1) 06 January in Barquisimento, Lara (Venezuela)
   
        MARÍA GERALDA [MEDARDA] GUERRERO GARCÍA de PIÑERO  [biography]
        layperson of the diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela; married
        born: 13 October 1885 in Caricuena, La Grita, Táchira (Venezuela)

       
        competent diocese: San Cristóbal de Venezuela

        CCS protocol number: 2489
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 06 July 2002 (from the diocese of Carora)

        nihil obstat: 06 July 2002

        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. Jairo Clavijo (diocesan postulator)
        petitioner: Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima, Barrio Sucre, San Cristóbal, Edo. Táchira, VENEZUELA
                             [see also 1937: Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz]

        website: www.siervamedarda.org.ve

2) 07 January in La Barraca de Aguas Vivas, Valencia (Spain)
   
        ELADIO ESPAÑA NAVARRO
        priest of the archdiocese of Valencia
        born: 18 February 1894 in Carcaixent, Valencia (Spain)
       
        competent diocese: Valencia

        CCS protocol number: 2068
        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 21 August 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 April 1999

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 21 January 2000

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 31 March 2006

            session of medical consultors:  

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale
        petitioner: Casa de Ejercicios de S. Juan de Ribera, 46792 Carcaixent-La Barraca, SPAIN

        website:

3) 08 January in São José dos Campos, São Paulo (Brazil)
   
        MARIA DULCE RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS (MARIA TERESA OF THE EUCHARISTIC JESUS)
        founder, Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate (n.o.)
        born: 20 January 1901 in São Paulo (Brazil)

        competent diocese: São José dos Campos

        CCS protocol number: 2159

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 01 February 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 August 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 November 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 02 May 2003

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Ildefonso Moriones Zubillaga, ocd
        petitioner: Pequenas Missionárias de Maria Imaculada, Rua Major Antônio Domingues, 244 – Centro

                                     12245-750 – São José dos Campos – SP, BRAZIL

        website: www.pequenasmissionarias.org.br

4) 13 January in Mezzano Inferiore, Mezzani, Parma (Italy)
   
        GIOVANNI BERNINI
        priest of the diocese of Parma
        born: 01 October 1889 in Neviano Arduini, Parma (Italy)
 

        competent diocese: Parma

        CCS protocol number: 1998

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 10 November 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 April 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 November 1997

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 27 November 1998

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:        
        petitioner: Parrocchia della Natività di Maria Vergine, 43054 Mezzano Inferiore di Mezzani (PR), ITALY

        website:

5) 28 February in Hanoi (Vietnam)
   
        WILLIAM GAGNON
        professed religious, Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God
        born: 16 May 1905 in Dover, New Hampshire (USA)

        competent diocese: Montreal

        CCS protocol number: 2262

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        competentia fori: 24 March 1999 (from the archdiocese of Hanoi)

        nihil obstat: 15 January 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 March 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 May 2000

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 30 November 2001

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Frt. Félix Lizaso Berruete, oh
        petitioner: Frères Hospitaliers de Saint Jean de Dieu - Province de Canada, 200 Est, boul. Gouin,

                                     Montreal (Québec) H3L 1A8, CANADA
                             Frères Hospitaliers de Saint Jean de Dieu, 70/5 K.P.9 Tân-Biên, Biên-Hòa, Dong-Nai, VIETNAM

        website:

6) 15 March in Paris (France)
   
        GEORGES GUÉRIN
        priest of the archdiocese of Paris
        born: 24 October 1891 in Ecouvres, Meurthe-et-Moselle (France)

        competent diocese: Paris

        CCS protocol number: 2816

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 19 December 2007

        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: Les Amis du Père Guérin, 23, rue Jean-de-Beauvais, 75005 Paris, FRANCE

                             Siège national JOC, 246, boulevard Saint Denis, BP 36, 92403 Courbevoie cedex, FRANCE

        website:

7) 27 March in Rome (Italy)
   
        PAOLO ROASENDA (MARIANO FROM TURIN)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 22 May 1906 in Turin (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1589

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 19 January 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 July 1988

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 May 1991

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 22 January 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1996

        meeting of theological consultors: 29 September 2006

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 March 2008

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Frati Cappuccini, Via Vittorio Veneto, 27, 00187 Roma, ITALY

        website: www.padremarianodatorino.com

8) 31 May in Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
   
        HERMÍNIO PINZETTA (SALVADOR FROM CASCA)
        professed religious, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 29 July 1911 in Casca, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Caxias do Sul

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Franciscanos Capuchinhos – Província Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Rua Plácido de Castro, 550 – Lourdes
                                     C.P. 27, 95001-970 – Caxias do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul, BRAZIL

        website:

9) 02 July in La Bañeza, León (Spain)
   
        ÁNGEL RIESCO CARBAJO
        auxiliary bishop of Astorga;
                founder, Apostolic Missionary Sisters of Charity (n.o.)
        born: 09 July 1902 in Bercianos de Vidriales, Zamora (Spain)

        competent diocese: Astorga

        CCS protocol number: 1973

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 26 May 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 October 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 01 May 1997

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 1998

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 14 April 2004
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 12 October 2004
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 27 April 2007

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale
        petitioner: Misioneras Apostolicas de la Caridad, Carretera Madrid–Coruña Km. 300,

                                     Apdo. 57, 24750 La Bañeza (León), SPAIN

        website: misionerasapostolicasdelacaridad.org

10) 03 July in Rome (Italy)
   
        JENARO FERNÁNDEZ ECHEVERRÍA (JENARO OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS)
        professed priest, Augustinian Recollects
        born: 19 January 1909 in Dicastillo, Navarra (Spain)
       

        competent diocese: Madrid/Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1910/2811

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        competentia fori: 15 January 1999 (from the vicariate of Rome)

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 June 2008

        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. Samson Silloriquez, oar
        petitioner: Agustinos Recoletos - Provincia de Sto. Tomás de Villanueva, C/ Briones, 30, 28042 Madrid, SPAIN

                             [1936 Sp: Vicente Soler Munárriz and 7 Companions;

                              1936 Sp: Nicomedes Mateo de Gracia (Nicomedes of Saint Augustine)]

        website:

11) 18 July in Rome (Italy)

        ALBERTINA VIOLI ZIRONDOLI

        layperson of the diocese of Fiesole; married;

                consecrated member, Focolare Movement

        born: 10 July 1901 in Carpi, Modena (Italy)

        competent diocese: Fiesole

        CCS protocol number: 2663

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 15 April 2005 (from the vicariate of Rome)

        nihil obstat: 16 May 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 July 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 May 2007

        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: Dr. Waldery Hilgeman
        petitioner: “Associazione Albertina Violi Zirondoli”, presso Parrocchia Corpus Domini,

                                      P.le Francia, 5,  41012 Carpi (MO), ITALY

        website: www.albertinaviolizirondoli.it

12) 20 August in Olmedo, Valladolid (Spain)
   
        TERESA ORTEGA PARDO (TERESA MARÍA OF JESUS)
        professed religious, Dominican Nuns
        born: 25 December 1917 in Puente Caldetas, Pontevedra (Spain)
       

        competent diocese: Valladolid

        CCS protocol number: 2291

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 June 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 October 1999

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 July 2006

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Monasterio de las Mm. Dominicas, Plaza San Andrés, 11,  47410 Olmedo (Valladolid), SPAIN

        website:

13) 30 August in Potenza (Italy)
   
        AUGUSTO BERTAZZONI
        bishop of Potenza
        born: 10 January 1876 in Polesine di Pegognaga, Mantua (Italy)
       

        competent diocese: Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsiconuovo

        CCS protocol number: 2050

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 08 June 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 October 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 2000

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 January 2002

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb
        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsiconuovo, Largo Duomo 5, 85100 Potenza, ITALY

        website:

