1) 26 January in Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
       

        ARTURO FERRAZZETTA (SETTIMIO)
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor;
                bishop of Bissau

        born: 08 December 1924 in Selva di Progno, Verona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Bissau
        CCS protocol number:
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:
        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocese de Bissau, C.P. 20, Av. 14 de Novembro, 1001 Bissau CODEX, GUINEA-BISSAU
                             Vicepostulazione OFM – Provincia Veneta, Via S. Giacomo, 17, 35043 Monselice (PD), ITALY
        website:

2) 07 February in Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares (Spain)

        MARIA DE LA CONCEPCIÒ D’OLEZA GUALDE TORRELLA

                (MARIA DE LA CONCEPCIÒ OF SAINT JAMES AND SAINT TERESA)

        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns

        born: 25 April 1905 in Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares (Spain)

        competent diocese: Mallorca

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Carmelites Descalces, C/ Tereses, 8, 07003 Palma (Mallorca), SPAIN

        website: madreconcepcion.com

3) 27 February in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)

        STANISŁAW WARZECHA (RUDOLF OF THE TRANSVERBERATION OF SAINT TERESA)

        professed priest, Discalced Carmelites

        born: 14 November 1919 in Bachowice, Małopolskie (Poland)

        competent diocese: Kraków

        CCS protocol number: 2863

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 October 2008

        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: Rev. Ildefonso Moriones Zubillaga, ocd

        petitioner: Krakowska Prowincja Karmelitów Bosych, ul. Z. Glogera 5, 31-222 Kraków, POLAND

        website:

4) 21 March in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)

        JOAQUÍN ERVITI LAZCANO (JOAQUÍN OF THE VIRGIN OF PUY)

        professed priest, Piarists

        born: 12 October 1912 in Estella, Navarra (Spain)

        competent diocese: Pamplona

        CCS protocol number: 2625

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 September 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 10 November 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 27 January 2006

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. József Ruppert, schp

        petitioner: Causa de Canonización del Padre Joaquín, C/ Olite 1, 31002 Pamplona, SPAIN

                             Provincia Escolapia de Vasconia, C/ Federico Baraibar, 36, 01003 Vitoria/Gasteiz, SPAIN

        website:

5) 05 April in Bologna (Italy)
       

        UGO DONATO BIANCHI
        bishop of Urbino
        born: 10 February 1930 in Molino di Bascio, Pesaro-Urbino (Italy)
        

        competent diocese: Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado
        CCS protocol number:
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

       
        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1938: Domenico Bartolomei]
        website:
         

6) 09 April in Rio Pomba, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

        FLORIPES [LOLA] DORNELAS DE JESUS

        layperson of the archdiocese of Mariana

        born: 09 June 1913 in Mercês, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Mariana

        CCS protocol number: 2699

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 November 2005

        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:

        petitioner: Amigos da Causa de Lola, R. Donato Caiafa, 43 – Centro

                                      36180-000 – Rio Pomba – MG, BRAZIL

                              [see also 1875: Antônio Ferreira Viçoso]

        website: www.santalola.com.br

7) 08 June in San Antonio de Arredondo, Córdoba (Argentina)

        EMILIANO [ÉMILIEN] TARDIF

        professed priest, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart;

              founder, Community of the Servants of the Living Christ

        born: 06 June 1928 in Saint-Zacharie de Beauce, Quebec (Canada)

        competent diocese: Santo Domingo

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat:        

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Rev. André Dumas, msc

        petitioner: Misioneros del Sagrado Corazón, Manuel María Valencia, Nº 4, Los Prados,

                                     Apartado Postal 1104, Santo Domingo, D.N., DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

                             Comunidad de los Siervos de Cristo Vivo, Padre Emiliano Tardif, 12,

                                     Esq. Paseo Locutores (Ensanche Evaristo Morales), AP 5402, Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

        website:

8) 30 September in Ljubljana (Slovenia)

        ANDREJ MAJCEN

        professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco

        born: 30 September 1904 in Maribor, Štajerska (Slovenia)

        competent diocese: Ljubljana

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 November 2008

        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: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb

        petitioner: Salezijanska inšpektorija sv. Cirila in Metoda, Rakovniška 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

                       Tỉnh Dòng Salêdiêng Don Bosco Việt Nam, 54 đường số 5, Khu phố 4, Phường Linh Xuân,

                             Quận Thủ Đức, TP Hồ Chí Minh, VIETNAM

        website:

9) 05 October in Taurisano, Lecce (Italy)

        ANTONIA MIRELLA SOLIDORO

        layperson of the diocese of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca

        born: 13 July 1964 in Taurisano, Lecce (Italy)

        competent diocese: Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Fra Cristoforo Aldo De Donno, ofm (diocesan postulator)

        petitioner: Parrocchia Santi Martiri Giovanni Battista e Maria Goretti, Via Verdi, 5, 73056 Taurisano (LE), ITALY

        website: www.parrocchiassmartiri.it

10) 14 October in London, England (United Kingdom)

        JULIUS KAMBARAGE NYERERE

        layperson of the diocese of Musoma; married;

                president of Tanzania

        born: 13 April 1922 in Butiama, Mara (Tanzania)

        competent diocese: Musoma

        CCS protocol number: 2655

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 13 May 2005 (from the archdiocese of Westminster)

        nihil obstat: 13 May 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 January 2006

        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: Rev. Wojciech Adam Kościelniak (diocesan postulator)

        petitioner: Diocese of Musoma, P.O. Box 93, Musoma, TANZANIA

        website:

11) 15 December in Faenza, Ravenna (Italy)

        OSCAR GATTIANI (GUGLIELMO FROM BADI)

        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins

        born: 11 November 1914 in Badi, Bologna (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cesena-Sarsina

        CCS protocol number: 2667

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 27 May 2005 (from the diocese of Faenza)

        nihil obstat: 05 June 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 04 November 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultants:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Florio Tessari, ofmcap
        petitioner: Frati Minori Cappuccini, Via Bellinzona, 6, 40135 Bologna, ITALY

        website: www.padreguglielmocesena.com