~ 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

        protocol number: 1493

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: (from the diocese of Nottingham)

        nihil obstat: 03 February 1986
        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: 11 July 1995

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 28 March 1998

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

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

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

        protocol number: 1426

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 10 June 1983
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 20 February 1987

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 18 December 1997

       
        actor: [see 1940: Luigi Orione]

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

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

        protocol number: 1186

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 July 1975
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 January 1976

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 July 1977

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 05 June 1981

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 December 1993

       
        actor: Amici di Benedetta, Via Pedriali, 11, Forlì 47100, ITALY

        webpage: http://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

        protocol number: 2707

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 March 2006
        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: Rosarian Ashram, Carmelaran P.O., Bangalore 560035, U.P., INDIA
                    Rosarian Sisters, St. Joseph’s Convent, Vasavilan, SRI LANKA
       

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

        protocol number: 1205

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 25 February 1982
        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 January 1991

        actor: Figlie di San Paolo, Via S. Giovanni Eudes, 25, 00163 Roma, ITALY

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

        protocol number: 2555

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 June 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: Hermandad Obrera de Acción Catolica, C/ Alfonso XI, 4 -3º, 28014 Madrid, SPAIN

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

        protocol number: 1245

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 15 March 1980
        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: Povere Figlie della Visitazione, Corso Bruno Buozzi, 174, 80147 Barra (NA), ITALY

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

        protocol number: 2789

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nulla osta:

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

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

        protocol number: 1300

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 24 February 1979

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 11 March 1983

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 June 1992

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

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 epachy: Irinjalakuda

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1926: Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan]

11) 12 June in Rome (Italy)

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

        competent diocese: Rome

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry:  20 April 2007

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Chierici Regolari Ministri degli Infermi - Camilliani, P.za della Maddalena, 53, 00186 Roma, ITALY
   
   

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

        protocol number: 2045

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat: 31 May 1997
        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: Fundación Mario Hiriart, Román Diaz 97, Providencia, codigo 6640299, Santiago, CHILE
       
       

13) 18 July in Chioggia, Venice (Italy)  

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

        competent diocese: Chioggia

        protocol number: 1803

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 July 1991

        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: Postulazione dell’Oratorio S. Filippo Neri, 30015 Chioggia (VE), ITALY

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

        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:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Diocèse de Bayeux et 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

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

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2002

        publication year of Positio: 2003

        meeting of theological consultors: 28 September 2004

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 16 November 2004

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

        actor: Kuria Diecezjalna, ul. Zamkowa, 4, 35-023 Rzeszów, POLAND

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

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

        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

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 15 October 1999

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Asociación de Peregrinos de la Iglesia, C/Manuel Montilla, 12, 28016 Madrid, SPAIN

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

        protocol number: 1435

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        protocol number: 1435

        nihil obstat: 16 May 1983
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 December 1983

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 15 June 1990

        publication year of Positio: 1997

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

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

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

        protocol number: 1777

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 May 1993
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 04 October 1996

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Association des Amis de Madeleine Delbrêl, 11, rue Raspail, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, FRANCE

        webpage: http://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

        protocol number: 1513

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 March 1986
        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: Franciscanas Misioneras de la Inmaculada, Calle Domingo Espinar, 113,

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

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

        protocol number: 1876

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 31 May 1993
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 06 July 2001

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

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

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)

        competent diocese: Isiro-Niangara

        protocol number: 1218

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 14 April 1977
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 January 1978

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:  1982

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors: 21 February 1984

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 17 April 1984

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 09 June 1984
        beatification: 15 August 1985

       
        actor: Wamama wa Jamaa Takatifu, B.P. 905, Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

22) 27 December in Erira, Orientale (Democratic Republic of Congo) in odium fidei

        FRANCESCO SPOTO
        professed priest, Missionary Servants of the Poor
        born: 08 July 1924 in Raffadali, Agrigento (Italy)

        competent diocese: Palermo/Mahagi-Nioka

        protocol number: 1813

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 05 June 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 December 1992

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 March 1996

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 20 December 1996

        publication year of Positio: 1998

        meeting of theological consultors: 04 October 2005

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 04 April 2006

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 26 June 2006

        beatification: 21 April 2007

        actor: [see 1888: Giacomo Cusmano]

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