14) 14 September in Brescia (Italy)
   
        OTTORINO ZANON
        priest of the diocese of Vicenza;

                founder, Pious Society of Saint Cajetan (n.o.)
        born: 09 August 1915 in Vicenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Vicenza

        CCS protocol number: 1583

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 June 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 April 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS:1999

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:        
        petitioner: Pia Società di San Gaetano, Via Mora 57, 36100 Vicenza, ITALY

        website: www.donottorino.org

15) 20 September in Rome (Italy)
   
        HOVHANNES [GIOVANNI] ZOHRABIAN [GUREGH (CIRILLO) FROM ERZURUM]

                [Հովհաննէս Զոհրաբիան (Գուրէղ)]
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins;
                titular bishop of Acilisene
        born: 25 June 1881 in Erzurum (Turkey)

        competent diocese: Palermo

        CCS protocol number: 1467

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 March 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 September 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 January 2002

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Vicepostulazione Frati Cappuccini, Via Libertà, 90018 Termini Imerese (PA), ITALY
                              [1772: Nicolò Sciortino (Andrea from Burgio)]

        website:

16) 01 December in Sassuolo, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
   
        BRUNA PELLESI (MARIA ROSA OF JESUS)
        professed religious, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Christ (n.o.)
        born: 11 November 1917 in Morano di Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena (Italy)

        competent diocese: Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

        CCS protocol number: 1367

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 06 March 1981

        opening of cognitional process: 02 February 1982

        closing of cognitional process: 02 February 1987

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 02 December 1988

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1991

        meeting of theological consultors: 21 December 1999

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 04 April 2000

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 July 2000

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 29 April 2007

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: [see 1910: Faustina Zavagli (Maria Teresa of Jesus Crucified)]

        website:

17) 05 December in Puianello, Modena (Italy)

        Ferruccio Armando Spallanzani (Raffaele from Mestre)

        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins

        born: 15 March 1922 in Mestre, Venice (Italy)

        competent diocese: Modena-Nonantola

        CCS protocol number: 2821

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 May 2008

        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: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Convento Cappuccini, Via C. Plessi, 261, 41058  Vignola (MO), ITALY

                             Santuario di Puianello, Via del Santuario, 9, 41014 Castelvetro (MO), ITALY

        website:

18) 07 December in Barcelona (Spain)   

        JOSÉ MARÍA HERNÁNDEZ GARNICA

        priest of the personal prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei

        born: 17 November 1913 in Madrid (Spain)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 2565

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 26 July 2003 (from the archdiocese of Barcelona)

        nihil obstat: 25 June 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 March 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 March 2009

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev.  José Carlos Martín de la Hoz
        petitioner: [see 1985: Eduardo Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia]

        website:

19) 08 December in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso (Brazil)

        ATTILIO GIORDANI
        layperson of the archdiocese of Milan; married;
                member, Salesian Cooperators
        born: 13 February 1913 in Milan (Italy)

        competent diocese: Milan

        CCS protocol number: 1995

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 November 1994

        nihil obstat: 22 November 1994

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 January 1996

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 21 March 1997

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2001

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb

        petitioner: Ispettoria Salesiana Lombardo-Emiliana, Via Copernico, 9, 20125 Milano, ITALY

        website:

20) 29 December in León (Nicaragua)

        BRUNO MARTÍNEZ SACEDO
        professed priest, Piarists
        born: 09 November 1907 in Moscardón, Teruel (Spain)

        competent diocese: Valencia

        CCS protocol number: 1742

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 21 June 1990 (from the diocese of León in Nicaragua)

        nihil obstat: 01 July 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 December 1994

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 03 November 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 25 June 2004

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2006

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. József Ruppert, schp

        petitioner: Provincia de las Escuelas Pías de Valencia, Dr. Moliner, 5-bajo-A, 46010 Valencia, SPAIN

        website: