1) 15 January in Calatafimi, Trapani (Italy)

        BENEDETTO VIVONA

        priest of the diocese of Mazara del Vallo

        born: 12 June 1877 in Calatafimi, Trapani (Italy)

        competent diocese: Mazara del Vallo

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocesi di Mazara del Vallo, P.za della Repubblica, 6, 91026 Mazara del Vallo (TP), ITALY

        website:

2) 31 January in Cassano All’Ionio, Cosenza (Italy)

        RAFFAELE BARBIERI

        bishop of Cassano All’Ionio

        born: 04 October 1898 in San Marco Argentano, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cassano All’Ionio

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocesi di Cassano All’Ionio, P.za S. Eusebio, 1, 87011 Cassano All’Ionio (CS), ITALY

        website:
   

3) 05 February in Reserve, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

        JEAN MARTIN EYRAUD
        priest of the archdiocese of New Orleans
        born: 11 November 1880 in Champsaur, Le Glaizil, Haute Alpes (France)

        competent diocese: New Orleans

        CCS protocol number: 2423

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 November 2001

        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:
        petitioner: Canonization Committee, St. Peter Catholic Church, 1550 Highway 54,
                                     P.O. Box 435, Reserve, LA 70048, USA

        website:

4) 27 March in Brescia (Italy)

        FAUSTO GEI

        layperson of the diocese of Brescia;

                member, Silent Workers of the Cross
        born: 24 March 1927 in Brescia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Brescia

        CCS protocol number: 2674

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 November 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 26 June 2007

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Silenziosi Operai della Croce, Via Matteotti 6, 25018 Montichiari (BS),  ITALY

                             [see also 1984: Luigi Novarese]

        website:

 5) 04 April in Ponnurunni, Kochi, Kerala (India)

        MICHAEL KOODALLOOR (THEOPHANE FROM KOTTAPPURAM)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 29 July 1913 in Kottappuram, Thrissur, Keraka (India)

        competent diocese: Verapoly

        CCS protocol number: 2767

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 May 2007

        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: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Fr. Theophane Guild, Capuchin Ashram, Ponnurunni, Vyttila P.O., Kochi 682 019 – Kerala, INDIA

        website: www.frtheophane.com

6) 12 May in Ragusa (Italy)

        EMMANUELA GIOVANNA SCRIBANO (SANTINA OF THE SACRED HEART)
        professed religious, Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Ragusa
        born: 04 December 1917 in Ragusa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Ragusa

        CCS protocol number: 1487

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 July 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 October 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 1989

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 29 May 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1999

        congress of theological consultants: 14 March 2006

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 17 April 2007

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 July 2007

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 11 March 1991

        postulator: Sr. Concetta Aranzulla, isc
        petitioner: [see 1910: Maria Schininà (Maria of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)]

        website:

7) 29 June in Madrid (Spain)

        MANUEL HERRANZ ESTABLES
        priest of the archdiocese of Madrid;

                founder, Handmaids of Our Lady of Sorrows (n.o.)
        born: 01 January 1880 in Campillo de Dueñas, Guadalajara (Spain)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 1558

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 June 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 January 1988

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 21 May 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1997

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Esclavas de la Virgen Dolorosa, C/ Tesco, 3, 28027 Ciudad Lineal (Madrid), SPAIN

        website:

8) 28 July in Madrid (Spain)

        ÁNGEL HERRERA ORIA
        bishop of Málaga; cardinal
        born: 19 December 1886 in Santander, Cantabria (Spain)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 2118

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 15 July 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 1997

        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:
        petitioner: Fundación Pablo VI, Pº de Juan XXIII, 3 , 28040 Madrid, SPAIN

        website: www.fpablovi.org

9) 15 September in Schönstatt, Vallendar, Rhineland Palatinate (Germany)

        JOSEPH KENTENICH
        priest of the diocese of Trier;

                founder, Schönstatt Movement
        born: 18 November 1885 in Gymnich, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

        competent diocese: Trier

        CCS protocol number: 1276

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 February 1975

        nihil obstat: 11 January 1991

        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. Ángel Lorenzo Strada
        petitioner: Sekretariat Pater Josef Kentenich, Berg Schönstatt 7, 56179 Vallendar, GERMANY

        website: www.schoenstatt.de

10) 23 September in San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia (Italy)

        FRANCESCO FORGIONE (PIO FROM PIETRELCINA)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 25 May 1887 in Pietrelcina, Benevento (Italy)

        competent diocese: Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo

        CCS protocol number: 1222

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 29 November 1982

        opening of cognitional process: 20 March 1983

        closing of cognitional process: 21 January 1990

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 07 December 1990

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        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: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 21 December 1998
        beatification: 02 May 1999

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        canonization: 16 June 2002

        information: Santuario S. Maria delle Grazie, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), ITALY

        website:

11) 06 December in Palencia (Spain)

        JOSÉ MERINO ANDRÉS

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 23 April 1905 in Madrid (Spain)

        competent diocese: Palencia

        CCS protocol number: 2405

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 April 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 27 April 2007

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Orden de Predicadores - Provincia de España, Avda. del Valle, 4, 28003 Madrid, SPAIN

                             Orden de Predicadores - Convento San Pablo Apóstol, Avda. Simón Nieto, s/n, 34005 Palencia, SPAIN

        website:

12) 26 December in Balze, Forlì (Italy)

        QUINTINO SICURO
        priest of the diocese of Cesena-Sarsina; hermit
        born: 29 May 1920 in Melissano, Lecce (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cesena-Sarsina

        CCS protocol number: 1492

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 September 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 November 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 August 1991

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 January 1995

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Paolino Rossi, ofmcap
        petitioner: Associazione Amici Don Quintino, Via  P. Veronese,13, 73040 Melissano (LE), ITALY

        website: www.donquintinosicuro.com