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 forum: Catania

CCS protocol number: 1532

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 20 October 1986

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 December 1992

publication of Positio: 1993

particular congress of theological consultors: 29 November 2011

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 19 February 2013

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 27 March 2013

postulator: Rev. Cristiano Massimo Parisi, 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 forum: Granada

CCS protocol number: 2115

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum:

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 29 October 1996

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 June 2003

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

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 forum: Lisbon

CCS protocol number: 1718

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 12 March 1990

opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 June 1990

closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 March 1992

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 June 1993

publication of Positio: 1996

particular congress of theological consultors: 18 January 2008

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 11 March 2008

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: www.padrealvesbras.com

4) 14 March in Amelia, Terni (Italy)

VINCENZO LOJALI

bishop of Amelia

born: 01 September 1894 in Attigliano, Terni (Italy)

competent forum: Terni-Narni-Amelia

CCS protocol number: 1849

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 18 February 1992

opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 October 1992

closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 March 2000

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 March 2003

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

petitioner: Diocesi di Terni-Narni-Amelia, P.za Duomo, 11, 05100 Terni, ITALY     

website: www.diocesi.terni.it

5) 07 April in Grassano, Matera (Italy)   

MARIA MARCHETTA

layperson of the diocese of Tricarico

born: 16 February 1939 in Grassano, Matera (Italy)

competent forum: Tricarico

CCS protocol number: 2060

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 05 July 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 August 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry: 07 April 2002

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of 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:

6) 16 April in San Juan (Puerto Rico)

AUGUSTIN ARNAUD PAGÈS

(VICTORINO NYMPHAS [VICTORIN NYMPHAS])

professed religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)

born: 07 September 1885 in Onzillon, Haute-Loire (France)

competent forum: San Juan de Puerto Rico

CCS protocol number: 2279

type of cause: heroic virtues     

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 30 March 1999

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 September 1999

closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 January 2003

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 2005

publication of Positio: 2016

particular congress of theological consultors: 15 November 2017

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 02 April 2019 

postulator: Frt. Felicien Bora, 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: victorinodelasalle.org

7) 26 April in Navahrudak (a.k.a Nowogródek), Grodno (Belarus)

LUDWIKA BANAŚ (Maria Małgorzata of the

Heart of Jesus AGONIZING IN THE GARDEN)

professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

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

competent forum: Warsaw

CCS protocol number: 2514

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 05 October 2002 (from Grodno)

rescript of “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

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 December 2021

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:

8) 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 forum: Esztergom-Budapest

CCS protocol number: 2323

type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 August 1993

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 15 January 2000

closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 December 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 October 2005

publication of Positio: 2008

particular congress of theological consultors: 02 March 2012

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05 November 2013

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 December 2013

postulator: Rev. Marco Chiesa, ocd

petitioner: Kármelita Rendház, Huba u. 12, 1134 Budapest XIII, HUNGARY

website:

9) 18 June in La Bañeza, León (Spain)

LAURA PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ

professed member, Secular Institute of the Apostolic Missionaries of Charity

born: 27 September 1928 in La Vega del Bollo, Orense (Spain)

competent forum: Astorga

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 06 September 2016

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Dr. Isabel Casquero Fernández

petitioner: [1972: Ángel Riesco Carbajo]

website: misionerasapostolicasdelacaridad.org

10) 26 June in Rome (Italy)

MADALEINA CATHERINE BEAUCHAMP HAMBROUGH

(MARIA RICCARDA)

professed religious, Bridgettine Sisters

born: 10 September 1887 in London, England (United Kingdom)

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 16 December 2009

opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 2010

closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 October 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Sr. María Paula Barriga Mondragón, osss      

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

website: www.brigidine.org

11) 06 July in Baturité, Ceará (Brazil)

FRANCISCA BENICIA OLIVEIRA (CLEMÊNCIA)

vowed member, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

born: 23 August 1896 in Redençao, Ceará (Brazil)

competent forum: Fortaleza

CCS protocol number: 2037

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 04 April 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 06 September 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry: 01 August 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 16 March 2012

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of 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, Korčula, Dubrovnik-Neretva (Croatia) 

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number: 1654   

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 11 January 1989

opening of diocesan inquiry: 28 February 1989

closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 June 1997

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 May 1998

publication of Positio: 2000

particular congress of theological consultors: 23 April 2002

ordinary session of 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: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

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 Taubaté, 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 forum: Taubaté

