1) 04 January in Campanha, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

OTHON MOTTA

bishop of Campanha

born: 12 May 1913 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 

competent forum: Campanha

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2015

opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 November 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. Paolo Vilotta

petitioner: Diocese de Campanha, Rua Maestro Pompeu, 150 – Centro

                           37400-000 – Campanha – MG, BRAZIL

website: www.diocesedacampanha.org.br

2) 07 January in Ambatolaona, Manjakandriana (Madagascar) in odium fidei, uti fertur

SERGIO SORGON

(SERGIO OF SAINT JOSEPH)

professed priest, Discalced Carmelites

born: 12 November 1938 in Fiorentina, San Donà di Piave, Venice (Italy)

competent forum: Moramanga

CCS protocol number: 

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

postulator: Rev. Marco Chiesa, ocd

petitioner: Pères Carmes Dechaux, Lot II Y 34 bis, Ampasanimalo, 101 Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR

website:

3) 29 January in Rome (Italy)

MARIA GEDDA

layperson of the diocese of Rome;

cofounder, Lay Association of Worker Society (n.o.)

born:  25 August 1906 in Modane, Savoie (France) 

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number: 1832

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 11 December 1991

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 21 January 2000

publication of Positio: 2007

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Lucio Migliaccio, omd

petitioner: Società Operaia, P.za Galeno, 5, 00161 Roma, ITALY

website: www.societaoperaia.org

4) 01 March in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

MARÍA CECILIA PERRÍN de BUIDE

layperson of the archdiocese of Bahía Blanca; married;

member, Focolare Movement

born: 22 February 1957 in Punta Alta, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

competent forum: Bahía Blanca

CCS protocol number: 2651

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 08 January 2005 (from Buenos Aires)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 30 November 2005

opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 April 2006

closing of diocesan inquiry: 20 October 2016

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Dr. Carlo Fusco

petitioner: Mariápolis Lía, C.C. 29, B6748WAA O’Higgins, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

                      Causa de Beatificación Cecilia Perrín, Tucumán 64, B8000AOB Bahía Blanca, ARGENTINA

                      [2000: Manuel Pascual Perrín]

website: www.ceciliaperrin.focolares.org.ar

5) 07 March in Rocca di Papa, Rome (Italy)

MARGARITA BAVOSI [LUMINOSA]

layperson of the archdiocese of Madrid;

consecrated member, Focolare Movement

born: 19 September 1941 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

competent forum: Madrid

CCS protocol number: 2607

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 18 May 2004 (from Frascati)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 23 December 2004

opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 January 2005

closing of diocesan inquiry: 22 November 2008

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 16 September 2010

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Dr. Carlo Fusco

petitioner: Causa Luminosa, C/ Poniente, 28 – Las Matas, 28290 Las Rozas (Madrid), SPAIN

website: www.focolares.es

6) 08 March in Ercolano, Naples (Italy)   

MARIA LETIZIA ZAGARI

founder, Daughters of Our Lady of the Eucharist (n.o.)

born: 20 September 1897 in Naples (Italy)

competent forum: Naples

CCS protocol number: 2640

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 23 December 2004

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 March 2005

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 October 2010

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 May 2012

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Gerardo Battaglia

petitioner: Figlie di Nostra Signora dell’Eucaristia, Via Tironi di Moccia, 44, 80056 Ercolano (NA), ITALY

website: www.fnse.it

7) 14 March in Mrah, Baalbek (Lebanon) in odium fidei, uti fertur

NICOLAAS KLUITERS

professed priest, Jesuits

born: 25 May 1940 in Delft, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands) 

competent forum: Beirut of the Latins

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 January 2022

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. Pascual Cebollada Silvestre, sj

petitioner: Compagnie de Jésus – Province du Proche-Orient, Rue de l’Université Saint-Joseph,

                          BP 166 775 – Achrafieh, Beyrouth, 110 2150 LEBANON

website:

8) 24 March in Mexico City (Mexico)

ANA MARÍA GÓMEZ CAMPOS

(ANA MARÍA OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)

cofounder, Daughters of the Holy Spirit (n.o.)

born: 05 July 1894 in Mexico City (Mexico)

competent forum: Mexico

CCS protocol number: 2428

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 12 October 2001

opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 February 2002

closing of diocesan inquiry: 24 March 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. David de Jesús Padrón Delgado, msps

petitioner: Hijas del Espíritu Santo, Calle Patriotismo 54, Col. Escandón, 11800 México D.F., MEXICO

                      [see also 1938: Benôit-Félix Rougier Olanier (Félix of Jesus)]

website: www.hijasespiritusanto.org.mx;

                  www.causascanonizacion.org

9) 02 April in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)

JOAQUIM ARNÓBIO DE ANDRADE

priest of the diocese of Sobral;

founder, Missionary Reparatrix Sisters of the Heart of Jesus (n.o.)  

born: 26 April 1915 in Massapê, Ceará (Brazil) 

competent forum: Sobral

CCS protocol number: 3416

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 2018 (from Fortaleza)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 29 March 2019

opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 September 2019

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 June 2023

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

petitioner: Missionárias Reparadoras do Coração de Jesus, Av. Dom José, 2083 – Dom José

                            62015-400 – Sobral – CE, BRAZIL

website:

10) 14 April in Eldorado dos Carajás, Pará (Brazil) in odium fidei, uti fertur

ADELAIDE MOLINARI

professed religious, Daughters of Divine Charity

born: 02 February 1938 in Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

competent forum: Marabá

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

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: Filhas do Amor Divino – Província Nossa Senhora da Anunciação, Rua Silva Jardim, 2020 – Centro

                            97010-492 – Santa Maria – RS, BRAZIL

website: www.filhasdoamordivino.com.br

11) 28 April at the banks of the Passiá River, Lábrea, Amazonas (Brazil) in odium fidei, uti fertur

CLEUSA CAROLINA RODY COELHO

(MARIA ANJOS OF SAINT JOSEPH)

professed religious, Augustian Recollect Missionary Sisters (n.o.)

born: 12 November 1933 in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espírito Santo (Brazil)

competent forum: Vitória do Espírito Santo

CCS protocol number: 1780

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 09 April 1991

opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 May 1991

closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 April 1993

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 May 1994

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Gabriel Antonio Robles Alonso, oar

petitioner: Missionárias Agostinas Recoletas, Av. República, 288 – Parque Moscoso

                            29020-620 – Vitória – ES, BRAZIL

website: www.misionerasmar.org

12) 20 May in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)

EDUARDO ORTIZ DE LANDÁZURI FERNÁNDEZ DE HEREDIA

layperson of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; married

born: 31 October 1910 in Segovia (Spain)

competent forum: Pamplona-Tudela

CCS protocol number: 2253

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 November 1998

opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 December 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 May 2002

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 June 2003

publication of Positio: 2007

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

petitioner:  Prelatura del Opus Dei en España, C/ Diego de León, 14, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN

                      [1959: María Montserrat Grases García;

                       1972: José María Hernández Garnica;

                       1975: Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia;

                       1992: Tomás Alvira y Alvira;

                       1994: Francisca [Paquita] Domínguez Susín de Alvira;

                       1995: María Encarnación Ortega Pardo;

                      2000: Laura Busca Otaegui de Ortiz de Landázuri]

website: www.opusdei.es

13) 04 June in Tecamachalco, Puebla (Mexico)

MARÍA CRISTINA OLIMPIA MACOTELA DURÁN (MARGARITA MARÍA)

professed religious, Capuchin Poor Clares of the Blessed Sacrament

born: 02 October 1933 in Mexico City (Mexico)

competent forum: Tehuacán

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: 06 June 2003

publication of Positio: 2007

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Fra Carlo Calloni, ofmcap

petitioner: Monasterio Santa Maria de los Angeles de Porciúncula, Apartado Postal 403,

                            54701 Cuautitlan Izcalli, Edo. de México, MEXICO

website:

14) 27 June in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

JOÃO LUIZ POZZOBON

permanent deacon of the diocese of Santa Maria; married;

member, Schönstatt Movement

born: 12 December 1904 in Ribeirão, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

competent forum: Santa Maria

CCS protocol number: 2036

type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 December 1994

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 27 March 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry: 12 March 2009

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 23 April 2010

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

petitioner: Causa Diácono João Luiz Pozzobon, Rua Fioravante Spiazzi, 1530 – N. Sra. Dores

                            97015-004 – Santa Maria – RS, BRAZIL

website: diocesesantamaria.org.br 

15) 24 July in Fazenda Catuva, Rondolândia, Mato Grosso (Brazil) in odium fidei, uti fertur

EZECHIELE RAMIN

professed priest, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus

born: 09 February 1953 in Padua (Italy)

competent forum: Ji-Paraná

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2016

opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 April 2016

     opening of rogatory inquiry (Padua): 09 April 2016

closing of diocesan inquiry: 04 March 2017

     closing of rogatory inquiry (Padua): 25 March 2017

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Arnaldo Baritussio, mcci

petitioner: Missionários Combonianos, Rua José Rubens, 15 – Caxingui

                            05515-000 – São Paulo – SP, BRAZIL

website:

16) 25 August  in Varazze (Italy)

LEONE RAMOGNINO

(GIOACCHINO OF THE QUEEN OF PEACE) [NINO]

professed religious, Discalced Carmelites

born: 12 February 1890 in Sassello, Savona (Italy)

competent forum: Acqui

CCS protocol number: 2989

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum:

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 29 August 2012

opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 2012

closing of diocesan inquiry: 06 January 2015

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 May 2016

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Marco Chiesa, ocd

petitioner: Carmelitani Scalzi, Deserto di Varazze, Via al Deserto, 19, 17019 Varazze, ITALY

website:

17) 06 October in Khmil’nyk, Vinnytsia (Ukraine)

DANYLO BAKHTALOVS’KYI (ROMAN)

[ДанилО БАХТАЛОВСЬКИЙ (РОМАН)]

professed priest, Redemptorists;

founder, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Fatima (n.o.)

born: 21 October 1897 in Yabluniv, Ternopil (Ukraine)

competent forum: Lviv of the Ukrainians

CCS protocol number: 2665

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 30 September 2005

opening of eparchial inquiry: 22 November 2006

closing of eparchial inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Rev. Antonio Marrazzo, cssr

petitioner: Redemptorysty, vul. Zamarstynivs’ka, 225, 79068 m. L’viv, UKRAINE

                      [Редемптористи, вул. Замарстинівська, 225, 79068 м. Львів, Україна]

                      Sestry Neporochnoho Sertsia Marii, vul. Shevchenka, 4, 47201 m. Zboriv, Ternopil’s’ka obl., UKRAINE

                      [Сестри Непорочного серця Марії Фатімської, вул. Шевченка, 4, 47201 м. Зборів,

                            Тернопільська обл., Україна]

website: www.cssr.lviv.ua

18) 30 October in Chapotera, Lifidzi, Angónia (Mozambique) in odium fidei, uti fertur

JOÃO DE DEUS GONÇALVES KAMTEDZA

professed priest, Jesuits

born: 08 March 1930 in Vila Mouzinho, Tete (Mozambique)

SÍLVIO ALVES MOREIRA

professed priest, Jesuits

born: 16 April 1941 in Rio Meão, Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal)

competent forum: Tete

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 02 September 2021

opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 2021

closing of diocesan inquiry: 12 August 2023

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator:

petitioner: Diocese de Tete, Rua Pe. Domingos Ferrão, 81, C.P. 218, Tete, MOZAMBIQUE

website: diocesetete.org

19) 12 November in Rome (Italy)

ALFREDO GREGORI (ILDEBRANDO)

professed priest, Benedictines (Sylvestrine Congregation);

founder, Benedictine Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face (n.o.)

born: 08 May 1894 in Poggio Cinolfo, L’Aquila (Italy)

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number: 1886

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 28 October 1992

opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 December 1992

closing of diocesan inquiry: 03 July 2007

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 30 January 2009

publication of Positio: 2011

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 November 2014

postulator: Dom Simone Tonini, osb silv

petitioner: Suore Riparatrici del S. Volto, Via della Conciliazione, 15, 00193 Roma, ITALY

                      Postulazione dei Benedettini Silvestrini, Via S. Stefano del Cacco 26, 00186 Roma, ITALY

website: sanvincenzo.silvestrini.org

20) 25 November in Totatiche, Jalisco (Mexico)

JOSÉ DEL PILAR QUEZADA VALDÉS

bishop of Acapulco

born: 21 October 1900 in Acaspoles, Totatiche, Jalisco (Mexico)

competent forum: Acapulco

CCS protocol number: 2063

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 30 June 1995 (from Guadalajara)

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: Arquidiócesis de Acapulco, Quebrada # 16, Centro, 39300 Acapulco, Gro., MEXICO

website:

21) 05 December in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)

ALEXIA GONZÁLEZ-BARROS GONZÁLEZ

child of the archdiocese of Madrid

born: 07 March 1971 in Madrid (Spain)

competent forum: Madrid

CCS protocol number: 1776

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 11 January 1991 (from Pamplona-Tudela)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 08 February 1993

opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 April 1993

closing of diocesan inquiry: 01 June 1994

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 11 November 1994

publication of Positio: 2000

particular congress of theological consultors: 12 October 2017

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 03 July 2018

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2018

postulator: Rev. Antonio Rodríguez de Rivera

petitioner: Asociación de la Causa de B. de Alexia, C/ Lucio del Valle, 15, 28002 Madrid, SPAIN

website: www.alexiagb.org

22) 14 December in Combermere, Ontario (Canada)

CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY

layperson of the diocese of Pembroke; married;

founder, Madonna House Apostolate

born: 15 August 1896 in Nizhniy-Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast’ (Russia)

competent forum: Pembroke

CCS protocol number: 2637

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 15 December 2004

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: Madonna House Apostolate, 2888 Dafoe Rd., Combermere, ON, K0J 1L0, CANADA

website: www.catherinedoherty.org

23) 14 December in Porto Nacional, Tocantins (Brazil)

ALANO MARIA [ALAIN-MARIE] DU NODAY

professed priest, Dominicans;

bishop of Porto Nacional

born: 03 November 1899 in Saint-Servant, Morbihan (France)

competent forum: Porto Nacional

CCS protocol number: 2537

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: Diocese de Porto Nacional, Rua Dr. Francisco Aires, 306 – Centro

                            C.P. 13, 77500-000 – Porto Nacional – TO, BRAZIL

website: