1) 22 January in Rome (Lebanon)

        STEPAN CHMIL’ (Степан ЧМІЛЬ)
        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco;

                bishop of the “clandestine” Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
        born: 20 October 1914 in Sudova Vyshnia, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)

        competent eparchy: Lviv of the Ukrainians

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Salezians’ka Delegatura Ukrainy, vul. Lychakiv’ska, 175, 79014 L’viv, UKRAINE

                              [Салезіянська Делегатура України, вул. Личаківська, 175, 79014 Львів, Україна]

        website:

Note: The surname is also spelled “Czmil”.

2) 19 February in Beirut (Lebanon)

        ROMANO BOTTEGAL
        professed priest, Trappists
        born: 28 December 1921 in San Donato di Lamon, Belluno (Italy)

        competent eparchy: Baalbek of the Greek Melkites

        protocol number: 2369

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 23 August 2000 (from the archeparchy of Beirut-Jbeil of the Greek Melkites)

        nihil obstat: 22 September 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 June 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 March 2002

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 30 May 2003

        publication year of Positio: 2005

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Abbazia delle Tre Fontane, Via Acque Salvie, 1, 00142 Roma, ITALY

        website:

3) 17 April in Rome (Italy)

        LUIGIA [LUIGINA] SINAPI

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome

        born: 08 September 1916 in Itri, Latina (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number: 2574

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2003

        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: Associazione Amici di Luigina Sinapi, Parrocchia S. Maria in Via,

                                     Via del Mortaro, 24, 00187 Roma, ITALY

                              Parrocchia di S. Maria Maggiore, 04020 Itri (LT), ITALY

        website:

4) 20 April in Jumilla, Murcia (Spain)

        JUAN PACO BAEZA

        priest of the diocese of Cartagena

        born: 29 June 1890 in Puente Tocinos, Murcia (Spain)

        competent diocese: Cartagena (Spain)

        protocol number: 2596

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 March 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 November 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: Diócesis de Cartagena, Plaza del Cardenal Belluga, 1, 30001 Murcia, SPAIN

                             Parroquia de El Salvador, C/ Canalejas, 85, 30520 Jumilla (Murcia), SPAIN

        website:

5) 26 April in Rome (Italy)

        SETTIMIO MANELLI

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome; married

        born: 25 April  1886 in Teramo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Frati Francescani dell’Immacolata, Via Palazzolo, 2, 00040 Rocca di Papa (RM), ITALY

        website:

6) 01 May in Córdoba (Spain)

        MARÍA NIEVES SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ  (MARÍA NIEVES OF THE HOLY FAMILY)
        professed religious, Sisters of the Pious Schools (Escolapias)
        born: 02 May 1900 in Villanueva, Córdoba (Spain)

        competent diocese: Córdoba

        protocol number: 1833

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 December 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 1994

        publication year of Positio: 1999

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

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

        website:

7) 01 May in Negrag, Verona (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE GIRELLI
        priest of the diocese of Verona
        born: 10 January 1886 in Dossobuono, Verona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Verona

        protocol number: 2460

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 January 2002

        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: Sesta Opera, Casa S. Giuseppe, 37055 Ronco All’Adige (VR), ITALY

        website:

8) 20 June in Genova-Quarto, Genoa (Italy)

        STEFANO FERRANDO
        professed priest, Salesians;

                bishop of Krishnagar;

                founder, Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians
        born: 28 September 1895 in Rossiglione, Genoa (Italy)

        competent diocese: Shillong

        protocol number: 2543

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 11 April 2003 (from the archdiocese of Genoa)

        nihil obstat: 28 April 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 August 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 August 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, Hatigaon, Dispur P.O., Guwahati, 781 006 Assam, INDIA

        website:

9) 30 June in Guatemala City (Guatemala) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        HERMÓGENES LÓPEZ COARCHITA

        priest of the archdiocese of Guatemala

        born: 16 September 1928 in Ciudad Vieja, Sacatepéquez (Guatemala)

        competent diocese: Guatemala

        protocol number: 2737

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 20 July 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 December 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Arquidiócesis de Guatemala, 7 avenida 6-21 zona 1, A.P. 723, Guatemala, 01001 GUATEMALA

        website:

10) 06 August in Vatican City

        PAUL VI [GIOVANNI BATTISTA MONTINI]
        pope
        born: 26 September 1897 in Concesio, Brecia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome/Brescia

        protocol number: 1834

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 March 1993

        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: Associazione Paolo VI, Via Trieste, 13, 25121 Brescia, ITALY

        website:

11) 20 September in Heiligenkreuz, Niederösterreich (Austria)

        HEINRICH BRAUNSTORFER (KARL)
        professed priest, Cistercians
        born: 03 May 1895 in Katzelsdorf, Niederösterreich (Austria)

        competent diocese: Vienna

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Stift Heiligenkreuz, A-2532 Heiligenkreuz in Wienerwald, AUSTRIA

        website:

12) 28 September in Vatican City

        JOHN PAUL I [ALBINO LUCIANI]
        pope
        born: 17 October 1912 in Forno di Canale (now Canale d’Agordo), Belluno (Italy)

        competent diocese: Belluno-Feltre

        protocol number: 2554

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 17 June 2003 (from the  vicariate of Rome)

        nihil obstat: 17 June 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 November 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Centro Papa Luciani, Via Sartena Alta, 1, 32035 Santa Giustina (BL), ITALY

        website:

13) 01 October in Tayabas, Quezon (Philippines)
   
        ALFREDO MARIA OBVIAR
        bishop of Lucena;

                founder, Missionary Catechists of Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus
        born: 29 August 1889 in Lipa, Batangas (Philippines)

        competent diocese: Lucena

        protocol number: 2398

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 06 March 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 27 April 2007

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Missionary Catechists of Saint Therese, Tayabas, 4327 Quezon, PHILIPPINES

        website:

14) 17 October in Castelgandolfo, Rome (Italy)

        MARIA ANTONIETTA BORDONI (MARIA CATERINA)
        layperson of the diocese of Albano;

                founder, Institute of the Work “Mater Dei” (n.o.)
        born: 13 October 1916 in Rome (Italy)

        competent diocese: Albano

        protocol number: 2106

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 May 1996

        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: 

15) 03 November in Vò di Brendola, Vicenza (Italy)

        ELISABETTA TASCA SERENA
        layperson of the diocese of Vicenza; married
        born: 24 April 1899 in San Zenone degli Ezzelini, Treviso (Italy)

        competent diocese: Vicenza

        protocol number: 1831

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 December 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 March 1992

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 1992

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 1993

        publication year of Positio: 1994

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Vice-postulazione, C.P. 1, 31020 S. Zenone degli Ezzelini (TV), ITALY
        website: www.mammaelisabetta.it

16) 05 November in Alicante (Spain)

        PEDRO HERRERO RUBIO
        layperson of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante; married
        born: 29 April 1904 in Alicante (Spain)

        competent diocese: Orihuela-Alicante

        protocol number: 2153

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 28 January 1997

        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: Vicepostulación, Parroquia de San Nicolás, Plaza de Abad Penalva, 2, 03002 Alicante, SPAIN

        website:

17) 05 December in Mexico City (Mexico)

        JUAN [JEAN] FROMENTAL CAYROCHE (BERNARDO FELIPE)
        professed religious, De La Salle Brothers;

                founder, Guadalupan Sisters of La Salle
        born: 27 June 1895 in Chauvets, Lozère (France)

        competent diocese: Mexico City

        protocol number: 2072

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:19 September 1995

        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: Hermanas Guadalupanas de La Salle, C/ Murcia No. 11, Deleg. Benito Juárez,

                                    03920 México D.F., MEXICO

        website: