1) 09 January in Mascalucia, Catania (Italy)

        ANGELO FONTANAROSA (GENEROSO OF THE CRUCIFIED)
        professed priest, Passionists
        born: 06 November 1881 in Vetralla, Viterbo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Catania

        CCS protocol number: 1532

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1986

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 December 1992

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1993

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp
        petitioner: Pp. Passionisti, Via del Bosco, 1, 95030 Mascalucia (CT), ITALY

        website:

2) 12 January in Tarazona, Zaragoza (Spain)   

        MANUEL HURTADO GARCÍA
        archbishop of Tarazona;

                founder, Servants of the Gospel (n.o.)
        born: 25 March 1896 in Arenas del Rey, Granada (Spain)

        competent diocese: Granada

        CCS protocol number: 2115

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat: 29 October 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 June 2003

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Siervas del Evangelio, C/ Obispo Hurtado, 6, 18002 Granada, SPAIN 

        website:

3) 13 March in Lisbon (Portugal)   

        JOAQUIM ALVES BRÁS
        priest of the patriarchate of Lisbon;

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

                and Work of Saint Zita (n.o.)
        born: 20 March 1889 in Casegas-Covilhã, Castelo Branco (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Lisbon

        CCS protocol number: 1718

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 March 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 June 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1996

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 March 2008

        postulator: Mons. Arnaldo Pinto Cardoso
        petitioner: Cooperadoras da Família, R. Sociedade Farmacêutica, 39, 1150-338 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

                             Obra de Santa Zita, Rua de Santo António à Estrela, 35, 1399-043 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

        website:

4) 14 March in Amelia, Terni (Italy)

        VINCENZO LOJALI
        bishop of Amelia
        born: 01 September 1894 in Attigliano, Terni (Italy)

        competent diocese: Terni-Narni-Amelia

        CCS protocol number: 1849

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 February 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 March 2003

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm
        petitioner: Diocesi di Terni-Narni-Amelia, P.za Duomo, 11, 05100 Terni, ITALY     

        website:

5) 06 April in Cagliari (Italy)

        EVARISTO MADEDDU

        layperson of  the diocese of Oristano; married;

                founder, Evaristian Society of the Sacred Heart (n.o.)

        born: 25 November 1890 in Villaputzu, Cagliari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Oristano

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Compagnia Evaristiani del Sacro Cuore, Via E. Madeddu, 2, 09170 Donigala Fenughedu (OR), ITALY

        website:

6) 07 April in Grassano, Matera (Italy)   

        MARIA MARCHETTA
        layperson of the diocese of Tricarico
        born: 16 February 1939 in Grassano, Matera (Italy)

        competent diocese: Tricarico

        CCS protocol number: 2060

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 July 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Francesco Bracciani, fdd
        petitioner: Diocesi di Tricarico, P.za Mons. Raffaello delle Nocche, 2, 75019 Tricarico (MT), ITALY

                             [see also 1959: Giovanni Minozzi]

        website:

7) 16 April in San Juan (Puerto Rico)
   

        AUGUSTIN ARNAUD PAGÈS (NINFAS VICTORINO [NYMPHAS VICTORIN])
        professed religious, De La Salle Brothers
        born: 07 September 1885 in Onzillon, Haute-Loire (France)

        competent diocese: San Juan de Puerto Rico
        CCS protocol number: 2279

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 March 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 September 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 January 2003

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 2005

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Frt. Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli, fsc
        petitioner: Hermanos de La Salle – Distrito de Antillas, Aptdo. 3103, Av. Bolivar, 807,

                                      Santo Domingo, D.N., DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

                             Vicepostulación de la Causa Hno. Victorino, Aptdo. 61, Añasco, 00610 PUERTO RICO

                             Comité pro Beatificación Hno. Victorino, P.O. Box 141881, Coral Gables, FL 33114-1881, USA

        website:

8) 26 April in Novogrudok (a.k.a Nowogródek), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’ (Belarus)

        LUDWIKA BANAŚ (Maria Małgorzata of the

                SACRED Heart of Jesus IN AGONY IN THE GARDEN)

        professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

        born: 10 April 1896 in Klecza Dolna, Małopolskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Warsaw

        CCS protocol number: 2514

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 05 October 2002 (from the diocese of Grodno)

        nihil obstat: 14 December 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 February 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 March 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 July 2008

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Zbigniew Suchecki, ofmconv
        petitioner: [see 1943: Maria Stella Mardosewicz and 10 Companions;
                              see also 1902: Maria Franciszka Siedliska (Maria of Jesus the Good Shepherd)]

        website:

9) 29 May in Budapest (Hungary)

        MARTON BOLDIZSÁR (MARCELL OF THE VIRGIN OF CARMEL)
        professed priest, Discalced Carmelites
        born: 09 September 1877 in Zalakomár (a.k.a. Kiskomárom), Zala (Hungary)

        competent diocese: Esztergom-Budapest
        CCS protocol number: 2323

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 August 1993

        nihil obstat: 15 January 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 December 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 October 2005

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Ildefonso Moriones Zubillaga, ocd
        petitioner: Kármelita Rendház, Huba u. 12, 1134 Budapest XIII, HUNGARY

        website:

10) 26 June in Rome (Italy)

        MADALEINA CATHERINE BEAUCHAMP HAMBROUGH (MARIA RICCARDA)

        professed religious, Bridgettine Sisters
        born: 10 September 1887 in London, England (Great Britain)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1957: Maria Elisabeth (Maria Elisabetta) Hesselblad]

        website:

11) 06 July in Baturité, Ceará (Brazil)

        FRANCISCA BENICIA OLIVEIRA (CLEMÊNCIA)
        professed religious, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
        born: 23 August 1896 in Redençao, Ceará (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Fortaleza

        CCS protocol number: 2037

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 04 April 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 06 September 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giuseppe Guerra, cm
        petitioner: Província de Fortaleza das Filhas da Caridade, Ave. Desembargador Moreira, 2211 – Dionisio Torres

                                     60170-002 – Fortaleza – CE, BRAZIL

        website:

12) 09 July in Rome (Italy)
   

        MARIJA PETKOVIĆ (MARIJA OF JESUS CRUCIFIED)
        founder, Daughters of Mercy, Third Order Regular of Saint Francis
        born: 10 December 1892 in Blato, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska (Croatia) 

        competent diocese: Rome
        CCS protocol number: 1654   

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 January 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 May 1998

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2000

        meeting of theological consultors: 23 April 2002

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 21 May 2002

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2002

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 06 June 2003

        postulator: Rev. Riccardo Petroni
        petitioner: Figlie della Misericordia, Via Porta Maggiore, 38, 00185 Roma, ITALY

                             Kćeri Milosrđa TSR sv. Franje, Mallinova 4, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA

        website:

13) 13 July in Tremembé, São Paulo (Brazil)

        CARMEN CATARINA BUENO

                (MARIA DO CARMO OF THE HOLY TRINITY) [CARMINHA]

        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns

        born: 25 November 1898 in Itu, São Paulo (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Taubaté

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner:  Carmelo da Santa Face e Pio XII, Rua Pio XII, 48 – Centro
                                     12120-000 – Tremembé – SP, BRAZIL

        website:

14) 29 September in Mexico City (Mexico)

        MARÍA DOLORES ECHEVERRÍA ESPARZA

        cofounder, Missionaries of Jesus the Priest (n.o.)

        born: 04 May 1893 in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Mexico City

        CCS protocol number: 2548

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 May 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Enrico García Delgadillo, msps
        petitioner: Misioneras de Jesús Sacerdote, Calle Oregon 746, Col. del Valle, Del. Benito Juárez,

                                     03100 México D.F., MEXICO

        website:

15) 12 October in Verica, Modena (Italy)
   
        SERGIO BERNARDINI
        layperson of the archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola; married;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 20 May 1882 in Sassoguidano, Modena (Italy)

        competent diocese: Modena-Nonantola
        CCS protocol number: 2685

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 May 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 May 2008

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Ufficio Pastorale per la Famiglia, Via S. Eufemia, 13, 41100 Modena (MO), ITALY

                             Parrocchia di S. Geminiano, Via Verica, Verica, 41026 Pavullo nel Frignano (MO), ITALY
                             [1971: Domenica Bedonni Bernardini]

        website:

16) 02 November in Rome (Italy)
       

        ARNALDO CANEPA
        layperson of the vicariate of Rome
        born: 24 September 1882 in Rome (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome
        CCS protocol number: 1938

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 December 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 November 2002

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2006

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Paolo Lombardo, ofm

        petitioner: Centro Oratori Romani, Via Monte Polacco, 5, 00184 Roma, ITALY

        website:

17) 10 November in Trzebnica, Dolnosląskie (Poland)
   

        JÓZEF MAŁYSIAK (CZESŁAW CHRYZOSTOM)
        professed priest, Salvatorians;

                founder, Sisters of the Family of Bethany (n.o.)
        born: 11 March 1884 in Żywiec, Śląskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Lublin
        CCS protocol number: 1991

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 May 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Siostry Betanki, ul. Jana Pawła II 11, 20-533 Lublin, POLAND
                             Kapelania Sióstr Betanek, ul. Pusławska 44, 24-120 Kazimierz Dolny, POLAND

        website:

18) 15 November in Würzburg, Bavaria (Germany)  

        THERESIA ELEONORE RITZ (MARIA JULITTA)
        professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Redeemer
        born: 24 September 1882 in Uissigheim, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

        competent diocese: Würzburg
        CCS protocol number: 1480

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 September 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 December 1999

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2004

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Krzysztof Nykiel
        petitioner: Schwestern des Erlösers, Ebracher Gasse 6, Postfach 110761, 97070 Würzburg, GERMANY

        website:

19) 20 November in Logroño, La Rioja (Spain)

        MARÍA PILAR SOLSONA LAMBÁN (MARÍA PILAR OF THE SACRED HEART)
        professed religious, Sisters of the Pious Schools (Escolapias)
        born: 22 December 1881 in Zaragoza (Spain)

        competent diocese: Zaragoza

        CCS protocol number: 1734

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat: 11 July 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 1991

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 29 November 1992

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 December 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1995

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Sr. María Luisa Labarta Araguás, schp
        petitioner: [see 1889: Paula Montal Fornés (Paula of Saint Joseph Calasanz)]

        website:

20)  08 December in Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico)
   

        GLORIA ESPERANZA ELIZONDO GARCÍA (GLORIA MARÍA OF JESUS)
        professed religious, Missionary Catechists of the Poor
        born: 28 August 1908 in Durango (Mexico) 

        competent diocese: Monterrey
        CCS protocol number: 2004

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 December 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 1996

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2005

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Misioneras Catequistas de los Pobres, Calle Alfonso Reyes 238 esq. Gómez Morín,

                                     Col. Valle Chipinque, A.P. 386, 66250 San Pedro Garza García, N.L., MEXICO

        website:

21) 30 December in Lima (Peru)

        FULGENCIO ELORZA LEGARISTI (MARTÍN OF THE SIDE OF JESUS)
        professed priest, Passionists;

                bishop of the apostolic prelature of Moyobamba
        born: 30 December 1899 in Elgueta, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        competent diocese: Lima

        CCS protocol number: 2128

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 February 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 July 2007

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp
        petitioner: Misioneros Pasionistas, Av. Victor A. Belaunde, 160, San Isidro – Lima 27, PERU

                             Prelatura de Moyobamba,  Jr. Callao Nº 650, Apdo. 133, Moyabamba, Dep.to San Martín, PERU

                             [see also 1962: Francisco Sagarduy de Lasgoitia (Gerardo of Saint Francis)]

        website: