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)

        eparchy of competent bishop: Lviv of the Ukrainians

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni, sdb

        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) 15 February in Milan (Italy)

        BRUNO COMOLLI

        layperson of the archdiocese of Vercelli

        born: 05 October 1948 in Landiona, Novara (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Vercelli

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 2010

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

        petitioner: Parrocchia di SS. Pietro e Paolo, Via della Chiesa, 8, 28060 Landiona (NO), ITALY

        website:

3) 19 February in Beirut (Lebanon)

        ROMANO BOTTEGAL

        professed priest, Trappists

        born: 28 December 1921 in San Donato di Lamon, Belluno (Italy)

        eparchy of competent bishop: Baalbek of the Greek Melkites

        CCS 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

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 30 May 2003

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2005

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Sr. Augusta Tescari, ocso

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

        website:

4) 17 April in Rome (Italy)

        LUIGIA [LUIGINA] SINAPI

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome

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

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 2574

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 March 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 May 2009

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap

        petitioner: Associazione Amici di Luigina Sinapi, Via del Mortaro, 24, 00187 Roma, ITALY

        website:

5) 20 April in Jumilla, Murcia (Spain)

        JUAN PACO BAEZA

        priest of the diocese of Cartagena

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

        diocese of competent bishop: Cartagena (Spain)

        CCS protocol number: 2596

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 March 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 November 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 February 2010

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

        petitioner: Diócesis de Cartagena, Plaza del Cardenal Belluga, 1, 30001 Murcia, SPAIN

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

        website:

6) 26 April in Rome (Italy)

        SETTIMIO MANELLI

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome; married

        born: 25 April 1886 in Teramo (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 December 2010

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Fra Massimiliano Pio Maria Maffei, fi

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

                             [2004: Licia Gualandris Manelli]

        website: www.settimioelicia.com

7) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Córdoba

        CCS protocol number: 1833

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 December 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1999

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Sr. María Luisa Labarta Araguás, schp

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

        website:

8) 01 May in Negrag, Verona (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE GIRELLI

        priest of the diocese of Verona

        born: 10 January 1886 in Dossobuono, Verona (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Verona

        CCS protocol number: 2460

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 January 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 09 March 2007

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2010

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap

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

        website:

9) 09 May in Rome (Italy)

        ALDO MORO

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome; married

        born: 23 September 1916 in Maglie, Lecce (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Dr. Nicola Giampaolo

        petitioner: Federazione dei Centri Studi Aldo Moro e Renato Dell’Andro,

                               c/o Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, P.za Umberto I, 1, 70121 Bari, ITALY

        website:

10) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Shillong

        CCS 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

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 October 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2012

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni, sdb

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

        website:

11) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Guatemala

        CCS protocol number: 2737

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 20 July 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 December 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Frt. Santiago Otero Díez, fms

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

        website:

12) 06 August in Castelgandolfo, Rome (Italy)

        PAUL VI [GIOVANNI BATTISTA MONTINI]

        pope

        born: 26 September 1897 in Concesio, Brecia (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome/Brescia

        CCS protocol number: 1834

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 March 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 September 1999

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:  10 December 2012

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2012

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 10 November 2006

            meeting of the Medical Board: 

        postulator: Rev. Antonio Marrazzo, cssr

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

        website:

13) 20 September in Heiligenkreuz, Niederösterreich (Austria)

        HEINRICH BRAUNSTORFER (KARL)

        professed priest, Cistercians

        born: 03 May 1895 in Katzelsdorf, Niederösterreich (Austria)

        diocese of competent bishop: Vienna

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 November 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Rev. Ludwig Maria Trinker, ocist

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

        website: www.abt-karl.at

14) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Belluno-Feltre

        CCS 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

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 June 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 14 May 2007

                                                                 (diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonte)

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 30 May 2009

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 25 March 2010

        postulator: Mons. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb

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

        website: www.amicipapaluciani.it

15) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lucena

        CCS protocol number: 2398

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 March 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 28 May 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 2005

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 27 April 2007

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Sr. Renata Rarela, mcst

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

        website: www.mcst.com.ph

16) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Albano

        CCS protocol number: 2106

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 May 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 28 June 1996

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 October 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 December 2002

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Opera “Mater Dei”, Viale B. Buozzi, 42, 00040 Castelgandolfo (RM), ITALY

        website:

17) 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)

        diocese of competent bishop: Vicenza

        CCS 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

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1994

        particular meeting of theological consultors: 20 June 2009

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

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

        website: www.mammaelisabetta.it

18) 05 November in Alicante (Spain)

        PEDRO HERRERO RUBIO

        layperson of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante; married

        born: 29 April 1904 in Alicante (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Orihuela-Alicante

        CCS protocol number: 2153

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 28 January 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 June 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 June 1998

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 21 May 1999

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2011

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        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: 09 March 2007

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

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

        website: www.diocesisoa.org/pedroherrero/index.html

19) 05 December in Mexico City (Mexico)

        JUAN PROSPERO [JEAN PROSPER] FROMENTAL CAYROCHE (BERNARDO FELIPE)

        professed religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers);

                founder, Guadalupan Sisters of de La Salle

        born: 27 June 1895 in Chauvets, Lozère (France)

        diocese of competent bishop: Mexico

        CCS protocol number: 2072

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 August 1995

        nihil obstat: 19 September 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 February 1999

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 01 December 2000

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2005

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Frt. Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli, fsc

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

                                    03920 México D.F., MEXICO

        website: www.hgs.org.mx