1964

~1964~

1) 20 January in Coalville, Leicestershire, England (United Kingdom)

        MICHAEL IWENE TANSI (CYPRIAN)
        professed priest, Trappists
        born: 1903 in Igboezum, Aguleri, Anambra (Nigeria)

competent diocese: Onitsha

CCS protocol number: 1493

type of cause: heroic virtues

competentia fori: (from the diocese of Nottingham)

nihil obstat: 03 February 1986
opening of diocesan inquiry: 1986

closing of diocesan inquiry: 1990

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 22 November 1991

submission of Positio to CCS: 1994

congress of theological consultants: 17 March 1995

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 16 May 1995

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 July 1995

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification:
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification:
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
            session of medical consultants: 14 June 1995
            congress of theological consultants: 27 October 1995
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
            promulgation of decree on miracle:

beatification: 28 March 1998

postulator:
petitioner: Archdiocese of Onitsha, P.O. Box 411, Onitsha, Anambra State, NIGERIA

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicester LE67 5UL, UNITED KINGDOM

website:

2) 21 January in Voghera, Pavia (Italy)

        CESARE PISANO (AVE MARIA)
        professed religious, Sons of Divine Providence
        born: 24 February 1900 in Pogli, Savona (Italy)

competent diocese: Tortona

CCS protocol number: 1426

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 10 June 1983
opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 February 1987

submission of Positio to CCS: 1991

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 18 December 1997

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification:
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification:
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 08 October 1993

postulator: Rev. Giuseppe Vallauri, fdp

petitioner: [see 1940: Luigi Orione]

Eremiti della Divina Provvidenza, Eremo di Sant’Alberto di Butrio, 27050 Pontenizza (PV), ITALY

website:

3) 23 January in Sirmione, Brescia (Italy)

        BENEDETTA BIANCHI PORRO
        young layperson of the diocese of Forlì
        born: 08 August 1936 in Dovádola, Forlì (Italy)

competent diocese: Forlì-Bertinoro

CCS protocol number: 1186

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 12 July 1975
opening of cognitional process: 25 January 1976

closing of cognitional process: 09 July 1977

decree on validity of cognitional process: 05 June 1981

submission of Positio to CCS: 1988

congress of theological consultants: 11 May 1993

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 19 October 1993

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 December 1993

postulator: Fra Paolino Rossi, ofmcap
petitioner: Amici di Benedetta, Via Pedriali, 11, 47100 Forlì, ITALY

webpage: www.benedetta.it

4) 26 January in Jaffna, North Eastern (Sri Lanka)

        BASTIAMPILLAI ANTHONIPILLAI THOMAS
        professed priest, Oblates of Mary Immaculate;
                founder, Congregation of the Rosarians

and Congregation of the Rosarian Sisters
born: 07 March 1889 in Pandiyanthalvu, North Eastern (Sri Lanka)

competent diocese: Jaffna

CCS protocol number: 2707

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 11 March 2006
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. Joaquín Martínez Vega, omi

petitioner: Rosarian Ashram, Carmelaran P.O., Bangalore 560035, U.P., INDIA
Rosarian Sisters, St. Joseph’s Convent, Vasavilan, SRI LANKA

website:

5) 05 February in Albano, Rome (Italy)

        MARIA TERESA MERLO (TECLA)
        cofounder, Daughters of Saint Paul
        born: 20 February 1894 in Castagnito d’Alba, Cuneo (Italy)

competent diocese: Albano

CCS protocol number: 1205

type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of informative process: 26 October 1967

opening of rogatory process (diocese of Alba): 10 December 1968

closing of rogatory process (diocese of Alba): 04 May 1971

closing of informative process: 23 March 1972

decree on writings: 24 May 1974

introduction of cause: 25 February 1982

opening of apostolic process:

closing of apostolic process: 25 January 1987

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 18 December 1987

submission of Positio to CCS: 1989

congress of theological consultants: 22 June 1990

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 04 December 1990

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 January 1991

postulator: Rev. Antonio Francisco Da Silva, ssp
petitioner: Figlie di San Paolo, Via S. Giovanni Eudes, 25, 00163 Roma, ITALY

website: www.paoline.org

6) 27 February in Madrid (Spain)

Guillem Rovirosa Albet

layperson of the archdiocese of Madrid; married

born: 04 August 1897 in Vilanova i La Geltrú, Barcelona (Spain)

competent diocese: Madrid

CCS protocol number: 2555

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 16 June 2003
opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 July 2003

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: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale
petitioner: Hermandad Obrera de Acción Catolica, C/ Alfonso XI, 4 -3º, 28014 Madrid, SPAIN

website: www.guillermorovirosa.com

7) 11 March in Barra, Naples (Italy)

        CLAUDIA RUSSO
        founder, Poor Daughters of the Visitation (n.o.)
        born: 18 November 1889 in Barra, Naples (Italy)

competent diocese: Naples

CCS protocol number: 1245

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 15 March 1980
opening of cognitional process: 30 January 1982

closing of cognitional process: 1989

decree on validity of cognitional process: 26 February 1993

submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator:
petitioner: Povere Figlie della Visitazione, Corso Bruno Buozzi, 174, 80147 Barra (NA), ITALY

website:

8) 01 April in Miramare, Rimini (Italy)

DOMENICO MASI
priest of the diocese of Rimini;

founder, Sisters of Mary Immaculate
born: 21 April 1880 in Monte dei Morolli, San Clemente, Forlì (Italy)

competent diocese: Rimini

CCS protocol number: 2789

type of cause: heroic virtues

nulla osta:

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

postulator:
petitioner: Sorelle dell’Immacolata, Via Marconi, 34, 47831 Miramare di Rimini, ITALY

website:

9) 14 April in Baeza, Jaén (Spain)

        BASILIA CORNAGO ZAPATER (MONICA OF JESUS)
        professed religious, Augustinian Recollect Nuns
        born: 17 May 1889 in Monteagudo, Navarra (Spain)

competent diocese: Jaén

CCS protocol number: 1300

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 24 February 1979

opening of cognitional process: 08 December 1979

closing of cognitional process: 08 November 1981

decree on writings: 07 January 1983

decree on validity of cognitional process: 11 March 1983

submission of Positio to CCS: 1988

congress of theological consultants: 26 November 1991

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 17 March 1992

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 June 1992

postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

petitioner: Monasterio de Sta. Maria Magdalena, 23440 Baeza (Jaén), SPAIN

website:

10) 08 June in Kuzhikattussery, Thissur, Kerala (India)

JOSEPH VITHAYATHIL

priest of the eparchy of Trichur (now within the eparchy of Irinjalakuda);

cofounder, Congregation of the Holy Family

born: 23 July 1865 in Puthenpally, Ernakulam, Kerala (India)

competent eparchy: Irinjalakuda

CCS protocol number: 2601

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 18 May 2004
opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 September 2004

closing of diocesan inquiry: November 2007

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

submission of Positio to CCS:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. George Nedungatt, sj
petitioner: [see 1926: Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan]

website: mariamthresia.com

11) 12 June in Rome (Italy)

        NICOLA D’ONOFRIO
        professed cleric, Camillians
        born: 24 March 1943 in Villamagna, Chieti (Italy)

competent diocese: Rome

CCS protocol number: 2341

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 28 April 2000
opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 June 2000

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 June 2004

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 April 2007

submission of Positio to CCS:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Luigi Secchi, mi
petitioner: Chierici Regolari Ministri degli Infermi - Camilliani, P.za della Maddalena, 53, 00186 Roma, ITALY

website:

12) 15 July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)

MARIO HIRIART PULIDO
layperson of the archdiocese of Santiago;

member, Secular Institute of the Schönstatt Brothers of Mary
born: 23 July 1931 in Santiago (Chile)

competent diocese: Santiago de Chile

CCS protocol number: 2045

type of cause: heroic virtues

competentia fori: (from the archdiocese of Milwaukee)

nihil obstat: 31 May 1997
opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 October 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 02 September 2004

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 09 February 2007

submission of Positio to CCS:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Ángel Lorenzo Strada
petitioner: Fundación Mario Hiriart, Román Diaz 97, Providencia, codigo 6640299, Santiago, CHILE

website: www.mario-hiriart.net

13) 18 July in Chioggia, Venice (Italy)

        RAIMONDO CALCAGNO
        priest, Oratorians
        born: 17 April 1888 in Chioggia, Venice (Italy)

competent diocese: Chioggia

CCS protocol number: 1803

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 09 July 1991

opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 November 1991

closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 April 1994

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 October 1994

submission of Positio to CCS: 1997

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator:
petitioner: Padri Filippini, Riva Vena, 1154, 30015 Chioggia (VE), ITALY

website: www.padrecalcagno.it

14) 10 August in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories (Canada)

PIERRE FALLAIZE
professed priest, Oblates of Mary Immaculate;

auxiliary bishop of MacKenzie
born: 25 May 1887 in Gonneville-sur-Honleur, Calvados (France)

competent diocese: Bayeux-Lisieux

CCS protocol number: 2408

type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 20 November 2002 (from the diocese of MacKenzie-Fort Smith)
        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

postulator: Rev. Joaquín Martínez Vega, omi

petitioner: Diocèse de Bayeux-Lisieux, 1, rue Nicolas Oresme, 14067 Caen cedex, FRANCE

Diocese of MacKenzie-Fort Smith, 5117-52 Street, P.O. Box 8900, Yellowknife, NWT, X1A 1T7 CANADA

website:

15) 21 August in Nowy Żmigród, Podkarpackie (Poland) in odium fidei

        WŁADYSŁAW FINDYSZ
        priest of the diocese of Rzeszów
        born: 13 December 1907 in Krościenko Niżne, Podkarpackie (Poland)

competent diocese: Rzeszów

CCS protocol number: 2351

type of cause: martyrdom

nihil obstat: 23 May 2000
opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 June 2000

closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 2002

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2002

submission of Positio to CCS: 2003

congress of theological consultants: 28 September 2004

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 16 November 2004

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 20 December 2004
beatification: 19 June 2005

postulator: Rev. Piotr Tarnawski
petitioner: Diecezja Rzeszowska, ul. Zamkowa, 4, 35-023 Rzeszów, POLAND

Parafia pw. śś. Apostołów Piotra i Pawła , ul. Kościelna 2, 38-230 Nowy Żmigród, POLAND

website:

16) 28 August in Madrid (Spain)

        MANUEL APARICI NAVARRO
        priest of the archdiocese of Madrid
        born: 11 December 1902 in Madrid (Spain)

competent diocese: Madrid

CCS protocol number: 1976

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 17 June 1994
opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 July 1994

closing of diocesan inquiry: 14 October 1998

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 October 1999

submission of Positio to CCS: 2000

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification:
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 13 October 2005
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:

postulator: Rev. José Francisco Guijarro García
petitioner: Asociación de Peregrinos de la Iglesia, C/Manuel Montilla, 12, 28016 Madrid, SPAIN

website: www.peregrinosdelaiglesia.org

17) 09 September in Rome (Italy)

        PIRRO SCAVIZZI
        priest of the vicariate of Rome
        born: 31 March 1884 in Gubbio, Perugia (Italy)

competent diocese: Rome

CCS protocol number: 1435

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 16 May 1983
opening of diocesan inquiry: 1984

closing of diocesan inquiry: 1986

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 June 1990

submission of Positio to CCS: 1997

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

petitioner: UNITALSI, Via della Pigna, 13/A, 00186 Roma, ITALY

website:

18) 13 October in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne (France)

        MADELEINE DELBRÊL
        layperson of the diocese of Créteil
        born: 24 October 1904 in Mussidan, Dordogne (France)

competent diocese: Créteil

CCS protocol number: 1777

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 12 May 1993
opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 October 1996

submission of Positio to CCS:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Jean Guéguen, omi
petitioner: Association des Amis de Madeleine Delbrêl, 11, rue Raspail, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, FRANCE

webpage: www.madeleine-debrel.net

19) 24 October in Quito (Ecuador)

        ROSA ELENA CORNEJO PAZMIÑO (MARÍA FRANCISCA OF THE WOUNDS)
        founder, Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculata (n.o.)
        born: 11 December 1874 in Quito (Ecuador)

competent diocese: Quito

CCS protocol number: 1513

type of cause: heroic virtues

nihil obstat: 22 March 1986
opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 June 1986

closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 1991

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 December 1993

submission of Positio to CCS: 2001

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

petitioner: Franciscanas Misioneras de la Inmaculada, Calle Domingo Espinar, 113,

Aptdo. 17-08-81-29, Sc. 8, Quito, ECUADOR

website: www.franciscanasecuador.org

20) 03 November in Mambasa, Orientale (Democratic Republic of Congo) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        AQUILINO LONGO (BERNARDO)
        professed priest, Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians)
        born: 25 August 1907 in Albino, Bergamo (Italy)

competent diocese: Padua

CCS protocol number: 1876

type of cause: martyrdom

nihil obstat: 31 May 1993
opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 July 2001

submission of Positio to CCS:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Evaristo Martínez de Alegría, scj

petitioner: [see 1925: Léon-Gustave Dehon (Jean of the Sacred Heart)]

website:

21) 01 December in Isiro, Orientale (Democratic Republic of Congo) in defensum castitatis

        ALPHONSINE ANUARITE NENGAPETA (MARIE CLEMENTINE)
        professed religious, Congregation of the Holy Family (n.o.)
        born: 1941 in Wamba, Orientale (Democratic Republic of Congo)