1) 06 February in Villarrica, Araucanía (Chile)

        KARL HARTL OTTO (WILHELM [GUILLERMO] FROM LAUFEN)

        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins;

                apostolic vicar of Araucanía (now the diocese of Villarrica)

        born: 10 May 1904 in Laufen, Bavaria (Germany)

        competent diocese: Villarrica

        CCS protocol number: 2446

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 December 2001

        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: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Secretariado del Apostolado del Rosario, Obispado de Villarrica, Casilla 276-V,

                                     Gerónimo de Alderete, N° 939 , CHILE

        website:

2) 23 March in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) in odium fidei, uti fertur    

        ÉMILE BIAYENDA
        archbishop of Brazzaville; cardinal
        born: 1927 in Mfinkabitungu, Maléla-Bombé, Kindamba (Republic of Congo)

        competent diocese: Brazzaville

        CCS protocol number: 2015

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 20 March 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. Ildefonso Moriones Zubillaga, ocd

        petitioner: Archidiocèse de Brazzaville, B.P. 2301, Brazzaville, REPUBIC OF CONGO

        website: www.biayenda.lautre.net

3) 23 March in Bagnoli, Naples (Italy)

        ILIA CORSARO
        founder, Little Missionaries of the Eucharist (n.o.)
        born: 04 October 1897 in Ercolano (a.k.a. Resina), Naples (Italy)

        competent diocese: Pozzuoli

        CCS protocol number: 2186

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 June 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 March 2000

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 23 March 2001

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2007

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm        

        petitioner: Piccole Missionarie della Eucaristia, Via Ilioneo, 96, 80124 Bagnoli (NA), ITALY

        website:

4) 09 May in Caracas (Venezuela)

        CARMEN ELENA RENDILES MARTÍNEZ (MARÍA CARMEN)
        founder, Servants of Jesus of Caracas (n.o.) 
        born: 11 August 1903 in Caracas (Venezuela)

        competent diocese: Caracas

        CCS protocol number: 1978

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 August 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 1997

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1998

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Siervas de Jesús, Caja de Agua a Luneta, No. 34, Parroquia Altagracia, Caracas 1010, VENEZUELA

        website:

5) 20 May in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso (Chile)
   
        RUFINO ZAZPE ZABALZA (RUFINO OF THE VIRGIN OF CARMEL)
        professed religious, Discalced Carmelites
        born: 16 November 1891 Villaveta, Burgos (Spain)

        competent diocese: Valparaíso

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Carmelitas Descalzos , Parroquia Virgen del Carmen, Avda. Libertad 394,

                                     Casilla 723, Viña del Mar, CHILE

        website:

6) 19 June in Croce S. Spirito di Castelvetro Piacentino, Piacenza (Italy)

        PIERINA BELLI

        layperson of the diocese of Fidenza

        born: 27 January 1883 in Croce S. Spirito di Castelvetro Piacentino, Piacenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Fidenza

        CCS protocol number: 2725

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 June 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 March 2007

        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 Paolo Lombardo, ofm

        petitioner: [see 1952: Francesco Giberti]

        website:

7) 24 June in La Romana (Dominican Republic)

        JUAN ANTONIO ABREU ESPINAL

        priest of the diocese of Higüey

        born: 04 April 1914 in Jarabacoa, La Vega (Dominican Republic)

        competent diocese: Higüey

        CCS protocol number: 2376

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Parroquia de Santa Rosa de Lima, A.P. Nº 291, Calle Eugenio Miranda Nº 97 esq. Calle Trinitaria,
                                     La Romana, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

                             Diócesis de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia en Higüey, A.P. Nº 1313, Ave. Vetilio Alfau Durán Nº 12,
                                     Higüey (La Altagracia), DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

        website:

8) 07 July in Las Peñitas, León (Nicaragua)

        MARÍA ROMERO MENESES
        professed religious, Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters)
        born: 13 January 1902 in Granada (Nicaragua)

        competent diocese: San José de Costa Rica

        CCS protocol number: 1635

        type of cause: heroic virtues

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

        nihil obstat: 20 September 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 November 1988

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 1992

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 January 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1997

        meeting of theological consultors: 07 March 2000

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 03 October 2000

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 18 December 2000

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 1997

        beatification: 14 April 2002

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb

        petitioner: Hijas de María Auxiliadora, Apdo. 664, 2300 Curridabat, COSTA RICA

        website:

9) 14 July in Mexico City (Mexico)

        MARÍA CONCEPCIÓN ÁLVAREZ ICAZA (MARÍA ANGÉLICA)
        professed religious, Visitation Nuns
        born: 17 December 1887 in Mexico City (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Mexico

        CCS protocol number: 1653

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 May 1988

        nihil obstat: 11 January 1989

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 06 February 1994

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 23 September 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2000

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Pedro Fernández Rodríguez, op        

        petitioner: Vice-postulacíon, Enrico Martines #9, Col. Centro, 060640 Mexico D.F., MEXICO

                             Monasterio de la Visitación, Calle Campana 47, Col. Mixcoac, 03920 México D.F., MEXICO

        website:

