1) 01 January in Neckargemünd, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (Germany)

        TOMÁŠ JOSEF MARIA TÝN

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 03 May 1950 in Brno (Czech Republic)

        diocese of competent bishop: Bologna

        CCS protocol number: 2605

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 10 May 2004 (from the archdiocese of Freiburg)

        nihil obstat: 15 October 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 February 2006

        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. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Ordine dei Frai Predicatori - Provincia San Domenico, P.za San Domenico, 13, 40124 Bologna, ITALY

                             Beatifikační Proces P. Tomáše Týna, Dolní Česká 3, Znojmo 669 02, CZECH REPUBLIC

        website: tyn.op.cz

2) 02 January 1990 in Lucera, Foggia (Italy)

        ANGELO CUOMO

        professed priest, Congregation of Saint Joseph (Murialdines)

        born: 13 August 1915 in San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Naples (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lucera-Troia

        CCS protocol number: 2712

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 24 March 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 October 2006

        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. Orides Ballardin, csi

        petitioner: Padri Giuseppini del Murilado, Via Giordano Bruno, 3, 71036 Lucera (FG), ITALY

        website:

3) 27 January in Alcuéscar, Cáceres (Spain)

        LEOCADIO GALÁN BARRENA

        priest of the diocese of Coria-Cáceres;

                founder, Servants of Mary and the Poor (n.o.)

        born: 24 February 1910 in Calamonte, Badajoz (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Coria-Cáceres

        CCS protocol number: 2394

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 February 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 April 2007

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

        petitioner: Esclavos de María y de los Pobres, Avda. de Extremadura, 2, 10160 Alcuéscar (Cáceres), SPAIN

        website:

4) 02 February in Mbahe, Limpopo (South Africa) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        TSHIMANGADZO SAMUEL BENEDICT DASWA (BAKALI)

        layperson of the diocese of Tzaneen; married

        born: 16 June 1946 in Mbahe, Limpopo (South Africa)

        diocese of competent bishop: Tzaneen

        CCS protocol number: 2844

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 10 June 2008

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 April 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 02 July 2009

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 05 November 2010

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS:

        postulator: Rev. André Bohas, msc

        petitioner: Diocese of Tzaneen, 31 Draai Road, P.O. Box 261, Tzaneen 0850, SOUTH AFRICA

        website: benedictdaswa.com

5) 27 February in Aviano, Pordenone (Italy)

        ENRICA PLEBANI

        layperson of the archdiocese of Milan

        born: 08 April 1960 in Rescaldina, Milan (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Milan

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Casa Betania, Corso Isonzo, 90, 20030 Seveso (MI), ITALY

        website:

6) 27 February in Loppiano, Incisa Valdarno, Florence (Italy)

         RENATA BORLONE

         layperson of the diocese of Fiesole;

                consecrated member, Focolare Movement

         born: 30 May 1930 in Aurelia, Rome (Italy)

         diocese of competent bishop: Fiesole

         CCS protocol number: 2559

         type of cause: heroic virtues

         nihil obstat: 10 July 2003

         opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 December 2003

         closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 February 2011

         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. Lida Ceccarelli

         petitioner: Associazione “Renata Borlone”, Via San Vito, 28 , Loppiano, 50064 Incisa Valdarno (FI), ITALY

         website: www.renataborlone.org

7) 03 March in Portici, Napoli (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE FIDANZA (UMILE)

        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor

        born: 14 June 1910 in Calvisi, Gioia Sannitica, Caserte (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Alife-Caiazzo

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Gruppo di Preghiera “Fra Umile Fidanza”, Via Chiesa 32, 81030 Casapesenna (CE), ITALY

        website:

8) 22 March in Matagalpa (Nicaragua)

        GIUSEPPE D’ANDREA (ODORICO)

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

        born: 05 March 1916 in Montorio al Vomano, Teramo (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Jinotega

        CCS protocol number: 2487

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 24 May 2002 (from the diocese of Matagalpa

                                                                      to the diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino);

                                          28 November 2008 (from the diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino)

        nihil obstat: 17 September 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 March 2009

        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: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm    

        petitioner: Frailes Menores, Parroquia de San Rafael del Norte, Jinotega, NICARAGUA  

                             Ordine dei Frati Minori - Provincia Serafica dell’Umbria, P.za Porziuncola,  2,

                                     06088 S. Maria degli Angeli – Assisi (PG), ITALY

        website:

9) 05 April in Villanueva de Córdoba, Córdoba (Spain)

        JUANITA MÉNDEZ ROMERO

        professed religious, Religious Workers of the Heart of Jesus (n.o.)

        born: 20 January 1937 in Villanueva de Córdoba, Córdoba (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Córdoba

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Religiosas Obreras del Corazón de Jesús, C/ Martínez Rücker, 8, 14003 Córdoba, SPAIN

        website:

10) 09 April in Brianza, Como (Italy)

        ANNA MARIA ROSA MARCHISIO

        layperson of the archdiocese of Padua; married;

                member, Teams of Our Lady

        born: 14 September 1937 in Turin (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Padua

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Amici di Anna Maria, Via Piave, 16, 22044 Inverigo (CO), ITALY

        website:

11) 25 June in Valencia (Spain)

        CAYETANO PEREA GARCÍA

        layperson of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante; married

        born: 23 October 1908 in Albatera, Alicante (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Orihuela-Alicante

        CCS protocol number: 2564

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 July 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 23 March 2007

        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: Parroquia de San Martín, C/ General Mola, 5, 03360 Callosa de Segura (Alicante), SPAIN

                             [see also 1976: Diego Hernández González]

        website:

12) 23 July in Cochabamba (Bolivia)

        VIRGINIA BLANCO TARDÍO

        layperson of the archdiocese of Cochabamba

        born: 18 April 1916 in Cochabamba (Bolivia)

        diocese of competent bishop: Cochabamba

        CCS protocol number: 2377

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 October 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  16 February 2005

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 January 2007

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Rev. Anton Witwer, sj

        petitioner: Vicepostulación, Calle Bolivar E-0360,  Casilla 654, Cochabamba, BOLIVIA

        website:

13) 11 August in Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná (Paraguay)

        AGUSTÍN [AUGUSTINUS] VAN AAKEN

        professed priest, Society of the Divine Word;

                bishop of Ciudad del Este

        born: 16 July 1914 in Kevelaer, Kleve (Germany)

        diocese of competent bishop: Ciudad del Este

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diócesis del Ciudad del Este, Casilla 85, Calles Mons. Cedzich y Pampliega,

                                     Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná, PARAGUAY

        website: www.diocesiscde.org

14) 15 September in Cádiz (Spain)

        VICENTE LÓPEZ DE URALDE LAZCANO

        professed priest, Marianists

        born: 15 September 1894 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Cádiz-Ceuta

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 2008

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 December 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 January 2010

        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. Antonio Gascón Aranda, sm

        petitioner: Compañía de María - Marianistas, Avda. de Andalucía, 82, 11008 Cádiz, SPAIN

        website:

15) 21 September between Agrigento and Canicattì (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        ROSARIO LIVATINO

        layperson of the diocese of Agrigento

        born: 03 October 1952 in Canicattì, Agrigento (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Agrigento

        CCS protocol number: 2986

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 11 May 2011

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 September 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. Giuseppe Livatino  

        petitioner: Amici del Giudice Rosario Livatino, Via Garibaldi, 156, 92024 Canicattì (AG), ITALY

        website: www.livatino.it

16) 07 October in Sassello, Savona (Italy)

        CHIARA BADANO [LUCE]

        young layperson of the diocese of Aqui Terme;

                member, Focolare Movement

        born: 29 October 1971 in Sassello, Savona (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Aqui Terme

        CCS protocol number: 2257

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 November 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 June 1999

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 August 2000 

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 22 June 2001

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2004

        particular meeting of theological consultors: 16 November 2007

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 15 April 2008

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 July 2008

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 19 April 2004

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 29 September 2004

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 13 December 2006

            meeting of the Medical Board: 15 January 2009

            particular meeting of theological consultors: 20 May 2009

            session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 15 December 2009

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 19 December 2009

        beatification: 25 September 2010

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap

        petitioner: Associazione Chiara Badano, c/o Curia Vescovile P.za Duomo, 9, 15011 Acqui Terme, ITALY

        website: www.chiaralucebadano.it