CCS protocol number: 2893

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 25 September 2009

opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 February 2010

closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 November 2012

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 2013

publication of Positio: 2016

particular congress of theological consultors: 13 November 2018

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 07 January 2020

postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

petitioner:  Carmelo da Santa Face e Pio XII, Rua Pio XII, 48 – Centro

                            12120-000 – Tremembé – SP, BRAZIL

website: madremariadocarmo.wordpress.com

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 forum: Mexico City

CCS protocol number: 2548

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 30 May 2003

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. David de Jesús Padrón Delgado, 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 forum: Modena-Nonantola

CCS protocol number: 2685

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “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: 20 November 2009

publication of Positio: 2014

particular congress of theological consultors: 18 December 2014

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 21 April 2015

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 May 2015

postulator: Dr. Francesca Amedea Consolini

petitioner: Associazione “Camminando per Mano”, Via San Francesco, 6,

                            41026 Pavullo nel Frignano (MO), ITALY                      

                      [1971: Domenica Bedonni Bernardini]

website: coniugibernardini.it

16) 01 November in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)

JOAQUIM HONÓRIO DA SILVEIRA

priest of the archdiocese of Natal

born: 14 January 1879 in Macau, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)

competent forum: Natal

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: [1944: Luiz Gonzaga do Monte]

website: 

17) 02 November in Rome (Italy)

ARNALDO CANEPA

layperson of the diocese of Rome; catechist

born: 24 September 1882 in Rome (Italy)

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number: 1938

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 06 December 1993

opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 February 1994

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 November 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 November 2002

publication of Positio: 2006

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Antonio Marrazzo, cssr

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

website: www.arnaldocanepa.org

18) 10 November in Trzebnica (Poland)

JÓZEF MAŁYSIAK

(CZESŁAW CHRYZOSTOM)

professed priest, Salvatorians;

founder, Sisters of the Family of Bethany (n.o.)

born: 11 March 1884 in Żywiec (Poland)

competent forum: Lublin

CCS protocol number: 1991

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 11 May 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 06 October 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of 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: www.betanki.pl

19) 13 November in Würzburg (Germany)  

THERESIA ELEONORE RITZ

(MARIA JULITTA)

professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Redeemer

born: 24 September 1882 in Uissigheim, Külsheim (Germany)

competent forum: Würzburg

CCS protocol number: 1480

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 27 September 1985

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 December 1999

publication of Positio: 2004

particular congress of theological consultors: 19 November 2010

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 06 December 2011 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 December 2011

postulator: Rev. Krzysztof Nykiel

petitioner: Schwestern des Erlösers, Ebracher Gasse 6, Postfach 110761, 97070 Würzburg, GERMANY

website: www.erloeserschwestern.de

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

MARÍA PILAR SOLSONA LAMBÁN

(MARÍA PILAR OF THE SACRED HEART)

professed religious, Daughters of Mary – Escolapias

born: 22 December 1881 in Zaragoza (Spain)

competent forum: Zaragoza

CCS protocol number: 1734

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 11 July 1990

opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 1991

closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 November 1992

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 December 1993

publication of Positio: 1995

particular congress of theological consultors: 16 October 2009

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05 October 2010

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 10 December 2010

postulator: Sr. María Luisa Labarta Araguás, schp

petitioner: [see 1889: Paula Montal Fornés (Paula of Saint Joseph Calasanz)]

website: www.escolapias.org

21)  08 December in Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico)

GLORIA ESPERANZA ELIZONDO GARCÍA

(GLORIA MARÍA OF JESUS)

professed religious, Missionary Catechists of the Poor

born: 26 August 1908 in Durango (Mexico) 

competent forum: Monterrey

CCS protocol number: 2004

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 17 December 1994

opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 February 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 October 1995

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 1996

publication of Positio: 2005

particular congress of theological consultors: 16 May 2019

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 June 2020

postulator: Sr. Silvia Burnes Sánchez, mc

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: www.misionerascp.org;

                  www.madregloria.com  

22) 30 December in Lima (Peru)

FULGENCIO ELORZA LEGARISTI

(MARTÍN OF THE SIDE OF JESUS)

professed priest, Passionists;

bishop of the territorial prelature of Moyobamba

born: 30 December 1899 in Elgueta, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

competent forum: Lima

CCS protocol number: 2128

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 01 February 1997

opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 February 2002

closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 September 2004

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 July 2007

publication of Positio: 2013

particular congress of theological consultors: 01 December 2020

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 01 March 2022

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 April 2022

postulator: Rev. Cristiano Massimo Parisi, 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: