1) 04 January in São Paulo (Brazil)

LÉO TARCÍSIO GONÇALVES PEREIRA

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

founder, “Bethânia” Community

born: 19 October 1961 in Delfim Moreira, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

competent forum: Florianópolis

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 March 2020

closing of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

petitioner: Comunidade Bethânia, Estrada Municipal Bethânia, 400 – Timbézinho

                           88240-000 – São João Batista – SC, BRAZIL

website: www.bethania.com.br 

2) 25 January in Rome (Italy)

ENRICA ONORANTE MICHISANTI

layperson of the diocese of Rome; married

born: 19 November 1945 in Rome(Italy)

competent forum: Rome

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 June 2019

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: Sr. María Paula Barriga Mondragón, OSss

3) 02 March in Modica, Ragusa (Italy)

ANTONINO [NINO] BAGLIERI

layperson of the diocese of Noto;

member, Volunteers with Don Bosco

born:  01 May 1951 in Modica, Ragusa (Italy)

competent forum: Noto

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 31 January 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 March 2014

closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 May 2024

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni, sdb

petitioner: Volontari con Don Bosco, Via di Prova, 12, 20100 Milano (MI), ITALY

                     Salesiani di Don Bosco, Via Don Bosco, 21, 97010 Modica (RG), ITALY

website: www.ninobaglieri.it

4) 24 March in La Palma del Condado, Huelva (Spain)

CARMEN NEBOT SOLDÁN de NOGUERA 

layperson of the diocese of Huelva; married

born: 23 April 1933 in La Palma del Condado, Huelva (Spain)

competent forum: Huelva

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 16 February 2017

opening of diocesan inquiry: 31 May 2017

closing of diocesan inquiry: 02 March 2024

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Teodoro León Muñoz

petitioner: Diócesis de Huelva, C/ Manuel Siurot, 31 Aptdo. 144, 21080 Huelva, SPAIN

website:

5) 25 March in Madrid (Spain)

EUGENIO ROMERO POSE

titular bishop of Turuda;

auxiliary bishop of Madrid

born: 15 March 1949 in Santa María de Bayo, Zas, A Coruña (Spain)

competent forum: Madrid

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: Archidiócesis de Madrid, C/ Bailén, 8, 28013 Madrid, SPAIN

website:

6) 02 April in Nola, Naples (Italy)

VINCENZO TOPPI (FRANCESCO SAVERIO FROM BRUSCIANO)

professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans;

archbishop prelate of Pompei

born: 26 June 1925 in Brusciano, Naples (Italy)

competent forum: Pompei

CCS protocol number: 3109

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from the diocese of Nola)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 October 2013

opening of diocesan inquiry: 02 April 2014

closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 October 2016

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 November 2017

publication of Positio: 2020

particular congress of theological consultors: 23 February 2021

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 11 January 2022

promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 January 2022

postulator: Fra Carlo Calloni, ofmcap

petitioner: Prelatizia di Pompei, P.za Bartolo Longo, 1, 80045 Pompei (NA), ITALY

website: www.santuario.it;

                  www.monstoppi.it

7) 03 June in Mosul (Iraq) in odium fidei, uti fertur

RAGHĪD ‛AZĪZ KANĪ AND 3 COMPANIONS

FROM THE ARCHEPARCHY OF MOSUL OF THE CHALDEANS  

1.    RAGHĪD ‛AZĪZ KANĪ                                

        [ رغيد عزيز كني ]

        priest of the archeparchy of Mosul of the Chaldeans

        born: 20 January 1972 in Mosul (Iraq)

2.    BASMĀN YŪSUF DĀWUD AL-YŪSUF

        [ بسمان يوسف داود اليوسف ]

       subdeacon of the archeparchy of Mosul of the Chaldeans

       born: 28 September 1982 in Mosul (Iraq)

3.    WAHĪD HANĀ AL-ĪSHŪ      

        [ وحيد حنا ايشو ]

        subdeacon of the archeparchy of Mosul of the Chaldeans; married

        born: 01 July 1966 in Aqrah (Iraq)

4.    GHASĀN ‛ISĀM BĪDĀWĪDH

        [ غسان عصام بيداويذ ]

        subdeacon of the archeparchy of Mosul of the Chaldeans

        born: 13 February 1984 in Mosul (Iraq)

competent forum: Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit of the Chaldeans

CCS protocol number: 3370

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of transfer of competent forum: 09 February 2018 (from Mosul of the Chaldeans)

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 01 March 2018

opening of eparchial inquiry: 15 November 2018

closing of eparchial inquiry: 26 August 2019

decree on validity of eparchial inquiry: 10 November 2021

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Luis Fernando Escalante

petitioner: Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, 25603 Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48033, USA

website: chaldeanchurch.org

Note: The Arabic scripts of these names have been Romanized using the method employed by the UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems. Documents and  materias for the promotion of the cause, on the other hand, Romanize these as “Ragheed Ganni, Basman Daoud, Waheed Isho, and Ghassan Bidawid.”       

8) 08 July in Goma, Nord-Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo) in odium fidei

FLORIBERT BWANA CHUI BIN KOSITI

layperson of the archdiocese of Goma;

member, Saint Egidio Community 

born: 13 June 1981 in Goma, Nord-Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo)

competent forum: Goma

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2016

opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 November 2016

closing of diocesan inquiry: 09 December 2018

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 25 November 2024

postulator: Mr. Patrick Balemba Batumike

petitioner: Comunità di Sant'Egidio, P.za S.Egidio, 3/a, 00153 Roma, ITALY

website: www.santegidio.org

9) 19 July in Abancay, Apurímac (Peru)

ENRIQUE PÈLACH FELIU

bishop of Abancay

born:  03 October 1917 in Anglès, Girona (Spain)

competent forum: Abancay

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: Diócesis de Abancay, Apdo. 42, Plaza de Armas s/n, Abancay (Apurímac), PERU

website: diocesisdeabancay.org

10) 02 November in Rimini (Italy)

ORESTE BENZI

priest of the diocese of Rimini;

founder, Pope John XXIII Community

born:  07 September 1925 in San Clemente, Rimini (Italy)

competent forum: Rimini

CCS protocol number: 3138

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 03 January 2014

opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 September 2014

closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 November 2019

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Dr. Elisabetta Casadei

petitioner: Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, Via Valverde 10/C, 47900 Rimini (RN), ITALY

website: www.apg23.org

11) 18 December in Santiago (Chile)

HERNÁN ALESSANDRI MORANDÉ

professed priest, Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers

born: 22 February 1935 in Santiago (Chile)

competent forum: Santiago

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 March 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. Eduardo Aguirre Cancino

petitioner: Instituto Secular de los Padres de Schoenstatt – Provincia Pentecostés,

                          Colombia 7605, La Florida, Santiago, CHILE

website: www.schoenstatt.cl

12) 23 December in Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares (Spain)

SEBASTIÀ GAYÀ RIERA

priest of the archdiocese of Madrid;

founder, Cursillos in Christianity Movement

born: 30 July 1913 in Felanitx, Mallorca, Islas Baleares (Spain)

competent forum: Madrid

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: heroic virtues

rescript of transfer of competent forum: (from Mallorca)

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 September 2022

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: Carlos Mora-Rey

petitioner: Fundación Sebastián Gayá, C/ San Germán, 23, 28020 Madrid, SPAIN

website: fundacionsebastiangaya.org