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~ 2006 ~

 

1) 05 January in Legnano, Milan (Italy)

 

JEAN-THIERRY EBOGO

(JEAN-THIERRY OF THE CHILD JESUS AND OF THE PASSION)

professed cleric, Discalced Carmelites

born: 04 February 1982 in Bamenda, Nord-Ouest (Cameroon)

 

competent forum: Milan

CCS protocol number: 3101

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 February 2013

closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 September 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 2017

publication of Positio: 2023

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Rev. Marco Chiesa, ocd

petitioner: [see 1984: Carlo Zucchetti (Marcello of the Immaculata)]

                      Carmes Déchaux, c. 47 Nkolbisson, B.P. 185, Yaoundé, CAMEROON

website: www.jeanthierryebogo.org

 

 

2) 04 February in Ontinyent, Valencia (Spain)

 

TERESA ENCARNACIÓN CRESPO ROIG (MARÍA CARMEN)

professed religious, Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance

born: 25 March 1912 in Beniarrés, Alicante (Spain)

  

competent forum: Valencia

CCS protocol number: 2993

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 06 July 2011

opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 October 2011

closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2025

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                   

postulator: Dr. Giovanna Brizi

petitioner: Monasterio de la Purísima Sangre, C/ Monjas, 4, 46870 Ontinyent, SPAIN

website:

 

 

3) 05 February in Trabzon (Türkiye) in odium fidei, uti fertur

   

ANDREA SANTORO

priest of the diocese of Rome;

Fidei Donum missionary in the apostolic vicariate of Anatolia

born:  07 September 1945 in Priverno, Latina (Italy)

  

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

      

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: Associazione Don Andrea Santoro, Viale delle Provincie, 47, 00162 Roma, ITALY

website: www.associazionedonandreasantoro.it

 

 

4) 15 February in Settignano, Florence (Italy)

 

DIVO BARSOTTI

priest and founder, Community of the Sons of God (n.o.)

born: 25 April 1914 in Palaia, Pisa (Italy)

 

competent forum: Florence

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

  

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 September 2021

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: Comunità dei Figli di Dio, Via Crocifissalto, 2, 50135 Settignano (FI), ITALY

website: comunitafiglididio.net

 

                     

5) 15 February in Monte Piedad, Catia, Caracas (Venezuela)

                         

MARÍA PATRICIA GARCÍA GARCÍA de REYES

layperson of the archdiocese of Caracas; married;

cofounder, “Fe y Alegría” Association

born: 24 August 1924 in Aragüita, Barlovento, Miranda (Venezuela)

                              

competent forum: Caracas

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: Compañía de Jesús – Provincia Venezuela, Av. Santa Teresa de Jesús, Edif. Centro Javier, Piso 3,

                           Urb. La Castellana, Caracas, VENEZUELA      

                      Fe y Alegría Venezuela, Edif. Centro Valores, Piso 7, Esquina Luneta,

                           Altagracia, Caracas, Apartado Postal 1010, VENEZUELA    

                      [1988: Abraham Reyes Díaz]

webpage: www.feyalegria.org/venezuela/

                        

 

6) 11 April in Lima (Peru)

 

JOSEPH WALIJEWSKI

priest of the diocese of La Crosse

born: 25 April 1914 in Grand Rapids, Michigan (United States)

 

competent forum: Grand Rapids

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

  

rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from Lima)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 May 2013

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: Diocese of La Crosse, 3710 East Avenue South, La Crosse, WI 54602, USA

website: www.frjoesguild.org

 

 

7) 17 April in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

        

ALOÍSIO SEBASTIÃO BOEING

professed priest, Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians);

founder, Marian Fraternity of the Heart of Jesus (n.o.)

born: 24 December 1913 in Vargem do Cedro, São Martinho, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

  

competent forum: Joinville

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 28 February 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 May 2013

closing of diocesan inquiry: 17 March 2015

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: January 2016

publication of Positio: 2019

particular congress of theological consultors: 07 April 2022

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 21 February 2023 

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 February 2023

 

postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

petitioner: Fraternidade Mariana do Coração de Jesus, Rua Luiz Sarti, 1397 –  Nereu Ramos

                          89265-500 – Jaraguá do Sul  SC, BRAZIL

website: www.padrealoisio.org.br

 

 

8) 30 April in Puri, Odisha (India)

 

MARIAN ŻELAZEK

professed priest, Society of the Divine Word

born: 30 January 1918 in Palędzie, Dopiewo, Poznań (Poland)

 

competent forum: Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

  

     

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 30 May 2018

opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 August 2018

     opening of rogatory inquiry (Poznań): 08 December 2019

     closing of rogatory inquiry (Poznań): 08 December 2023

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. Thazhathuveetil Kurian, svd

petitioner: Society of the Divine Word - India Eastern Province, Shanti Bhavan, Cox Colony,

                          P.B. No. 03, Jharsuguda - 768 101 Odisha, INDIA

website:

 

 

9) 02 May in Tolentino, Macerata (Italy)

 

MARIO GENTILI

professed religious, Augustinians

born: 30 May 1928 in Colmurano, Macerata (Italy)

 

competent forum: Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 May 2021

closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 May 2025

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                   

postulator: Rev. Josef Sciberras, osa

petitioner: Provincia Agostiniana d’Italia, Via della Scrofa, 80, 00186 Roma (RM), ITALY

website: www.framariodatolentino.it

 

   

10) 08 May in Vado, New Mexico (United States)

   

RICHARD THOMAS

professed priest, Jesuits

born: 01 March 1928 in Seffner, Florida (United States)

                          

competent forum: Las Cruces

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:

petitionerJesuits USA Central and Southern Province, 4511 W. Pine Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108, USA

website: thelordsranchcommunity.com/rickthomas/

                      

   

11) 02 June in Paraná, Entre Ríos (Argentina)

   

MARÍA CRUZ LÓPEZ

young layperson of the archdiocese of Paraná

born: 24 November 1986 in Paraná, Entre Ríos (Argentina)

                          

competent forum: Paraná

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

     

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 28 March 2023

opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 May 2024

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

petitionerParroquia Nuestra Señora de Luján, Calle 4 de Enero, 683,

                          E3106BCC Paraná (Entre Ríos), ARGENTINA

website: arzparan.org.ar/siervos-de-dios

                      

 

12) 21 June in Bibbiana, Arezzo (Italy)

 

NICOLETTA GIORDANO (MARIA PETRA)

professed religious, Dominican Nuns

born: 04 July 1912 in Naples (Italy)

 

competent forum: Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2014

opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 January 2015

closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 June 2006

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Fra Francesco Maria Ricci, op 

petitioner: Monastero Santa Maria del Sasso, Viale di Santa Maria, 1, 52011 Bibbiena (AR), ITALY

website: suorpetra.com

 

 

13) 06 July in Sestri Levante, Genoa (Italy)

 

FEDINANDO [NANDO] NEGRI

priest of the diocese of Chiavari

born: 09 March 1920 in Chiavari, Genoa (Italy)

 

competent forum: Chiavari

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

 

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 28 February 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 2014

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. Emilio Artiglieri

petitioner: Diocesi di Chiavari, P.za Nostra Signora dell’Orto 7, 16043 Chiavari (GE), ITALY

                     Associazione Don Nando Negri, C.so IV Novembre, 115, 16030 S. Salvatore di Cogorno (GE), ITALY

website: www.villaggio.org

 

 

14) 06 August in Assisi, Perugia (Italy)

 

ANTONIO DE VITA

(BERNARDINO MARIA)

professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

born: 09 March 1920 in Trebisacce, Cosenza (Italy)

 

competent forum: Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino

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 Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm    

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

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

website:

 

   

15) 16 August in Cottonwood, Arizona (United States)

   

WILLIAM BRYCE WASSON

priest of the diocese of Cuernavaca

born: 21 December 1923 in Phoenix, Arizona (United States)

                          

competent forum: Cuernavaca

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

     

 

rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from Phoenix)

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:

petitionerNuestros Pequeños Hermanos Internacional, Calle Nacional 44, Col. Sta. Maria Ahuacatitlan,

                           62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., MEXICO

website: nph.org

                      

 

16) 27 August in São Paulo (Brazil)

   

LUCIANO PEDRO MENDES DE ALMEIDA

professed priest, Jesuits; 

archbishop of Mariana

born: 05 October 1930 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

 

competent forum: Mariana

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 05 November 2011 (from São Paulo)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2014

opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 August 2014

closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 June 2018

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator:

petitioner: Arquidiocese de Mariana, Rua Direita, 102 – Centro

                          35420-000MarianaMG, BRAZIL

website:

                    

 

17) 27 August in Quito (Ecuador)

   

JUAN IGNACIO LARREA HOLGUÍN

priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; 

archbishop of Guayaquil

born: 10 August 1927 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

 

competent forum: Guayaquil

CCS protocol number: 3209

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from Quito)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 18 October 2016

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: Arquidiócesis de Guayaquil, Calle Clemente Ballen 501 y Chimborazo,

                          Apartado 09-01-254. Guayaquil, ECUADOR

website:

              

              

18) 15 September in Villanova, Pennsylvania (United States)

   

WILLIAM EDWARD [BILL] ATKINSON

professed priest, Augustinians

born: 04 January 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

 

competent forum: Philadelphia

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 April 2017

closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 October 2021

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Rev. Josef Sciberras, osa

petitioner: Augustinian Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova, P.O. Box 340,

                          Villanova, PA 19085-0340, USA

website: www.augustinian.org;

                  www.fatherbillatkinson.org 

       

 

19) 17 September in Mogadishu (Somalia) in odium fidei

   

ROSA MARIA SGORBATI (LEONELLA)

professed religious, Consolata Missionary Sisters

born: 09 December 1940 in Rezzanello di Gazzola, Piacenza (Italy)

 

competent forum: Mogadishu

CCS protocol number: 3071

type of cause: martyrdom

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 October 2013

closing of diocesan inquiry: 15 January 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 19 September 2014

publication of Positio: 2016

particular congress of theological consultors: 06 April 2017

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 17 October 2017

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 08 November 2017

beatification: 26 May 2018

 

postulator: Sr. Renata Conti, mc

petitioner: Suore Missionarie della Consolata, C.so Allamano, 137, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), ITALY

website: missionariedellaconsolata.org

              

              

20) 20 September in Vermicino, Frascati, Rome (Italy)

   

CLEO BORGHERI (CARLA)

founder, Missionary Sisters of the Incarnation

and Missionary Fathers of the Incarnation    

born: 17 February 1922 in Novi Ligure, Alessandria (Italy)

 

competent forum: Frascati

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 11 December 2022

closing of diocesan inquiry: 26 April 2025

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

 

postulator: Dr. Waldery Hilgeman

petitioner: Suore Missionarie dellʼIncarnazione, Via Enrico Fermi, 36, 00044 Frascati (RM), ITALY

website: www.missionarieincarnazione.org

       

 

21) 27 September in San Donaci, Brindisi (Italy)

   

DOMENICA CROCIFISSA [NINA] LOLLI

layperson of the archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni

born: 14 September 1911 in San Donaci, Brindisi (Italy)

 

competent forum: Brindisi-Ostuni

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 14 September 2018

opening of diocesan inquiry: 28 December 2018

closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 2022

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: Associazione “Amici di Mamma Nina”, Via Don Vincenzo Lombardo, 72025 San Donaci (BR), ITALY

website: www.amicidimammanina.it

               

 

22) 12 October in Monza, Milan (Italy)

   

CARLO ACUTIS

child of the archdiocese of Milan

born: 03 May 1991 in London, England (United Kingdom)

 

competent forum: Milan

CCS protocol number: 3100

type of cause: heroic virtues

 

   

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 13 May 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 October 2013

closing of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 2016

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 26 May 2017

publication of Positio: 2017

particular congress of theological consultors: 17 April 2018

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 03 July 2018

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2018

    competent forum for inquiry on miracle for beatification: Campo Grande

    opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 24 April 2018

    closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 12 June 2018

    decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 15 March 2019

    meeting of the Medical Board: 14 November 2019

    particular congress of theological consultors: 17 December 2019

    ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 04 February 2020

    promulgation of decree on miracle: 21 February 2020

the rapid, complete, and lasting cure of [Matheus Vianna,] a three-year-old child, from «duodenal stenosis due to incomplete annular pancreas, continuous vomiting and severe malnutrition», at the parish church of São Sebastião, in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), on 12 October 2013. [AAS 113 (2021): 254-56; name disclosed in public media]

beatification: 10 October 2020

    competent forum for inquiry on miracle for beatification: Florence

    opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 11 May 2023

    closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 28 June 2023

    decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 19 July 2023

    meeting of the Medical Board:

    particular congress of theological consultors: 05 March 2024

    ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 07 May 2024

    promulgation of decree on miracle: 23 May 2024

the rapid, complete, and lasting cure of [Valeria Vargas Valverde,] a twenty-one-year-old young Costa Rican woman studying in Florence, from «severe head trauma with multiple cortical and subcortical laceration-contusion foci, and an ipsilateral sulcal subarachnoid hemorrhage.» [decretum super miraculo; name disclosed in public media]

    consistory: 01 July 2024

canonization: 07 September 2025

                      

postulator during canonization: Dr. Nicola Gori

petitioner: Amici di Carlo Acutis, Via Ariosto 21, 20145 Milano, ITALY

website: www.carloacutis.com

                                    

       

23) 03 November in Visciano, Naples (Italy)

                          

ARTURO D’ONOFRIO

priest and founder, Missionaries of the Divine Redemption

and Little Sisters-Apostles of the Redemption

born: 08 August 1914 in Visciano, Naples (Italy)

                        

competent forum: Nola

CCS protocol number: 3026

type of cause: heroic virtues

                         

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 April 2012

opening of diocesan inquiry: 03 November 2012

closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 November 2014

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                      

postulator: Rev. Nunzio D’Elia

petitioner: Missionari della Divina Redenzione, P.za Santuario, 22, 80030 Visciano (NA), ITALY

                     Piccole Suore Apostole della Redenzione, Via Camaldoli, 9, 80030 Visciano (NA), ITALY

website: www.c-mdr.org

                    

                         

24) 02 December in San Cristóbal, Táchira (Venezuela)

                          

MARTÍN MARTÍNEZ MONSALVE

priest of the archdiocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

born: 04 November 1919 in Santa Ana, Táchira (Venezuela)

                           

competent forum: San Cristóbal de Venezuela     

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

                          

                         

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2017

opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 November 2018

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                        

postulatorRev. Jesús Mora Angarita

petitioner: Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Venezuela, Apdo. 20, Calle 3 con Carrera 3,

                          San Cristóbal, Edo. Táchira, VENEZUELA

                     [1937: Tomás Antonio Sanmiguel Díaz]

website:  

                    

                         

25) 20 December in Roman, Neamţ (Romania)

                          

ANTON DEMETER

professed priest, Conventual Franciscans

born: 17 September 1925 in Butea, Iași (Romania)

                           

competent forum: Iaşi

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

                        

                            

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2016

opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 November 2016

closing of diocesan inquiry: 28 November 2021

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

                       

postulatorFra Zdzisław Józef Kijas, ofmconv

petitioner: [1986: Martin Benedict]

website: ofmconv.ro

                        

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