1) 05 January in Córdoba (Spain)

        MARÍA ROSARIO LUCAS BURGOS (MARÍA ROSARIO OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)

        founder, Religious Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and the Immaculata (n.o.)

        born: 27 February 1909 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Córdoba

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Religiosas Esclavas del Santísimo Sacramento y de la Inmaculada, C/ Mayor de Santa Marina, 20,

                                     14001 Córdoba, SPAIN   

                             [see also 1980: José Antonio de Aldama Pruaño]

        website: www.esclavasdelsantisimo.org

2) 10 February in Madrid (Spain)   

        GIUSEPPINA MARCUCCI [MARÍA MAGDALENA (MARIA MADDALENA)

                OF JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT]

        professed religious, Passionist Nuns

        born: 24 April 1888 in San Gemignano di Moriano, Lucca (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 1642

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 March 1989

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 November 1991

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 December 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1994

        congress of theological consultants: 02 December 2011

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Religiosas Pasionistas, Ave. Arturo Soria, 257, 28033 Madrid, SPAIN

        website: madremaddalena.files.wordpress.com

3) 10 February in Verona (Italy)   

        FRANCESCO ANTONIO ZUCCOLO (GIOVANNI)

        professed religious, Canossian Sons of Charity

        born: 20 December 1874 in Venice (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Verona

        CCS protocol number: 1744

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 26 July 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 November 1990

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 January 1993

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 January 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Modesto Giacon, fdcc

        petitioner: Figli della Carità – Canossiani, Via Marcantonio Dalla Torre, 5, 37131 Verona, ITALY

                             [1958: Giovanni Maria Pasa (Angelo)]

        website: www.canossiani.org

4) 10 February in Krašić, Zagrebačka (Croatia) in odium fidei   

        ALOJZIJE VIKTOR STEPINAC

        archbishop of Zagreb; cardinal

        born: 08 May 1898 in Brezarić, Krašić, Zagrebačka (Croatia)

        diocese of competent bishop: Zagreb

        CCS protocol number: 1762

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 October 1981

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 February 1993

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 1995

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

        congress of theological consultants: 11 November 1997

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 05 May 1998

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 03 July 1998

        beatification: 03 October 1998

        postulator: Mons. Juraj Batelja

        petitioner: Postulatura Zagrebaèke Nadbiskupije, 41000 Zagreb, Kaptol 31, CROATIA

        website: www.fundacija-bl-alojzije-stepinac.info

5)  20 February in Madrid (Spain)   

        ÁNGEL AYALA ALARCÓ

        professed priest, Jesuits;

                founder, Catholic Association of Propagandists (n.o.)

        born: 01 March 1867 in Ciudad Real (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Madrid

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Dr. María de los Ángeles de Santiago Hernando

        petitioner: Asociación Católica de Propagandistas, C/ Isaac Peral, 58, 28040 Madrid, SPAIN

                             [1965: José María Haro Savador;

                              1970: Fernando Martín-Sánchez Juliá;

                              1936 Sp: Isidro Almazán Francos and 4 Companions;

                              see also 1968: Ángel Herrera Oria]

        website: www.acdp.es 

6)  25 February in Joaçaba, Santa Catarina (Brazil)   

        HUMBERTUS LINDEN JR. (BRUNO)

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

        born: 08 September 1876 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

        diocese of competent bishop: Joaçaba

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Catedral Santa Teresinha, Av. Sta. Teresinha, s/n – Centro

                                     89600-000 – Joaçaba – SC, BRAZIL

                             [see also 1822: Antônio Galvão de França (Antônio of Saint Anne)]

        website: www.freibruno.com.br

7) 17 March in Macerata (Italy)    

        PIETRO RIMINUCCI (SERAFINO FROM PIETRARUBBIA)

        professed religious, Franciscan Capuchins

        born: 25 April 1875 in Pietrarubbia, Pesaro-Urbino (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Macerata/Jesi

        CCS protocol number: 1287

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 24 February 1979

        opening of cognitional process: 17 February 1980

        closing of cognitional process: 16 October 1982

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 14 December 1984

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1993

        congress of theological consultants: 28 April 2006

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 05 February 2008

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 March 2008

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap   

        petitioner: Frati Minori Cappuccini, L.go dei Cappuccini, 2, 62100 Macerata, ITALY

        website:

8) 30 March in Frascati, Rome (Italy)   

        BRIGIDA MARIA POSTORINO

        founder, Daughters of Mary Immaculate (n.o.)

        born: 19 November 1865 in Catona, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Frascati

        CCS protocol number: 1469

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 March 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 March 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 March 1987

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 27 May 1988

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1995

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Loredana Grosso, fmi

        petitioner: Figlie di Maria Immacolata, Via Brigida Postorino, 19, 00135 Roma, ITALY

                             [1930: Maria Carmela Giannetto (Maria Francesca)]

        website:

9) 02 May in Manduria, Taranto (Italy)   

        RAFFAELE FAGGIANO (EUGENIO OF SAINT RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL)

        professed priest, Passionists;

                bishop of Cariati

        born: 28 January 1877 in Salice Salentino, Lecce (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Crotone-Santa Severina

        CCS protocol number: 1559

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 June 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 1987

        closing of diocesan inquiry: June 1991

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Missionari Passionisti, Via Santuario Madonna D’Itria, 88072 Cirò Marina (KR), ITALY

        website: www.madonnaditria.it

10) 08 June in Portici, Naples (Italy)

        ANTONIETTA GIUGLIANO

        cofounder, Little Servants of Christ the King

        born: 11 July 1909 in New York City, New York (USA)

        diocese of competent bishop: Naples

        CCS protocol number: 2417

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 July 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 December 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 December 2010

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

        petitioner:  [1952: Vincenzo Del Prete (Sossio)]

        website: www.fondatori-pacr.it/index.html

11) 06 July in Leopoldina, Minas Gerais (Brazil)   

        VICENTA GUILARTE ALONSO (ILDEFONSA)

        professed religious, Daughters of Jesus

        born: 21 January 1879 in Rojas de Bureba, Burgos (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Leopoldina

        CCS protocol number: 1860

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 13 April 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 May 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Ana Maria Cinco, fi

        petitioner: Província Brasileira das Filhas de Jesus, Av. Otacílio Negrão de Lima, 6960 – Bandeirantes

                                     31365-450 – Belo Horizionte – MG, BRAZIL                      

                             Causa M. Vicenta Guilarte, Praça D. Helvecio, 82 – Centro

                                     36700-000 – Leopoldina – MG, BRAZIL

                             [see also 1912: Juana Josefa Cipitria Barriola (Cándida María of Jesus)]

        website: www.filhasdejesus.org.br

12) 28 August in Havana (Cuba)

        MARÍA JOSEFA YÁÑEZ GONZÁLEZ DEL VALLE (MARÍA FRANCISCA) [biography]

        professed religious, Sisters of Saint Philip Neri, Missionaries of Education

        born: 20 February 1907 in Havana (Cuba)

        diocese of competent bishop: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 2413

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 25 May 2001 (from the archdiocese of Havana)

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 April 2012

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Religiosas Filipenses Misioneras de Ensañanza, C/ Apostol Santiago, 74, 28017 Madrid, SPAIN

                             [1878: Marc Castanyer Seda;

                              1881: Gertrudis Castanyer Seda]

        website: www.filipensesm.org

13) 22 October in Lisbon (Portugal)   

        MARIA DAS GRAÇAS BEATA ROSA (MARIA OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS)

        founder, Franciscan Servants of Our Lady of Graces (n.o.)

        born: 13 November 1901 in Niza, Portalgre (Portugal)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lisbon

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Servas Franciscanas de Nossa Senhora das Graças, Quinta de Real, 4701 Braga, PORTUGAL

        website:

14) 25 November in Tricarico, Matera (Italy) 

        RAFFAELLO DELLE NOCCHE

        bishop of Tricarico;

                founder, Sisters Disciples of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (n.o.)

        born: 19 April 1877 in Marano, Naples (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Tricarico

        CCS protocol number: 1773

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 29 June 1968

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 1990

        nihil obstat: 12 February 1991

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 January 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

        congress of theological consultants: 20 January 2011

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 10 May 2012

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Suore Discepole di Gesú Eucaristico, Via della Sette Chiese, 91, 00154 Roma, ITALY

        website: www.discepolegesueucaristico.it

15) 23 December in Mangalore, Karnataka (India)

        Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas

        priest of the diocese of Mangalore;

                founder, Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany

        born: 23 January 1875 in Shimavogga (a.k.a. Shimoga), Karnataka (India)

        diocese of competent bishop: Mangalore

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 2008

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 August 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Lillis Kattakkayam, bs

        petitioner: Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany, P.O. Box 593, Kankanady Post, Mangalore,

                                     575002 Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, INDIA

        website: www.bethanymangalore.org