1) 08 February in Collevalenza, Perugia (Italy)

        María Josefa Alhama Valera (María Speranza 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 diocese: Orvieto-Todi

        protocol number: 1600

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 March 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 1988

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 February 1990

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 12 July 1992

        publication year of Positio: 1993

        meeting of theological consultors: 11 January 2002

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 05 February 2002 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 April 2002

        postulator:

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

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

        website:

2) 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 diocese: Badajoz

        protocol number: 2238

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 July 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 December 1998

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 February 2002

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 13 February 2004

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

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

        website:

3) 12 March in Catania (Italy)

        Pia Cantalupo (Anna)

        professed religious, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

        born: 03 September 1888 in Naples (Italy) 

        competent diocese: Catania

        protocol number: 2180

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 25 June 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 October 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 April 2008

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giuseppe Guerra, cm

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

                             [see also 1996: Marcello Inguscio]

        website:

4) 03 April in Ombachi, Arua (Uganda) 

        Bernardo Sartori

        professed priest, Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

        born: 20 May 1897 in Fazé di Campagna, Treviso (Italy) 

        competent diocese: Arua

        protocol number: 2227

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 1998

        nihil obstat: 19 May 1998

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 14 March 2000

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 04 June 2004

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: [see 1881: Daniele Comboni]

        website:

5) 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 diocese: São Paulo

        protocol number: 2147

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 December 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 May 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 December 1997

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 12 February 1999

        publication year of Positio: 2002

        meeting of theological consultors: 27 April 2004

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 05 October 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2004

        beatification: 05 November 2006

        postulator:

        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:

6) 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 diocese: Bogotá

        protocol number: 2275

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 September 2007

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

        website:

7) 19 August in Ibenga, Masaiti (Zambia)

        Constantino Mazzieri  (Francesco)  

        professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals;

                bishop of Ndola

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

        competent diocese: Ndola

        protocol number: 2275

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 April 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 April 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 December 2001

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

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

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

        website:

8) 21 August in Poznań, Wielkoposlkie (Poland)
   
        ALEKSANDER WOŹNY
        priest of the archdiocese of Poznań
        born: 25 June 1910 in Uzarzewo, Wielkoposlkie (Poland)
 

        competent diocese: Poznán

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: [1936: Kazimierz Rolewski]

        website:

9) 31 August in Milan (Italy)  

        Marcello Candia  

        layperson of the archdiocese of Milan

        born: 27 July 1916 in Milan (Italy)     

        competent diocese: Milan

        protocol number: 1711

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 January 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 January 1991

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 1994

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 15 December 1995

        publication year of Positio: 1998

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

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

        website: http://fondazionecandia.org

10) 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 diocese: Reggio-Emilia-Guastalla

        protocol number: 2683

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 30 September 2005 (from the diocese of Palencia)
        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 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: Servi della Chiesa, P.le S. Domenico, 3, 42100 Reggio Emilia, ITALY

        website:

11) 06 October in New York City (USA)

        Terence James Cooke 

        archbishop of New York; cardinal

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

        competent diocese: New York

        protocol number: 1842

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 August 1992

        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: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

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

        website: http://www.terencecardinalcooke.org

12) 07 November in Guatemala City (Guatemala) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        AUGUSTO RAFAEL RAMÍREZ MONASTERIO

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

        born: 05 November 1937 in Guatemala City (Guatemala)

        competent diocese: Guatemala

        protocol number: 2785

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 04 September 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 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: Frailes Franciscanos, 7a. Av. 27 - 03 - Zona 12, 01012 Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA

        website:

13) 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 diocese: Zaragoza

        protocol number: 2146

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 December 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 12 February 1999

        publication year of Positio: 2001

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

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

        website: http://www.padrepedro.org