PRESA (MAXIMINA OF JESUS CRUCIFIED)
        professed religious, Society of Saint Teresa of Jesus

        born:  29 May 1905 in Montoto de Ojeda, Palencia (Spain)

        competent diocese: Tortosa

        CCS protocol number: 1680

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 28 June 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1896: Enric de Ossó Cervello]
        website:
   

   
4) 19 February in Mexico City (Mexico)

        ANA DE LA TORRE GUERRERO (MARÍA ROSA)
        founder, Dominican Sisters of Saint Thomas Aquinas (n.o.)
        born:  03 May 1880 in Mexico City (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Mexico

        CCS protocol number: 2093

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 May 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Dominicas de Santo Tomás de Aquino, Calle Aquiles Elorduy 16-A, Azcapotzalco, 02070 México D.F., MEXICO
        website:
   

   
5) 01 March in Chachapoyas, Amazonas (Peru)

        OCTAVIO ORTIZ ARRIETA
        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco;

                bishop of Chachapoyas
        born:  19 April 1879 in Lima (Peru)

        competent diocese: Chachapoyas

        CCS protocol number: 1753

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 November 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 July 1992

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 December 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 October 2003

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb
        petitioner: Diócesis de Chachapoyas, Jirón Ayacucho 1008, Ap. 9, Chachapoyas, PERU
                             Salesianos, Avda. Brasil 210, Apdo. 05-0071, Lima 5, PERU
        website:
       
   

6) 10 March in Morano Calabro, Cosenza (Italy)

        CARLO DE CARDONA

        priest of the diocese of Cassano All’Ionio

        born: 04 May 1871 in Morano Calabro, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cassano All’Ionio

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parrocchia SS. Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, 1 Largo San Pietro, 87016 Morano Calabro (CS), ITALY
                             Confcooperative Calabria, P.za B. Zumbini, 27, 87100 Cosenza (CS), ITALY

                             Fondazione Don Carlo De Cardona, Via Trento, 55, 87100 Cosenza (CS), ITALY

        website:
   

7) 17 April in Ravenna (Italy)

        ANGELO LOLLI
        priest of the archdiocese of Ravenna;

                founder, Sisters of the Little Family of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (n.o.)

        born: 21 August 1880 in Ravenna (Italy)

        competent diocese: Ravenna-Cervia

        CCS protocol number: 2344

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 April 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 May 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 April 2008

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Donatella Tonielli, ascga
        petitioner: Causa Don Angelo Lolli, Via S. Teresa, 8, 48100 Ravenna, ITALY

                             Suore della Piccola Famiglia di S. Teresa, Via Nino Bixio, 2, 48100 Ravenna, ITALY

        website: www.donangelololli.it
   

                   
8) 23 April in Faella, Arezzo (Italy)

        NELLA PRATESI
        layperson of the diocese of Fiesole
        born: 26 December 1907 in Petrognano, Florence (Italy)

        competent diocese: Fiesole

        CCS protocol number: 2338

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 04 April 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Vicepostulazione, Via S. Leolino, 1, 50020 Panzano (FI), ITALY
        website:
   
   

9) 24 May in Xàtiva, Valencia (Spain)

        MANUEL CASESNOVES SOLER

        layperson of the archdiocese of Valenica; married

        born: 30 June 1904 in Xàtiva, Valencia (Spain)

        competent diocese: Valencia

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2005

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale
        petitioner: Iglesia Colegial Basilica de Sta. María, C/ Calixto III, 6, 46800 Xàtiva (Valencia), SPAIN

                             [1988: Adela Soldevila Galiana de Casesnoves]

        website:
       

10) 02 June in Florence (Italy)

        GIULIO FACIBENI
        priest of the archdiocese of Florence

        born: 29 July 1884 in Galeata, Forlì (Italy)

        competent diocese: Florence

        CCS protocol number: 1571

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 25 September 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 January 1995

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2005

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Opera Madonnina del Grappa, Via delle Panche, 30, 50141 Firenze, ITALY
        website:
       
   

11) 08 June in Cagliari (Italy)

        GIOVANNI ANGELO SALVATORE MEDDA (NICOLA FROM GESTURI)
        professed religious, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 04 August 1882 in Gesturi, Cagliari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cagliari

        CCS protocol number: 1192

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 11 June 1977

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 23 January 1986

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1990

        congress of theological consultants: 24 October 1995

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 25 June 1996

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 24 March 1995
            session of medical consultants:
            congress of theological consultants:
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 03 October 1999

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Frati Cappuccini, Viale S. Ignazio da Laconi 94, 09123 Cagliari, ITALY

                             [1992: Giovanni Zucca (Nazareno from Pula)]
        website:
   

12) 06 July in Fonzaso, Belluno (Italy)

        GIOVANNI MARIA PASA (ANGELO)
        professed priest, Canossian Sons of Charity
        born:  02 August 1881 in Fonzaso, Belluno (Italy)

        competent diocese: Padua

        CCS protocol number: 2469

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 08 March 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Modesto Giacon, fdcc 
        petitioner: [see 1960: Francesco Antonio Zuccolo (Giovanni)]
        website:
   

13) 24 August in Hălăuceşti, Iaşi (Romania) in defensum castitatis, uti fertur

        VERONICA ANTAL [biography]
        young layperson of the diocese of Iaşi;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born:  07 December 1935 in Nisiporeşti, Boteşti, Neamţ (Romania)

        competent diocese: Iaşi

        CCS protocol number: 2562

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 10 July 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 November 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 12 November 2006

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Angelo Paleri, ofmconv
        petitioner: Cauza S.D.Veronica Antal, Str. Ştefan cel Mare, 268/B, Roman - 611040,  jud. Neamţ, ROMANIA

        website:
                       

14) 12 September in Nowy Tomyśl, Wielkopolskie (Poland)

        KAZIMIERZ HOŁOGA

        layperson of the archdiocese of Poznań; married

        born: 18 January 1913 in Poznań, Wielkopolskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Poznań

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parafia pw. NMP Nieustającej Pomocy Drukuj, ul. Piłsudzkiego 33, 64-300 Nowy Tomyśl, POLAND

        website:
                       

15) 02 October in Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

        MARIA CONCEIÇÃO PINTO DA ROCHA
        founder, Reparatrix Sisters, Missionaries of the Holy Face (n.o.)
        born:  16 December 1889 in Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Viana do Castelo

        CCS protocol number: 1611

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 10 May 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Irmãs Reparadoras Missionárias da Santa Face, Rua de Buenos Aires, 6, 1200-624 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
        website:

16) 09 October in Castelgandolfo, Rome (Italy)

        PIUS XII [EUGENIO PACELLI]
        pope
        born:  02 March 1876 in Rome (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1088

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 19 October 1967

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 18 December 1974

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 26 January 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants: 08 May 2007

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Sodalitium Internationale Pastor Angelicus, Trafalgar, 10, 2°-1a, 08010 Barcelona, SPAIN
        website:
       

17) 12 October in Roccaporena, Perugia (Italy)

        SETTIMIO PERONI

        archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia
        born: 26 October 1878 in Rignano sull’Arno, Florence (Italy)

        competent diocese: Spoleto-Norcia
        CCS protocol number: 2465

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 March 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Spoleto-Norcia, Via Aurelio Saffi, 13, 06049 Spoleto (PG), ITALY

                             [1998: Andrea Bonifazi]
        website:
   

18) 18 December in Madrid (Spain)

        JUSTA DOMÍNGUEZ DE VIDAURETTA IDOY
        professed religious, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
        born: 02 November 1875 in Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 1811

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 02 September 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 November 1991

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 1993

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 November 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2001

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 06 October 1994

        postulator: Rev. Giuseppe Guerra, cm

        petitioner: Hijas de la Caridad - Provincia de Madrid de San Vicente, C/ José Abascal, 30, 28003 Madrid, SPAIN

        website:
       

19) 26 December in Rome (Italy)

        ANNA OSTI (TARSILLA OF THE CRUCIFIED)
        professed religious, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (n.o.)
        born: 06 December 1895 in Pula, Istarska (then in Austria; now in Croatia)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1565

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 July 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 June 1991

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1993

        congress of theological consultants: 27 October 2006

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 March 2008

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Suore Missionarie dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria, Via del Trullo, 372, 00148 Roma, ITALY
                             [1945: Amelia Rossi (Leonilde of Saint John the Baptist)]
        website:
 

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