1) 09 January in Rome (Italy)

PALMIRA VIOLA (MARIA ANSELMA)

founder, Missionary Catechist Sisters of Jesus the Redeemer (n.o.)

born: 10 April 1892 in Falvaterra, Frosinone (Italy) 

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 March 2017

closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 July 2019

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: Suore Missionarie Catechiste di Gesù Redentore, Largo Piccola Lourdes, 1, 00155 Roma, ITALY

website: www.suoreinmissione.org

2) 17 January in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena (Italy)

MARIA TERESA CARLONI

layperson of the archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado

born: 09 October 1919 in Urbania, Pesaro (Italy) 

competent forum: Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2014

opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 2016

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Dr. Volodymyr Pashkovsky

petitioner: [see 1938: Domenico Bartolomei]

website: www.mariateresacarloni.org

3) 08 February in Collevalenza, Perugia (Italy)

María Josefa Alhama Valera (María ESperanza of Jesus)

founder, Handmaids of Merciful Love (n.o.)

and Sons of Merciful Love (n.o.)     

born: 30 September 1893 in Santomera, Murcia (Spain)   

competent forum: Orvieto-Todi

CCS protocol number: 1600

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 09 March 1988

opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 1988

closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 February 1990

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 June 1992

publication of Positio: 1993

particular congress of theological consultors: 11 January 2002

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05 February 2002 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 April 2002

    opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 25 May 2001

    closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 16 July 2001

    decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 01 April 2004

    meeting of the Medical Board: 14 June 2012

beatification: 31 May 2014

postulator: Rev. Pietro Riva, fmi

petitioner: Ancelle dell’Amore Misericordioso, Via Casilina 323, 00176 Roma, ITALY

                     Figli dell’Amore Misericordioso, Santuario dell’Amore Misericordioso, 06050 Collevalenza (PG), ITALY

website: www.amormisericordioso.org;

                 www.collevalenza.it

4) 14 February in Badajoz (Spain)

Luis Zambrano Blanco

priest of the archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz;

founder, Secular Institute of the Hearth of Nazareth (n.o.)

born: 23 December 1909 in Fuente del Maestre, Badajoz (Spain)

competent forum: Mérida-Badajoz

CCS protocol number: 2238

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 18 July 1998

opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 December 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 February 2002

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 February 2004

publication of Positio: 2010

particular congress of theological consultors: 01 October 2015

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 04 October 2016

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 10 October 2016

postulator: Rev. Antonio Sáez de Albéniz, osst

petitioner: Instituto Secular “Hogar de Nazaret”, C/ Santo Domingo 73, 06001 Badajoz, SPAIN

website:

5) 17 March in Catania (Italy)

Pia Cantalupo (Anna)

vowed member, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

born: 03 September 1888 in Naples (Italy) 

competent forum: Catania

CCS protocol number: 2180

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 25 June 1997

opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 October 1997

closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 April 2008

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 September 2009

publication of Positio: 2020

particular congress of theological consultors: 23 June 2022

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 20 June 2023

postulator: Rev. Serhiy Pavlish, cm

petitioner: Figlie della Carità, Casa della Carità, Via S. Pietro, 49, 95128 Catania, ITALY

                      [see also 1996: Marcello Inguscio]

website:

6) 03 April in Ombaci, Arua (Uganda) 

Bernardo Sartori

professed priest, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus

born: 20 May 1897 in Falzè di Trevignano, Treviso (Italy) 

competent forum: Arua

CCS protocol number: 2227

type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 1998

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 19 May 1998

     opening of rogatory inquiry (Lucera-Troia): 11 February 1999

     opening of rogatory inquiry (Treviso): 08 March 1999

     closing of rogatory inquiry (Treviso): 12 June 1999

closing of diocesan inquiry: 14 March 2000 

     closing of rogatory inquiry (Lucera-Troia): 03 June 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiries: 04 June 2004

publication of Positio: 2014

particular congress of theological consultors: 04 February 2021

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 07 December 2021

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 December 2021

postulator: Rev. Cosimo De Iaco, mcci

petitioner: [see 1881: Daniele Comboni]

website:

7) 05 April in São Paulo (Brazil)  

Mariano de la Mata AparÍcio

professed priest, Augustinians

born: 31 December 1905 in La Puebla de Valdavia, Palencia (Spain)

competent forum: São Paulo

CCS protocol number: 2147

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 December 1996

opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 May 1997

closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 December 1997

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 February 1999

publication of Positio: 2002

particular congress of theological consultors: 27 April 2004

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05 October 2004

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2004

beatification: 05 November 2006

postulator: Fr. Justo Díaz Villarreal, osa

petitioner: Agostinianos – Vicariato do Ssmo. Nome de Jesus do Brasil, Rua Dona Brígida, 671 – Vila Mariana

                            04111-081 – São Paulo – SP, Brazil

                      Paróquia Santo Agostinho, Praça S. Agostinho, 79 – Liberdade

                            01533-070 – São Paulo – SP, Brazil

website: www.padremariano.org.br

8) 12 April in Bogotá (Colobia)

EMILIO SOTOMAYOR LUQUE  

priest of the archdiocese of Bogotá;

founder, Religious Sisters of Social Communication (n.o.)

born: 15 September 1900 in Subachoque, Cundinamarca (Colombia)  

competent forum: Bogotá

CCS protocol number: 2275

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 29 September 2007

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: Religiosas de la Comunicación Social, Calle 19 N. 1-11, Apartado aéreo 34006, Bogotá, COLOMBIA

website: recomso.org

9) 21 June in Pembroke, Massachusetts (United States)

José Luis Múzquiz de Miguel [Joseph Múzquiz]

priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei

born: 14 October 1912 in Badajoz (Spain)  

competent forum: Boston

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2010

opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 June 2011

closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 May 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. David Cavanagh

petitioner: Prelature of Opus Dei - Office for the Causes of Saints, 

                            139 E. 34th St., New York, NY 10016, USA

website: www.josephmuzquiz.org

10) 14 August in Progreso de Obregón, Hidalgo (Mexico)

JAVIER GUADALUPE HERNÁNDEZ ASCENCIO  

priest of the diocese of Tula

born: 06 December 1906 in San José de Gracia, Jalisco (Mexico)  

competent forum: Tula

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: Diócesis de Tula, 5 de Mayo no. 5, Centro, 42800 Tula de Allende, Hgo., MEXICO

website: www.diocesisdetula.org

11) 19 August in Ibenga, Masaiti (Zambia)

Costantino Mazzieri (Francesco)  

professed priest, Conventual Franciscans;

bishop of Ndola

born: 25 March 1889 in Abbadia di Osimo, Ancona (Italy)  

competent forum: Ndola

CCS protocol number: 2275

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 April 1999

opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 April 2000

closing of diocesan inquiry: 26 September 2001

     opening of rogatory inquiry (Ancona-Osimo): 05 December 2001

     closing of rogatory inquiry (Ancona-Osimo): 23 November 2003

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 16 December 2005

publication of Positio: 2019

particular congress of theological consultors: 19 January 2021

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 15 March 2022

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 April 2022

postulator: Fra Raimundo Valdo Nogueira, ofmconv

petitioner: Diocese of Ndola, 445 Evelyn Crescent, P.O. Box 70244, Ndola, Zambia

                      Franciscan Conventual Province of Zambia, Franciscan Centre, P.O. Box 70992, Ndola, ZAMBIA

website:

12) 21 August in Poznań (Poland)

ALEKSANDER WOŹNY

priest of the archdiocese of Poznań

born: 25 June 1910 in Uzarzewo, Swarzędz, Poznań (Poland)

competent forum: Poznań

CCS protocol number: 3122

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 22 October 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 January 2014

closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 May 2015

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 March 2016

publication of Positio: 2019

particular congress of theological consultors: 01 February 2022

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 08 November 2022

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 17 December 2022

postulator: Rev. Wojciech Mueller

petitioner: Parafia Św. Jana Kantego, ul. Grunwaldzka 86, 61-311 Poznań, POLAND

                      [see also 1936: Kazimierz Rolewski]

website: www.aleksanderwozny.archpoznan.pl

13) 31 August in Milan (Italy)  

Marcello Candia  

layperson of the archdiocese of Milan

born: 27 July 1916 in Portici, Naples (Italy)     

competent forum: Milan

CCS protocol number: 1711

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 20 January 1990

opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 January 1991

closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 1994

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 December 1995

publication of Positio: 1998

particular congress of theological consultors: 08 March 2013

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 17 June 2014

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 08 July 2014

postulator: Dr. Francesca Amedea Consolini

petitioner: Fondazione Dottor M. Candia, Via Pietro Colletta 21, 20135 Milano, ITALY

website: fondazionecandia.org

14) 27 September in Palencia (Spain)

GIUSEPPE DINO TORREGGIANI

priest of the diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla;

founder, Secular Institute of the Servants of the Church (n.o.)

born: 08 September 1905 in Masone, Reggio Emilia (Italy)

competent forum: Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

CCS protocol number: 2683

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 30 September 2005 (from Palencia)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 30 September 2005

opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 March 2006

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Piergiorgio Saviola

petitioner: Servi della Chiesa, P.le S. Domenico, 3, 42100 Reggio Emilia, ITALY

website: www.servidellachiesa.it

15) 06 October in Alto Calilegua, Jujuy (Argentina)

TARCISIO RUBIN 

professed priest, Scalabrinians

born: 06 May 1929 in Loreggia, Padua (Italy) 

competent forum: Jujuy

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 27 November 2008

opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 March 2009

closing of diocesan inquiry: 31 October 2018

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Graziano Battistella, cs

petitioner: [see 1905: Giovanni Battista Sclabrini]

information: Misioneros Scalabrinianos – Provincia de San José, Independencia 20,

                            C1099AAN Distrito Federal, ARGENTINA

website: www.scalabrinianos.org.ar

16) 06 October in New York City, New York (United States)

Terence James Cooke 

archbishop of New York;

cardinal

born: 01 March 1921 in New York City, New York (United States) 

competent forum: New York

CCS protocol number: 1842

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 18 August 1992

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 09 June 2007

publication of Positio: 2010

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: The Cardinal Cooke Guild, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10222, USA

website: www.terencecardinalcooke.org

17) 06 October in Seano, Carmignano, Prato (Italy)

RENZO Pietro BURICCHI 

layperson of the diocese of Prato; married

born: 01 March 1921 in Seano, Carmignano, Prato (Italy)

competent forum: Prato

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 October 2022

closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 October 2025

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Alessandro Andreini

petitioner: Diocesi di Prato, P.za Duomo 48, 59100 Prato (PO), ITALY

website: www.cenacolorenzoburicchi.it

18) 07 November in Guatemala City (Guatemala) in odium fidei

AUGUSTO RAFAEL RAMÍREZ MONASTERIO

professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

born: 05 November 1937 in Guatemala City (Guatemala)

competent forum: Guatemala

CCS protocol number: 2785

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 04 September 2007

opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 January 2008

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 July 2012

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 26 April 2013

publication of Positio: 2023

particular congress of theological consultors: 24 October 2024

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 20 January 2026

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 22 January 2026

beatification: 07 November 2026

postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

petitioner: Provincia Franciscana Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe,

                            7a. Av. 27 - 03 - Zona 12, 01012 Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA

website: frayaugustoramirezmonasterio.jimdo.com

19) 14 December in Zaragoza (Spain) 

Pedro Díez Gil 

(PEDRO OF THE VIRGIN OF MOUNT CARMEL) 

professed priest, Piarists

born: 14 April 1913  in Pampliega, Burgos (Spain)

competent forum: Zaragoza

CCS protocol number: 2146

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 December 1996

opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 May 1997

closing of diocesan inquiry: 14 February 1998

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 February 1999

publication of Positio: 2001

particular congress of theological consultors: 21 November 2017

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 02 May 2023

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 May 2023

postulator: Rev. Ángel Ayala Guijarro, schp

petitioner: Provinicia Escolapia de Aragón, Avda. César Augusto, 37, 50003 Zaragoza, SPAIN

website: www.padrepedro.org