10) 25 August in Turin (Italy)

        ANDREA BORDINO (LUIGI OF THE CONSOLATA)
        professed religious, Brothers of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
        born: 12 August 1922 in Castellinaldo, Alba (Italy)

        competent diocese: Turin

        CCS protocol number: 1758

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 November 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 January 1991

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 November 1993

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 April 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1999

        meeting of theological consultors: 14 February 2003

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 01 April 2003 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 April 2003

        postulator: Frt. Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli, fsc

        petitioner: Fratelli di S. Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Via Cottolengo, 14, 10152 Torino, ITALY

        website:

11) 02 September in Dhaka (Bangladesh)
   

        THEOTONIUS AMAL GANGULY
        professed priest, Congregation of Holy Cross;
                archbishop of Dhaka
        born: 18 February 1920 in Hashnabad, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

        competent diocese: Dhaka

        CCS protocol number: 2735

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 July 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 September 2006

        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: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

        petitioner: Archdiocese of Dacca, 1 Kakrail Road, P.O. Box 3, Dhaka-1000, BANGLADESH

                             Priests of Holy Cross - Sacred Heart of Jesus Province, Plot B-25, Road 4, Banashree Prokalpo,

                                     Rampura, Dhaka-1219, Bangladesh

                             Congregazione di Santa Croce, Via Framura 85, 00168 Roma, ITALY

        website:

12) 29 September in Lviv, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (then in Poland; now in Ukraine)

        ALOIZ KAZYMIR KASHUBA (SERAFYM FROM LVIV)

                [Алоїз Казимір Кашуба (Серафим у Львові)]
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 17 June 1910 in Lviv (a.k.a. Lwów), L’vivs’ka oblast’ (then in Poland; now in Ukraine)

        competent diocese: Kraków

        CCS protocol number: 1824

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 18 October 1991 (from the archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins)

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 October 2007

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Proces beatyfikacyjny S. B. Serafina Kaszuby, ul. Korzeniaka 16, 30-298 Kraków-Olszanica, POLAND

        website:

Note: The name is Polonized as “Alojzy Kazimierz Kaszuba (Serafin from Lwów)”.

13) 03 October in Santa Rita de Caldas, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

        ALDERIGI MARIA TORRIANI
        priest of the archdiocese of Pouso Alegre
        born: 13 November 1895 in Jacutinga, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Pouso Alegre

        CCS protocol number: 2368

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 26  July 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 February 2001

        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: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

        petitioner: Santuário Arquidiocesano de Santa Rita, Praça Monsenhor Alderigi, 40 – Centro

                                     37775-000 – Santa Rita de Caldas – MG, BRAZIL

        website:

14) 05 November in Florence (Italy)

        GIORGIO LA PIRA
        layperson of the archdiocese of Florence;

                member, Lay Dominicans
        born: 09 January 1904 in Pozzallo, Ragusa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Florence

        CCS protocol number: 1505

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 January 1986

        nihil obstat: 22 February 1986

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 04 April 2005

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 October 2007

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Fondazione Giorgio La Pira, Via Giorgio la Pira, 5, 50121 Firenze, ITALY

        website: www.lapira.org

15) 13 November in Madrid (Spain)
   
        CRISTINA MARÍA BENITO RIVAS (DOMINGA)
        professed religious, Dominican Sisters of the Anunciata
        born: 16 March 1900 in Pido, Cantabria (Spain)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 2734

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 July 2006
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 2007

        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. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: [see 1875: Francisco Coll Guitart]

        website:

16)  23 November in San Severo, Foggia (Italy)

        FELICE CANELLI

        priest of the diocese of San Severo;

                member, Salesian Cooperators

        born: 14 October 1880 in San Severo, Foggia (Italy)

        competent diocese: San Severo

        CCS protocol number: 2731

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 June 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 2009

        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 Dal Covolo, sdb

        petitioner: Diocesi di San Severo, Via Soccorso, 38, 71016 San Severo (FG), ITALY

                             Parrocchia di Croce Santa, Via Don Felice Canelli,  71016 San Severo (FG), ITALY 

        website:

17) 06 December in Paris (France)

        RAOUL FOLLEREAU
        layperson of the archdiocese of Paris
        born: 17 August 1903 in Nevers, Nièvre (France)

        competent diocese: Paris

        CCS protocol number: 2817

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Fondation Raoul Follereau, 31, rue de Dantzig, 75015 Paris, FRANCE

        website:

18) 25 December in Mexico City (Mexico)

        MAURA DEGOLLADO GUÍZAR de MACIEL
        layperson of the diocese of Tlalnepantla; married
        born: 10 April 1895 in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)

        competent diocese: Tlalnepantla

        CCS protocol number: 1990

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: (from the archdiocese of Mexico City)

        nihil obstat: 14 September 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 January 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry: June 1996

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 2000

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Florián Rodero Rodero, lc

        petitioner: Legionarios de Cristo, Real de San Agustin, 302, Residencial de San Agustin,
                                     66260 Garza García, NL, MEXICO

        website: www.maurita.org