1) 02 January in Catania (Italy)

        ANNA MARIA RITTER INGUSCIO

        layperson of the archdiocese of Catania; married;

                consecrated member, Ecclesial Family of Church-World Mission (n.o.)

        born: 23 August 1938 in Catania (Italy)

        competent forum: Catania

        CCS protocol number: 2426

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 September 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 November 2001

        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:         

        petitioner: [see 1996: Marcello Inguscio]

        website: www.chiesa-mondo.it/new/marcello-annamaria-inguscio.php

2) 03 January in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

        JOÃO BENVEGNÚ

        priest of the diocese of Passo Fundo

        born: 12 August 1907 in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

        competent forum: Passo Fundo

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 31 August 2011

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2011

        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. Avelino Pinzetta       

        vice-postulator: Rev. João Foschiera

        petitioner: Paróquia São Domingos, Rua Mons. João Benvegnú, 372  – Centro

                                     99270-000 – São Domingos do Sul – RS, BRAZIL

        website: www.monsenhorjoao.com.br

3) 09 January in Lubaga, Kampala (Uganda)

        ALOIZIO NGOBYA

        priest of the diocese of Masaka

        born: 18 November 1896 in Mulema, Kyanamukaaka, Masaka (Uganda)

        competent forum: Masaka

        CCS protocol number: 3017

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        transfer of competent forum: 17 November 2011 (from Kampala)

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 April 2012

        nihil obstat: 26 April 2012

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 03 February 2016

        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. Waldery Hilgeman

        vice-postulator: Bro. Reginald Cruz, cfx

        petitioner: Diocese of Masaka, P.O. Box 70, Masaka, UGANDA

        website: www.masakadiocese.org

4-5) 18 January at the Petén forest (Guatemala)

        ARÍSTIDES CALVANI SILVA

        layperson of the archdiocese of Caracas; married

        born: 19 January 1918 in Port-of-Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

        ADELA RINA ABBO FONTANA de CALVANI

        layperson of the archdiocese of Caracas; married

        born: 02 December 1919 in Cúcuta, Lara (Venezuela)

        competent forum: Caracas

        CCS protocol number: 2293 (Arístides Calvani Silva);

                                                   2294 (Adela Rina Abbo Fontana de Calvani)

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 June 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 January 2002

        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:         

        petitioner: Asociación “Viudas de Naím,” Apdo. 68669, Caracas 1062-A, VENEZUELA

        website:

6) 18 January in Kraków (Poland)

        HELENA [CHAJE] MARIA MAGDALENA KALB (EMANUELA)

        professed religious, Canonesses of the Holy Spirit of Sassia (n.o.)

        born: 26 August 1899 in Jarosław (Poland)

        competent forum: Kraków

        CCS protocol number: 2416

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 15 June 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 September 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 May 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2010

        particular meeting of theological consultors: 28 November 2013

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 14 December 2015

        postulator: Sr. Immakulata Alina Kraska, css

        petitioner: Siostry Kanoniczki Ducha Świętego, ul. Szpitalna 10, 31-024 Kraków, POLAND

        website: www.kanoniczki.pl

7) 22 January in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie (Poland)

        WILHELM PLUTA

        bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

        born: 09 January 1910 in Kochłowice, Śląskie (Poland)

        competent forum: Zielona Góra-Gorzów

        CCS protocol number: 2440

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 November 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 January 2002

        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. Dariusz Gronowski

        petitioner: Diecezja Zielonogórsko-Gorzowska, pl. Powstańców Wlkp. 1, skr. pocst. 178,

                                     65-075 Zielona Góra, POLAND

        website: www.wilhelmpluta.pl

8) 24 March in Cairo (Egypt)

        BOUŢROS WADIH KASSAB (بطرس وديع كسّاب)

        layperson of the patriarchal exarchate of

             Alexandria of the Greek Melkites; married

        born: 08 August 1913 in Cairo (Egypt)

        competent forum: Alexandria of the Greek Melkites

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 2013

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 August 2015

        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. Maurice Khoury

        petitioner: Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate, 16 El-Zaher, 11271 Cairo, EGYPT

                             Egyptian Catholic Youth Association, 18 Taha Al Syoufi St. off El-Itihad Church St.,

                                   Ghamrah, El-Zaher, Cairo Governorate, EGYPT

                             [ جمعية الشباب الكاثوليكي المصري - 18 شارع طه السيوفي من شارع كنيسة الاتحاد - غمرة - السكاكيني - القاهرة - مصر ]

        website: catholic-eg.com;

                          www.acje.org  

Note: In several Arabic circles, the name is variably Romanized as “Boutros Cassab.”

9) 14 April in Maggiora, Novara (Italy)

        DANIELA ZANETTA

        young layperson of the diocese of Novara;

                member, Focolare Movement

        born: 15 December 1962 in Maggiora, Novara (Italy)

        competent forum: Novara

        CCS protocol number: 2620

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 28 September 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 October 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 29 April 2006

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 22 February 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        postulator: Dr. Francesca Consolini

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Novara – Ufficio Famiglia, Via Puccini, 11, 28100 Novara, ITALY

        website: www.danielazanetta.it

10) 18 May in Milan (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE LAZZATI

        layperson of the archdiocese of Milan;

                founder, Secular Institute of Christ the King (n.o.)

        born: 22 June 1909 in Milan (Italy)

        competent forum: Milan

        CCS protocol number: 1918

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 June 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 December 1994

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 14 December 1996

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 October 1997

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2001

        particular meeting of theological consultors: 07 October 2011

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 04 June 2013

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2013

        postulator: Dr. Pier Giorgio Confalonieri 

        petitioner: Istituto Secolare Cristo Re, Via Alessandro Stradella 10, 20129 Milano, ITALY

        website: www.giuseppelazzati.it

11) 28 May in Rome (Italy)

        PIER CARLO LANDUCCI

        priest of the vicariate of Rome

        born:  01 December 1900 in Santa Vittoria in Matenano, Ascoli Piceno (Italy)

        competent forum: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 2711

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 24 March 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 04 June 2008

        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:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 23 May 2014

        postulator: Mons. Giovanni Battista Proja

        petitioner: Vicariato di Roma, P.za S. Giovanni in Laterano, 6/a, 00184 Roma, ITALY

        website:

12) 05 July in Rome (Italy)

        ELISA GIAMBELLUCA

        layperson of the diocese of Cefalù;

                member, Teresian Institute

        born: 30 April 1941 in Isnello, Palermo (Italy)

        competent forum: Cefalù

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        transfer of competent forum:

        nihil obstat: 14 March 2009

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 March 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 02 July 2011

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 September 2012

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        postulator: Dr. Encarnación González Rodríguez

        petitioner: Istituzione Teresiana, Via Cornelio Celso 1, 00161 Roma, ITALY

        website: www.istituzioneteresiana.it

13) 12 July in Oneşti, Bacău (Romania)

        MARTIN BENEDICT

        professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals

        born: 31 July 1931 in Galbeni, Bacău (Romania)

        competent forum: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 2745

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 21 November 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 April 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 June 2012

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 May 2013

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        postulator: Fra Angelo Paleri, ofmconv

        petitioner: Cauza Pr. Dr. Martin Benedict, Str. Arcadie Şeptilici, 1/A, 600234 Bacău, ROMANIA

        website: martinbenedict.org

14) 20 August in Carcastillo, Navarra (Spain)

        ZACARÍAS SANTAMARÍA ARAMENDÍA

        professed religious, Trappists

        born: 10 June 1907 in Oteiza de la Solana, Navarra (Spain)

        competent forum: Pamplona-Tudela

        CCS protocol number: 2523

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 December 2002

        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: Sr. Augusta Tescari, ocso

        petitioner: Monasterio Cisterciense de Santa María de la Oliva, 31310 Carcastillo (Navarra), SPAIN

        website: www.monasteriodelaoliva.eu

15) 19 September in Verona (Italy)

        ALESSANDRO NOTTEGAR

        layperson of the diocese of Verona; married;

                founder, Queen of Peace Community (n.o.)

        born: 30 October 1943 in Verona (Italy)

        competent forum: Verona

        CCS protocol number: 2763

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 February 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 May 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 06 June 2009

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 23 April 2010

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Comunità Regina Pacis, Via Bonuzzo S. Ana, 11, 37128 Verona, ITALY

        website: www.reginapacis.vr.it

16) 15 December in Aiguebelle, Montjoyer, Drôme (France)

        JOSEPH FAYE

        apostolic prefect of Ziguinchor;

                professed priest, Trappists

        born: 22 May 1905 in Sédhiou, Kolda (Senegal)

        competent forum: Ziguinchor

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        transfer of competent forum:

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Evêché de Ziguinchor, Rue du Dr. Gabriel Carvalho, B.P. 23, Ziguinchor, SENEGAL

        website:

17) 27 December in Prato (Italy)

        CAROLINA BELLANDI PALLADINI

        layperson of the diocese of Prato; married;

                member, Secular Franciscans

        born: 17 May 1895 in Borgo San Lorenzo, Florence (Italy)

        competent forum: Firenze

        CCS protocol number: 2343

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        transfer of competent forum: 14 April 2000 (from Prato)

        nihil obstat: 05 February 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 October 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  25 October 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2006

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        postulator: Fra Carlo Calloni, ofmcap   

        petitioner: Eremo “La Maddalena”, 53045 Montepulciano (SI), ITALY

                             Frati Minori Cappuccini, Via A. Diaz, 15, 59100 Prato, ITALY

                             Ordine degli Francescani Secolari di Toscana, Via G. Giusti, 5, 58100 Grosseto, ITALY

        website: