1) 26 January in Hong Kong (a.k.a. Xianggang) (China)

        GIOVANNI STEFANO ALLEGRA (GABRIELE MARIA)
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 26 December 1907 in La Punta, Catania (Italy)

        competent diocese: Hong Kong

        protocol number: 1446

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 February 1984

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 27 March 1987

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 December 1994

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 1994

        beatification:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Vicepostulazione, Convento S. Biagio, 95024 Acireale (CT), ITALY

        website:

2) 26 January in Alicante (Spain)

        Diego Hernández González

        priest of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

        born: 01 January 1915 in Javalí Nuevo, Murcia (Spain)

        competent diocese: Orihuel-Alicante

        protocol number: 2459

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 Janaury 2002

        nihil obstat: 29 January 2002

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 February 2004

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 20 January 2006

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diócesis de Orihuela-Alicante, Plaza de la Montañeta, 7, 03001 Alicante, SPAIN

                             [1990: Cayetano Perea García]

        website:

3) 10 February in Mesa, Arizona (United States)

        PAUL MICHAEL MURPHY
        layperson of the diocese of Phoenix;

                consecrated member, Miles Jesu
        born: 24 April 1939 in Wilmette, Illinois (United States)

        competent diocese: Phoenix

        protocol number: 2710

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 24 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: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Miles Jesu, St. Josaphat Center, 1925 E. Baseline Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85024, USA

        website:

 4) 11 February in Krishnagar, West Bengal (India)

        FRANCESCO CONVERTINI
        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco
        born: 29 August 1898 in Marinelli, Brindisi (Italy)

        competent diocese: Krishnagar

        protocol number: 2222

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 December 1997

        nihil obstat: 27 July 1998

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 June 2005

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 19 June 2006

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Salesian Province of Kolkata, 52A, R.N. Chowdhury Road, Kolkata 700 015, INDIA

        website:

5) 15 February in Jarosław, Podkarpackie (Poland)

        ANNA JENKE
        layperson of the diocese of Przemśyl
        born: 03 April 1921 in Błażowa, Podkarpackie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Przemyśl

        protocol number: 1885

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 November 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 March 1993

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 February 1999

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 25 January 2002

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Anny Jenke, ul. Kraszewskiego 37, 37-500 Jarosław, POLAND

        website:

6) 05 March in Rome (Italy)

        ENRICO BARTOLETTI

        archbishop of Lucca

        born: 07 October 1916 in Calenzano, Florence (Italy)

        competent diocese: Lucca

        protocol number: 2778

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 28 June 2007 (from the vicariate of Rome)

        nihil obstat: 04 September 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 November 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap   

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Lucca, Via Arcivescovado, 45, 55100 Lucca, ITALY

        website:

7) 14 March in Zaragoza (Spain)

        LEONARDO LANZUELA MARTÍNEZ (ADOLFO)
        professed religious, De La Salle Brothers
        born: 08 November 1894 in Cella, Teruel (Spain)

        competent diocese: Zaragoza

        protocol number: 1594

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 08 February 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 December 1990

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 22 November 1991

        publication year of Positio: 1999

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Colegio La Salle-Montemolín, C/ José Galiay, 11, 50008 Zaragoza, SPAIN

        website:

8) 19 April in Frascati, Rome (Italy)

        ELISA MICELI
        founder, Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart (n.o.)
        born: 12 April 1904 in Longobardi, Cosenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cosenza-Bisignano

        protocol number: 2419

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 06 July 2001 (from the diocese of Frascati)

        nihil obstat: 12 October 2001

        opening of diocesan process: 19 April 2002

        closing of the diocesan process: 14 October 2004

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Suore Catechiste Rurali del Sacro Cuore, Via Miceli, 1, 87030 Fiumefreddo Bruzio (CS), ITALY

        website:

9) 03 May in Valladolid (Spain)

        AMADORA GÓMEZ ALONSO

        founder, Zelatrix Sisters of the Reign of the Heart of Jesus (n.o.)

        born: 31 January 1907 in Aldeasca de Alba, Salamanca (Spain)

        competent diocese: Valladolid

        protocol number: 2606

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 04 June 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 28 June 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Hermanas Celadoras del Reinado del Corazón de Jesús, C/ Prolongación Salud, s/n,

                                     47011 Valladolid, SPAIN

        website:

10) 28 May in Ome, Brescia (Italy)

        Stefano Celestino MAZZOTTI (IRENEO)
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor;

                founder, Secular Institute of the Little Franciscan Family (n.o.)
        born: 20 December 1887 in Cologne Bresciano, Brescia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Brescia

        protocol number: 2142

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 November 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 October 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 August 1998

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 03 December 1999

        publication year of Positio: 2002

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Cenacolo Francescano “Maria Assunta”, 25050 Ome (BS), ITALY
                             [1962: Antonia Emma Lesino]

        website:

11) 31 May in Rome (Italy)

        LUIGIA TINCANI
        founder, Union of Saint Catherine of Siena of the Missionaries of the School
        born: 25 March 1889 in Chieti (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number: 1695

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 December 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 06 July 2000

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 15 February 2002

        publication year of Positio: 2004

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

12) ALFREDO LEADEN AND 4 COMPANION PALLOTINES

        FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BUENOS AIRES

04 July in Belgrano, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    1.    ALFREDO LEADEN

            professed priest, Pallotines

            born: 23 May 1919 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    2.    ALFREDO JOSÉ KELLY

            professed priest, Pallotines

            born: 05 May 1933 in Suipacha, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    3.    PEDRO EDUARDO DUFAU

            professed priest, Pallotines

            born: 13 October 1908 in Mercedes, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    4.    SALVADOR BARBEITO DOVAL

            seminarian, Pallotines

            born: 01 September 1946 in Sanxenxo, Pontevedra (Spain)

    5.    EMILIO JOSÉ BARLETTI

            seminarian, Pallotines

            born: 22 November 1952 in San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        competent diocese: Buenos Aires

        protocol number:

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Parroquia de San Patricio de Belgrano, Estomba 1942, C1430EGJ Capital Federal, ARGENTINA

        website:

13) 09 July in Rome (Italy)

        MARIA OLIVA BONALDO (MARIA OLIVA OF THE MYSTICAL BODY)
        founder, Daughters of the Church
        born: 26 March 1893 in Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number: 1550

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 25 March 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 June 1987

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 September 1992

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 14 May 1993

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Figlie della Chiesa, Viale Vaticano, 62, 00165 Roma, ITALY
                             [1943: Olga Gugelmo (Olga of the Mother of God);
                              1946: Rosa Volpato (Maddalena of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus)]

        website:

14) 10 July in Sa Pobla, Mallorca (Spain)

        ANTONI AGUILÓ VALLS

        priest of the diocese of Mallorca
        born: 12 June 1885 in Sa Pobla, Mallorca (Italy)

        competent diocese: Mallorca

        protocol number: 2824

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 June 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Parròquia de Sant Antoni Abat, Pl. de l’Església, 1, Apart. 161, 07420 Sa Pobla, SPAIN

        website:

15) ENRIQUE ANGELELLI AND 3 COMPANIONS

        FROM THE CLERGY AND LAYFAITHFUL

        OF THE DIOCESE OF LA RIOJA
   

18 July in Chamical, La Rioja (Argentina)

    1.    GABRIEL LONGUEVILLE
            priest of the dioceses of Viviers and La Rioja
            born: 18 March 1931 in Étables, Ardèche (France)
    2.    CARLOS DE DIOS MURIAS
            professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals
            born: 10 October 1945 in Córdoba (Argentina)

    25 July in Sañogasta, Chilecito, La Rioja (Argentina)
       

    3.    WENCESLAO PEDERNERA
            layperson of the diocese of La Rioja; married
            born: ? in Mendoza (Argentina)

    04 August in Punta de los Llanos, La Rioja (Argentina)

    4.    ENRIQUE ANGELELLI
            bishop of La Rioja
            born: 18 July 1923 in Córdoba (Argentina)

        competent diocese: La Rioja

        protocol number:

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diócesis de La Rioja, San Nicolás de Bari Oeste 560, F5300AAT La Rioja, ARGENTINA

        website:

16) 15 August in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
   
        JÓZEF KURZEJA
        priest of the archdiocese of Kraków
        born: 10 January 1937 in Zasadne, Małopolskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Kraków

        protocol number: 2645

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 21 December 2004
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 May 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Parafia Św. Maksymiliana, s. Tysiąclecia 86, 31-610 Kraków-Mistrzejowice, POLAND

        website:

17) 30 September in São João del Rei, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
   
        MIGUEL AFONSO DE ANDRADE LEITE
        priest of the diocese of São João del Rei
        born: 29 September 1912 in São Miguel do Cajuru, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

        competent diocese: São João del Rei

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diocese de São João del Rei , Praça Frei Orlando nº 130 – Centro
                                     36307-352 – São João Del Rei – Minas Gerais , BRAZIL

        website:

18) 17 November in Verona (Italy)

        LUCIA ELEONORA SCHIAVINATO
        founder, Secular Institute of the Volunteers of Charity (n.o.)
        born: 31 October 1900 in Musile di Piave, Venice (Italy)

        competent diocese: Treviso

        protocol number: 2155

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 17 January 1997 (from the diocese of Verona)

        nihil obstat: 03 February 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 March 1999

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 December 2000

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 06 December 2002

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:     

        postulator:

        petitioner: Volontarie della Carità, Viale della Vittoria, 19, 31029 Vittorio Veneto (TV), ITALY

        website:

19) 29 November in Arrasate-Mondragón, Guipúzcoa (Spain)
   
        JOSÉ MARÍA ARIZMENDIARRIETA MADARIAGA
        priest of the diocese of San Sebastián
        born: 22 April 1915 in Markina-Xemein, Vizcaya (Spain)

        competent diocese: San Sebastián

        protocol number: 2682

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 March 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diócesis de San Sebastián, C/ Zabaleta, 5, 20002 Donostia-San Sebastián, SPAIN

        website:

20) 12 December in Rome (Italy)

        PIO DELLEPIANE (PIO STANISLAO)
        professed priest, Minims
        born: 04 January 1904 in Genoa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number: 2071

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 21 August 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 08 November 1999

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Postulazione dei Pp. Minimi, Via S. Andrea delle Fratte, 1, 00187 Roma, ITALY

        website: