1) 07 January in Nespeky, Středočeský kraj (Czech Republic)
   

        JOSEF URBAN (JAN EVANGELISTA)
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor;

                founder, Sisters of the Apostolate of Saint Francis (n.o.)
        born: 20 February 1901 in Prague (Czech Republic)

        competent diocese: Prague

        CCS protocol number: 2332

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 March 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Sestry Apoštolátu sv. Františka, Proboštská 3, 160 00 Praha 6 – Dejvice, CZECH REPUBLIC

        website:

2) 28 February in Salamanca (Spain)

        MARÍA NATIVIDAD SÁNCHEZ VILORIA

                (MARÍA FRANCISCA OF THE CHILD JESUS)
        professed religious, Poor Clare Nuns
        born: 25 December 1905 in Fuenteguinaldo, Salamanca (Spain)
 

        competent diocese: Salamanca

        CCS protocol number: 2466
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 02 March 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 March 2002

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 February 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Monasterio del Corpus Christi, Ronda del Corpus, 48-54, 37002 Salamanca, SPAIN

        website:

3) 15 March in Bari (Italy) in defensum castitatis, uti fertur
   

        SANTA SCORESE
        young layperson of the diocese of Bari-Bitonto
        born: 06 February 1968 in Bari (Italy)
 

        competent diocese: Bari-Bitonto

        CCS protocol number: 2217

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 31 March 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 April 1998

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 07 September 1999

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 April 2000

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Bitetto

        petitioner: Amici di Santa, P.le Santa Scorese, 70027 Palo del Colle (BA), ITALY

        website: santascorese.it
   

4) 23 March in Trosly-Breuil, Oise (France)

   
        PAULINE ARCHER-VANIER
        layperson of the archdiocese of Ottawa; married
        born: 28 March  1898 in Montréal, Quebec (Canada)
 

        competent diocese: Ottawa

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        postulator:         

        petitioner: [see 1967: Georges-Philias Vanier]

        website:

5) 23 March  in Taunggyi, Shan (Myanmar)

   
        FELICE TANTARDINI
        professed religious, Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
        born: 28 June 1898 in Introbio, Como (Italy)

        competent diocese: Taunggyi

        CCS protocol number: 2349

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 May 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 August 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 January 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Piero Gheddo, pime    

        petitioner: Postulazione Fr. Felice Tantardini, Via Mosè Bianchi 94, 20149 Milano, ITALY

        website:

                    
6) 25 March in Toledo (Spain)

   
        JOSÉ RIVERA RAMÍREZ
        priest of the archdiocese of Toledo
        born: 17 December 1925 in Toledo (Spain)

        competent diocese: Toledo

        CCS protocol number: 2235

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 July 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 November 1998

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 October 2000

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 January 2002

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2004

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Fundación José Rivera, Apdo. 307, 45080 Toledo, SPAIN

        website: www.jose-rivera.org

7) 25 March in Paris (France)

        PIERRE GOURSAT

        layperson of the archdiocese of Paris;

                founder, Emmanuel Community

        born: 15 August 1914 in Paris (France)

        competent diocese: Paris

        CCS protocol number: 2827

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: July 2009

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:
        submission of Positio to CCS:
        congress of theological consultants:
        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
       

        postulator: Mons. Francis Kohn (diocesan postulator)

        petitioner: Maison de Chézelles, 6 place de la Mairie, 37220 Chézelles, FRANCE

        website:

8) 29 May in Chauchina, Granada (Spain)
   
        RAFAELA MARTÍNEZ-CAÑAVATE BALLESTEROS

                (RAFAELA MARÍA OF THE EUCHARISTIC JESUS)
        professed religious, Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns
        born: 31 March 1915 in Maracena, Granada (Spain)

        competent diocese: Granada

        CCS protocol number: 2458
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 January 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 January 2002

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 April 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 29 April 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2007

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Alfonso Ramírez Peralbo, ofmcap        

        petitioner: Convento de Capuchinas, Carrera 2, 18330 Chauchina (Granada), SPAIN

        website:

Note: In Spanish, the religious name is “Rafaela María de Jesús Hostia”.

9) 17 June in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)
   

        MARÍA DEL CARMEN LÓPEZ GUZMÁN

                (MARÍA YOLANDA OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE)
        professed religious, Servants of the Holy Trinity and the Poor (n.o.)
        born: 20 June 1942 in Mesa del Pino, Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco (Mexico)
 

        competent diocese: Guadalajara

        CCS protocol number: 2194

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 July 1997

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:         

        petitioner: [see 1949: Vicenta Chávez Orozco (María Vicenta of Saint Dorothy)]

        website:

       
10) THREE MARTYRS OF CHIMBOTE
   
        10 August in Pariacoto, Ancash (Peru) in odium fidei, uti  fertur
   

    1.    MICHAŁ TOMASZEK
            professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals
            born: 23 September 1960 in Łękawica, Śląskie (Poland)
    2.    ZBIGNIEW ADAM STRZAŁKOWSKI
            professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals
            born: 03 July 1958 in Tarnów, Małopolskie (Poland)
       

        25 August toward Riconada, Ancash (Peru) in odium fidei, uti fertur

       
     3.    ALESSANDRO DORDI
            priest of the diocese of Bergamo;

                    missionary of “Fidei Donum”
            born: 23 January 1931 in Gromo San Marino, Bergamo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Chimbote

        CCS protocol number: 2038

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 05 June 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 August 1996

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 August 2002

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 October 2003

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Angelo Paleri, ofmconv

        petitioner: Diócesis de Chimbote, Jr. Lasdislao Espinar 456, Chimbote - Santa - PERU

                             Pp. Franciscanos Conventuales, Urb. 21 de Abril, B-32, Apdo. 204, Chimbote, PERU
                             Kuria Prowincjalna Franciszkanów, ul. Żółkiewskiego, 14, 31-539 Kraków, POLAND

                             [1995: Vladyslav Kernyts’kyi (Rafail)]

        website: www.meczennicy.franciszkanie.pl;

                          franciscanosperu.org

11) 19 August in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)
       
        ROSITA PAIVA
        cofounder, Josephite Institute (n.o.)
        born: 13 March 1909 in Lábrea, Amazonas (Brazil)
 

        competent diocese: Fortaleza

        CCS protocol number:
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        postulator:         

        petitioner: Instituto Josefino, Rua J. da Penha, 46 – Centro

                                     60110-120 – Fortaleza – CE, BRAZIL

        website:

12) 22 September in La Grita, Táchira (Venezuela) in defensum castitatis, uti fertur
       
        MARÍA ISRAEL BOGOTÁ BAQUERO
        professed religious, Carmelites of Mother Candelaria (n.o.)
        born: 03 March 1943 in Arbeláez, Cundinamarca (Colombia)
 

        competent diocese: San Cristóbal (Venezuela)

        CCS protocol number: 2470
        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 21 March 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:  

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 March 2004

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Grosso, ocarm    

        petitioner: [see 1940: Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez (Candelaria of Saint Joseph)]

        website:

13) 06 October in Yuba, California (United States)
       

        ALPHONSE GALLEGOS
        professed priest, Augustinian Recollects;

                auxiliary bishop of Sacramento
        born: 20 February 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (United States)
 

        competent diocese: Sacramento

        CCS protocol number: 2706

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 December 2005

        nihil obstat: 05 June 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 November 2006

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 July 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Samson Silloriquez, oar

        petitioner: Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, 2110 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818, UNITED STATES

                             Augustinian Recollects - Province of St. Augustine, 29 Ridgeway Ave.,

                                     West Orange, NJ 07052-3217, UNITED STATES

        website:

14) 17 October in Guatemala City (Guatemala)
   

        ERNESTO GUILLERMO COFIÑO UBICO
        layperson of the personal prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; married
        born: 05 June 1899 in Guatemala City (Guatemala)
 

        competent diocese: Guatemala City

        CCS protocol number: 2363

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 07 July 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 July 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 April 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 February 2002

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Mons. Flavio Capucci        

        petitioner: Vicepostulación del Opus Dei, 5a. Avenida 4-20, Zona 14,

                                     Apdo. Postal 111-A, Ciudad de Guatemala, GUATEMALA

        website: www.ernestocofino.org

15) 06 November in Coslada, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (Spain)
       

        DOROTEO HERNÁNDEZ VERA
        priest of the diocese of Santander;

                founder, Secular Institute of the Evangelic Crusade (n.o.)
        born: 28 March 1901 in Matute de Almazán, Soria (Spain)
 

        competent diocese: Alcalá de Henares

        CCS protocol number: 2389

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 02 January 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 February 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of dicoesan inquiry: 30 November 2006

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: Instituto Secular “Cruzada Evangélica”, C/ Cisneros, 76-D, 39007 Santander, SPAIN

        website: