1)  08 February in Barcelona (Spain)

MARÍA BENEDICTA DAIBER HEYNE

layperson of the archdiocese of Barcelona

born: 02 December 1904 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

competent forum: Barcelona

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 08 August 2011

opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 2013

closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 March 2018

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Fra Massimo Mancini, op

petitioner: Amigos de Mª Benedicta, Gran de Gracia, 241, 2º, 08012 Barcelona, SPAIN

website:

2)  08 February in Brusciano, Naples (Italy)

GIOVANNA [NINA] LANZA

consecrated member, Secular Institute of the Little Franciscan Family (n.o.)

born: 15 August 1907 in Brusciano, Naples (Italy)

competent forum: Nola

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: Fra Massimiliano Noviello, ofmcap

petitioner: Parrocchia di San Sebastiano Martire, Via Quattromani 48, 80031 Brusciano (NA), ITALY

website: www.sorellaninalanza.it

3) 27 February in Carlsberg, Bad Dürkheim (Germany)

FRANCISZEK BLACHNICKI

priest of the diocese of Katowice;

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

born: 24 March 1921 in Rybnik (Poland)

competent forum: Katowice

CCS protocol number: 2042

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 21 April 1995

opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 December 1995

closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 November 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 29 November 2002

publication of Positio: 2013

particular congress of theological consultors: 16 October 2014

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 22 September 2015

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 30 September 2015

postulator: Bp. Adam Wodarczyk

petitioner: Instytut Niepokalanej Matki Kościoła, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 148, 30-212 Kraków, POLAND

                      Centrum Swiatło-Życie, ul. Kościuszki 28, 34-450 Krościenko nad Dunajcem, POLAND

website: blachnicki.oaza.pl

4) 24 March in Sanfré, Cuneo (Italy)

ORSOLA MARIA RIVATA

(MARIA SCOLASTICA OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE)

professed religious, Sister Disciples of the Divine Master

born: 12 July 1897 in Guarene, Cuneo (Italy)

competent forum: Alba

CCS protocol number: 1892

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 07 January 1993

opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 March 1993

closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 1994

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 02 December 1994

publication of Positio: 2009

particular congress of theological consultors: 22 June 2012

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05 November 2013

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 December 2013

postulator: Rev. Domenico Soliman, ssp

petitioner: Pie Discepole del Divin Maestro, Via Gabriele Rossetti, 17, C.P. 30091, 00151 Roma, ITALY

website: www.pddm.org/scolastica 

5) 27 March in Lira (Uganda)

GIUSEPPE AMBROSOLI

professed priest, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus

born: 25 July 1923 in Ronago, Como (Italy)

competent forum: Gulu

CCS protocol number: 2281

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 16 April 1999 (from Lira)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 17 July 1999

opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 August 1999

     opening of rogatory inquiry (Como): 07 November 1999

closing of diocesan inquiry:  04 February 2001

     closing of rogatory inquiry (Como): 30 June 2001

decree on validity of diocesan inquiries: 04 June 2004

publication of Positio: 2009

particular congress of theological consultors: 04 December 2014

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 15 December 2015

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 17 December 2015

    competent forum for inquiry on miracle for beatification: Moroto

    opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 17 September 2010

    promulgation of decree on miracle: 28 November 2019

the rapid, complete and lasting healing of [Lucia Lomokol,] a twenty-year-old young woman, from secondary septic shock from purulent chorioamnionitis, septic pelvic thrombophlebitis, and deep thrombosis on the great saphenous vein of the left lower limb with gangrenous dermatitis on the lower half of the leg, on 25 October 2008 at Saint Kizito Hospital in Matany (Uganda). [decretum super miraculo; name disclosed in public media]

beatification: 20 November 2022

postulator: Rev. Arnaldo Baritussio, mcci     

petitioner: [see 1881: Daniele Comboni]

website: www.comboni.org

6) 04 April in Tresigallo, Ferrara (Italy)

LAURA VINCENZI

young layperson of the archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio

born: 06 June 1963 in Ferrara (Italy)

competent forum: Ferrara-Comacchio

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2016

opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 December 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. Silvia Mónica Correale

petitioner: Azione Cattolica di Ferrara-Comacchio, Via Montebello, 8, 44100 Ferrara, ITALY

website:

7) 13 April in Quinto di Valpantena, Verona (Italy)

GIOVANNI CIRESOLA

priest of the diocese of Verona;

founder, Poor Handmaids of the Precious Blood, Cenacle of Charity (n.o.)

born: 30 May 1902 in Quaderni di Villafranca, Verona (Italy)

competent forum: Verona

CCS protocol number: 2611

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 July 2004

opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 May 2005

closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 April 2006

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 November 2009

publication of Positio: 2012 

particular congress of theological consultors: 17 October 2017

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 02 October 2018

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 November 2018  

postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta   

petitioner: Povere Ancelle del Preziosissimo Sangue, Via Valpantena, 85/D,

                           37142 Quinto di Valpantena (VR), ITALY

website: www.cenacolodellacarita.org

8) 25 April in Poggio di Castel San Pietro, Bologna (Italy)

LUCIANO SARTI

priest of the archdiocese of Bologna

born: 15 December 1910 in Budrio, Bologna (Italy)

competent forum: Bologna

CCS protocol number: 2749

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 09 February 2007

opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 May 2007

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. Graziano Pasini

petitioner: Santuario della Madonna del Poggio, Via S. Carlo, 3983, 40024 Poggio di Castel San Pietro (BO), ITALY

                      Vicepostulazione, Parrocchia di S. Angeli Custodi, Via A. Lombardi, 37, 40128 Bologna, ITALY

website: www.donlucianosarti.it

9) 13 May in Valletta (Malta)

MIKIEL AZZOPARDI

priest of the archdiocese of Malta

born: 10 February 1910 in Valletta (Malta)

competent forum: Malta

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: Id-Dar Tal-Providenza, Lapsi Road, Is-Siġġiewi SGW 2822, MALTA

website: www.dartalprovidenza.org

10) 18 June in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

MARIE FRANÇOISE CAMÉLIA LOHIER

cofounder, Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (n.o.)

and Little Brothers of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (n.o.)

born: 15 May 1927 in Fond Melon, Jacmel (Haiti)

competent forum: Port-au-Prince

CCS protocol number: 2356

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 17 July 2000

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: [see 1988: Farnèse Louis-Charles]

website:

11) 05 July in Santa María de Cahabón, Alta Verapaz (Guatemala)

Terencio María Huguet Montoro

professed priest, Dominicans

born: 05 November 1907 in Burriana, Castellón (Spain)

competent forum: Valencia

CCS protocol number: 2451

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 10 January 2002 (from La Verapaz)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 29 January 2002

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 December 2005

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 July 2007

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Fra Massimo Mancini, op

petitioner: Pp. Dominicos, C/ Cirilo Amorós, 54, 46004 Valencia, SPAIN

                      Pp. Dominicos, 12 Av. 10-09, Zona 1, 01001 Guatemala, GUATEMALA

website:

12) 21 July in the Tagaeri zone, near Cononaco, Pastaza (Ecuador) in odium fidei, uti fertur

1.    ALEJANDRO LABAKA UGARTE

       (MANUEL FROM BEIZAMA)

       professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans;

       apostolic vicar of Aguarico

       born: 19 April 1920 in Beizama, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

2.    INÉS ARANGO VELÁSQUEZ

       (MARÍA NIEVES FROM MEDELLÍN)

       professed religious, Tertiary Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family

       born: 06 April 1937 in Medellín, Antioquía (Colombia)

competent forum: Aguarico

CCS protocol number: 1968

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 04 July 1994

opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 July 1996

closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 September 2010

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 May 2013

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator: Fra Carlo Calloni, ofmcap

petitioner: Viceprovincia Capuchina de Ecuador, Barrio “La Concepción”,

                            Záparos N 50-67 y Cristóbal Sandoval, Apdo. 17-10-07287, Quito (Pichincha), ECUADOR

                      Vicariato Apostólico de Aguarico, Apdo. 22-01-305, Puerto Francisco de Orellana,

                            Orellana, ECUADOR

                      Provincia Capuchina de Navarra-Cantabria-Aragón, C/ Padre Adoáin, 1,

                            31015 Pamplona (Navarra), SPAIN

website: www.alejandroeines.org

13) 21 July in Guarantingetá, São Paulo (Brazil)

VÍTOR COELHO DE ALMEIDA

professed priest, Redemptorists

born: 22 September 1899 in Sacramento, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

competent forum: Aparecida

CCS protocol number: 2248

type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 October 1998

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 November 1998

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 August 2006

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 August 2022

    opening of informative process on miracle for beatification:

    closing of informative process on miracle for beatification: 

    decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 29 February 2008

    meeting of the Medical Board:

postulator: Rev. Antonio Marrazzo, cssr

petitioner: Província Redentorista de São Paulo, R. Honório Líbero, 90 – Jardim Paulistano

                            05422-970 – São Paulo – SP, BRAZIL

                      Santuário de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Av. Júlio Prestes s/n – Centro

                            12570-000 – Aparecida – SP, BRAZIL

website:

16) 07 September in Ilha do Medo, Maranhão (Brazil)

ANTONIO SINIBALDI

professed priest, Conventual Franciscans

born: 26 November 1937 in Segni, Rome (Italy)

competent forum: São Luís do Maranhão

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: Franciscanos Conventuais, Rua Santa Isabel, Qd. O, Casa 05 –Conj. Basa – São Francisco

                            65076-090 – São Luís – MA, BRAZIL

website:

17) 31 October in Elche, Alicante (Spain)

MARÍA ISABEL ZAPATA DE CALATAYUD BENAVENT

(MARÍA ISABEL OF MERCIFUL LOVE)

professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns

born: 27 December 1907 in Gandia, Valencia (Spain)

competent forum: Orihuela-Alicante

CCS protocol number: 2739

type of cause: heroic virtues

opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 July 2006

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 11 September 2006

closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 June 2011

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:

postulator:

petitioner: Monasterio del Espíritu Santo, Ctra. Del León, Km. 5, 03293 Elche (Alicante), SPAIN

website: