1) 31 January in Madrid (Spain)

        AGUSTÍN LIÉBANA DEL BLANCO

        professed priest, Augustinians

        born: 28 May 1923 in Guardo, Palencia (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 2703

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 May 2006

        nihil obstat: 05 June 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 January 2009

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 September 2010

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        particular meeting of theological consultors:

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

        postulator: Rev. Josef Sciberras, osa

        petitioner: [see 1942: Sebastián Elorza Arizmendi]

        website:

2) 05 February in Rome (Italy)

        EDUARDO FRANCISCO PIRONIO

        titular archbishop of Tiges; cardinal

        born: 03 December 1920 in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 2714

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 24 March 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 23 June 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: Dom Giuseppe Tamburrino, osb

        petitioner: Postulazione, Via della Conciliazione, 1, 00193 Roma, ITALY

                              Vicepostulación, Av. de Mayo 621,  2º Piso, C1084AAB Capital Federal, ARGENTINA

        website:

3) 21 June in Bocca di Magra, Ameglia, La Spezia (Italy)

        ANASTASIO ALBERTO BALLESTRERO (ANASTASIO OF THE HOLY ROSARY)

        professed priest, Discalced Carmelites; 

             archbishop of Turin; cardinal

        born: 03 October 1913 in Genoa (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: La Spezia

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Rev. Romano Gambalunga, ocd

        petitioner: Ordine dei Carmelitani Scalzi ‒ Provincia Ligure, 

                                  P.za Santo Bambino 1, 16011 Arenzano (GE), ITALY

        website:

4) 24 June in Jounieh, Keserwan (Lebanon)

        JIBRAYL ŢARABAY (ĀNŢONIOS) [( [ جبرائيل طربيه (أنطونيوس

        professed priest, Mariamite Maronites

        born: 1911 in Ain El Raha, Tannourine, Batroun (Lebanon)

        eparchy of competent bishop: Antioch of the Maronites

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 2009

        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:

        petitioner: Ordre Maronite Mariamite, Couvent Notre Dame de Louaizé,

                                     Zouk Mosbeh, B.P. 31, LEBANON

        website: www.abounaantoun.com

Note: In several Arabic circles, the baptismal name is Romanized as “Gibreal.”

5) 24 June in Cenerente, Perugia (Italy)

        VITTORIO TRANCANELLI

        layperson of the diocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve; married

        born: 26 April 1944 in Spello, Perugia (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Perugia-Città della Pieve

        CCS protocol number: 2728

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 June 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 September 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 June 2013

        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. Enrico Graziano Giovanni Solinas

        petitioner: Diocesi di Perugia-Città della Pieve, P.za IV Novembre 6, 06123 Perugia (PG), ITALY

                              Associazione “Alle Querce di Mamre”, Str. Cenerente, Colle Umberto I, 9H, 06070 Cenerente (PG), ITALY

        website: www.vittoriotrancanelli.it

6) 30 July in Tura, Meghalaya (India)

        ORESTE MARENGO

        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco;

                bishop and apostolic administrator of Tura

        born: 29 August 1906 in Diano d’Alba, Cuneo (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Tura

        CCS protocol number: 2781

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 April 2007

        nihil obstat: 09 July 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 February 2013

        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. Pierluigi Cameroni, sdb

        petitioner: Diocese of Tura, West Garohills, Tura, 794 001 Meghalaya, INDIA

                              [see also 1957: Constantino Vendrame]

        website:

7) 20 August in Squinzano, Lecce (Italy)

        NICOLA RIEZZO

        archbishop of Otranto

        born: 11 December 1904 in Squinzano, Lecce (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lecce

        CCS protocol number: 2629

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 October 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 June 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 07 October 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: 

        postulator: Rev. Luigi Manca

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Lecce, P.za Duomo, 2, 73100 Lecce, ITALY

                              Causa del Servo di Dio Nicola Riezzo, P.za Plebiscito, 1, 73018 Squinzano (LE), ITALY

        website: www.mons-nicolariezzo.org

8) 25 August in Almagro, Distrito Federal (Argentina)

        MARTHA PEREYRA IRAOLA

        professed religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

        born: 26 August 1913 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        diocese of competent bishop: Buenos Aires

        CCS protocol number: 2623

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 September 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 January 2005

        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: Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón, Ave. Pres. H. Yrigoyen 4308,

                                     C1212ACO Capital Federal, ARGENTINA

        website:

9) 31 October in Loulombo, Mindouli (Republic of Congo) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        JAN CZUBA

        priest of the archdiocese of Tarnów;

                    missionary of “Fidei Donum”

        born: 07 June 1959 in Słotowa, Podkarpackie (Poland)

        diocese of competent bishop: Kinkala

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diocèse de Kinkala, B.P. 200 Brazzaville, REPUBLIC OF CONGO

        website:

10) 31 October in Seville (Spain)

        MARÍA ISABEL SALVAT ROMERO (MARÍA DE LA PURÍSIMA OF THE CROSS)

        professed religious, Sisters of the Company of the Cross (n.o.)

        born: 20 February 1926 in Madrid (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Seville

        CCS protocol number: 2585

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 13 January 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 February 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 November 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 02 July 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2006

        particular meeting of theological consultors: 06 June 2008

        session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 02 December 2008

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 17 January 2009

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 04 November 2005

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 13 February 2006

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

            meeting of the Medical Board: 02 July 2009

            particular meeting of theological consultors: 05 December 2009

            session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 07 March 2010

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 27 March 2010

        beatification: 18 September 2010

        postulator: Fra Alfonso Ramírez Peralbo, ofmcap

        petitioner: [see 1932: Ángela Guerrero González (Ángela of the Cross)]

        website: www.madremariadelapurisima.es 

11)  07 November in Grumo Appula, Bari (Italy)

        FRANCESCO UGENTI

        layperson of the diocese of Bari-Bitento; married

        born:  28 July 1913 in Toritto, Bari (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Bari-Bitento

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: [see 1984: Teresa Sivilla Ugenti]

        website: coniugiugenti.altervista.org

12)  18 November in Grumo Appula, Bari (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE MASSONE

        layperson of the diocese of Savona-Noli

        born: 11 September 1910 in Varazze, Savona (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Savona-Noli

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Associazione dei Caterinati,  P.za S. Domenico, 5, 17019 Varazze, ITALY

        website:

13)  27 November in Madrid (Spain)

        MARÍA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN CRUZ ALBERDI ECHEZARRETA (MARÍA ANA)

        professed religious, Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionist Nuns)

        born: 03 May 1912 in Azcoitia, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 2806

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 October 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 March 2010

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 September 2012

        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: Monasterio de Concepción “La Latina”, C/ Toledo, 52, 28005 Madrid, SPAIN

        website:

14)  25 December in Perugia (Italy)

        ANDREA BONIFAZI

        priest of the archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia

        born: 23 September 1956 in Fratta di Montefalco, Perugia (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Spoleto-Norcia

        CCS protocol number: 2895

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 14 May 2009 (archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve)

        nihil obstat: 02 June 2009

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 June 2009

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 26 December 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. Waldery Hilgeman (diocesan postulator until 26 December 2011)

        petitioner: [1958: Settimio Peroni]

        website: