This section contains beatification causes which are already in the preliminary stages of the diocesan investigation but have not received the decree “nihil obstat” from the CCS.

I. Recently added causes:

28 December 2008

• CHISHOLM, Caroline (1808-77): layperson; married

• HOŁOGA, Kazimierz (1913-58): layperson; married

• MIGLIACCIO, Antonio (1854-1945): diocesan priest; founder

• RUBIN, Tarcisio (1929-83): professed priest

• TORRES i TORRES, Joan and 20 companions (+1936): diocesan priests; martyrs

28 November 2008

• MARTÍN DEL CAMPO, Juan Manuel (1996): diocesan priest

• OLEZA GUALDE TORRELLLA, Maria de la Concepciò d’ (1905-99): professed religious

• VITELLI, Giuseppe (Carlo of Saint Pascal) (1818-78): professed religious

28 October 2008

• CANNAVALE, Maria (1891-1967): layperson

• DOMÍNGUEZ NETTO, María Florencia (Piché) (1917-82): layperson

• DUARTE ORTELLADO, Julio César (1906-43): diocesan priest

• GIAMBELLUCA, Elisa (1941-86): layperson

• PAIVA, Rosita (1909-91): founder

• RODRÍGUEZ CAMPO, Nicolás (1830-1900): professed priest

• VITALE, Salvatore (1904-81): diocesan priest; founder

28 September 2008

• BARCIA GOYANES, Juan José (1901-2003): layperson; married

• CHMIL’, Stepan (1914-78): professed priest; bishop

• FAIDUTTI, Luigi (1861-1931):diocesan priest

• KOZULIĆ, Marija (Marija Krucifiksa) (1883-1922): founder

• OTUNGA, Maurice Michael (1923-2003): bishop

28 August 2008

• LOZANO DÍAZ, Ana María (1914-77): professed religious

• MANELLI, Settimio (1886-1978): layperson; married

22 July 2008

• ABREU ESPINAL, Juan Antonio (1914-77): diocesan priest

• FARRÉ, Marie-Thérèse (Thérèse-Dominique of the Heart of Mary) (1830-94): founder

• GONZÁLEZ DEL VALLE SARANDESES, María Isabel (1889-1937): founder

• MERLIN, Françoise-Apolline (Mère Saint Peter) (1803-78): professed religious

• TIRADO RAMÍREZ, Antonia (Antonia of Jesus) (1740-1810): founder

19 June 2008

• ALESSANDRINI, Angelico (1917-40): professed religious

• BESSI, Didaco (1856-1919): diocesan priest; founder

• BOURBON-PARME, Zita de (1892-1989): layperson; married

• FOLLEREAU, Raoul (1903-77): layperson

• FORD, Francis Xavier (1892-1952) bishop; martyr

• FORTY-SEVEN MARTYRS OF SLOVENIA (+1941-51): diocesan priests, religious, laypersons; martyrs

• GUÉRIN, Georges (1891-1972): diocesan priest

• MARTÍNEZ BETANCOURT, Abraham (1903-82): bishop

• MASI, Domenico (1880-1964): diocesan priest; founder

• MASSONE, Giuseppe (1910-98): layperson

• MATEO DE GRACIA, Nicomedes (Nicomedes of Saint Augustine) (1895-1936): professed priest; martyr

• NODAY, Alano Maria du (1899-1985): professed priest; bishop

• ORTEGA PARDO, María Encarnación (1920-95): consecrated layperson

• REIG GOZALBES, Josefa María (Margarita María of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus) (1908-92): professed religious

• ROSA MARCHISIO, Anna Maria (1937-90): layperson; married

• SARDINAS ZAVALA, Alfonso María de la Cruz (1842-1902): professed priest; founder

• STURZO, Mario (1861-1941): bishop

• VENTOSA REIG, Isabel (1834-95): founder

• VISCARDI, Assunta (1890-1947): layperson

31 May 2008

• BRAUNSTORFER, Heinrich (Karl) (1895-1978): professed priest

• CARRILLO TRUCIO, Ángel (1882-1970): diocesan priest

• ORTIZ GONZÁLEZ, Alfredo (1929-47): seminarian

• ZEMAN, Titus (1915-69): professed priest; martyr

01 April 2008

• DOTA, Antonio (1865-1937): professed priest

• GRUBER, Johann (1889-1944): diocesan priest; martyr

• NAVARRO, Nicolás and 5 companions (+1927): laypersons; martyrs

06 March 2008

• ALVIRA y ALVIRA, Tomás (1906-92) and Francisca [Paquita] DOMÍNGUEZ SUSÍN de ALVIRA (1912-94): married couple

• CARRILLO AGUILERA, Marta de Jesús (1590-1669): widow; founder

• CUELLAR GARCÍA, Roberto (1896-1970): professed priest

• GOURSAT, Pierre (1914-91): layperson; founder

• VIVONA, Benedetto (1877-1968): diocesan priest

15 February 2008

• ALDAMA PRUAÑO, José Antonio de (1903-80): professed priest; founder

• GRITA, Vera (1923-69): layperson

• LUCAS BURGOS, María Rosario (María Rosario of the Holy Spirit) (1909-60): founder

• SANTOS, Lúcia dos (Maria Lúcia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart) (1907-2005): professed religious

01 February 2008

• BORGATO, Maria (1898-1945): professed member of a secular institute; martyr

• IDÀ, Vincenzo (1909-84): diocesan priest; founder

• LOMNITS’KYI, Ivan (Eremiya) (1860-1916): professed priest; founder

• SELETS’KYI, Kirilo (1835-1918): diocesan priest; married; founder

25 January 2008

• ANDRADE LEITE, Miguel Afonso de (1912-76): diocesan priest

• DURÁN PÁRRAGA, Gabriela (Gabriela of Saint Martin) (1848-1927): founder

• FACCIA, Vittorino (1917-97): professed religious

• GEMENTI, Vittorina (1931-89): layperson

• GIMMA, Teresa (1880-1948): professed religious

• HÖFFNER, Joseph (1906-87): archbishop; cardinal

• LAGRANGE ESCOBAR, Isabel (1855-1933): founder

• MADEDDU, Evaristo (1890-1966): layperson; married; founder

• PINZETTA, Hermínio (Salvador from Casca) (1911-72): professed religious

• RODRIGUES MOREIRA, Libério (1884-1980): diocesan priest

• SCHUBERT, František (Augustin) (1902-42): professed priest; martyr

• ZAZPE ZABALZA, Rufino (Rufino of the Virgin of Carmel) (1891-1977): professed religious

20 January 2008

• QUINN, Bernard (1888-1940): diocesan priest

06 January 2008

• TARDIF, Emilano [Émilien] (1928-99): professed priest; founder

02 January 2008

• CASESNOVES SOLER, Manuel (1904-58) and Adela SOLDEVILA GALIANA de CASESNOVES (1906-88): married couple

• GRACIÁN DANTISCO, Jerónimo (1545-1614): professed priest

II. List of Causes without “nihil obstat” until December 2007

Note: A bracketed asterisk [*] signifies that the cause has a known protocol number issued by the CCS.

1. ADDUCA, Rosario (1793-1860): professed religious

2. ALLOATTI, Eurosia (Maria Cristina of Jesus) (1859-1920): founder [*]

3. ALLOATTI, Giuseppe (1857-1933): professed priest; founder [*]

4. Alonso, Ruben Isidro (1929-92): diocesan priest

5. ÁLVAREZ SALAS, María Josefa (Clara of the Heart of Mary) (1860-1924): founder [*]

6. ANGELELLI, Enrique and 3 companions (+1976): martyrs

7. ARROYO, Maria Beatriz del Rosario (1884-1957): founder

8. ÁRVAY Dezső and 17 companions (+1945-99): diocesan priests; martyrs

9. BÉGHIAN, Nelly (Marie de Béthanie) (1901-45): professed religious

10. Beata Rosa, Maria das Graças (1901-60): founder

11. BEOTTI, Giuseppe (1912-1944): diocesan priest; martyr

12. BERARDI, Semplice Maria (1873-1953): diocesan consecrated virgin

13. Berettoni, Giuseppina (1875-1927): layperson

14. BERNAUD, Marie-Constance (1825-1903): professed religious

15. BLANCHARD, Jean-Pierre (1762-1824): diocesan priest

16. BÓDI Mária Magdolna (1921-45): young layperson; martyr

17. BULLION, Gertraud von (1891-1930): professed member of a secular institute [*]

18. CAPPIELLO, Francesca (Maria Colomba of the Blessed Sacrament) (1831-87): layperson

19. CARMONA GÓMEZ, Tomás and 34 companions (+1936-37): priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs

20. CARO RODRíGUEZ, José María (1866-1958): cardinal

21. CARRASCO TENORIO, Encarnación (1840-1917): founder

22. CASTAÑEDA COELLO, Mercedes de (Teresa of the Sacred Heart) (1856-1950): founder

23. CELESIA DE FERRARI, Antonietta (1826-1901): layperson; married

24. CERÓN AYUELA, Encarnación (1909-2002); professed religious

25. CHEVALIER, Jules (1824-1907): priest and founder

26. COMERMA BARRERA, Maria Nativitat and Maria Miracle ROCA VILARDELL (+1936): professed religious; martyrs

27. CRAMER, Patricius (1888-1955): diocesan priest

28. DAIBER HAYNE, María Benedicta (1904-87): layperson

29. DÁRIO, Sílvio Maria (1919-74): bishop

30. DE FERRARI, Teresa (1854-1922): professed religious

31. DE NICOLA, Fortunata Gesualda Maria (Maria Luigia of the Heart of Jesus) (1790-1829): founder

32. DUFF, Francis Michael [Frank] (1889-1980): layperson; founder

33. EKWU, Aaron Ejikemeuwa (1936-89): diocesan priest

34. ELÍAS MEDINA, Juan and 122 companions (+1936-37): priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs

35. ÉMOND, Louis (1876-1949): layperson

36. ENDRÉDY Vendel (1895-1981): professed priest

37. FALLAIZE, Pierre (1887-1964): professed priest; bishop [*]

38. FARSETTI, Maria (1867-1953): layperson [*]

39. FAYE, Joseph (1905-96): professed priest

40. FÉLIX TORRES, María (1907-2001): founder

41. FORTY MARTYRS OF THE SEMINARY OF BUTA (+1997)

42. Franco Sanchez, Santos (1942-54): child

43. FRESCOBALDI CAPPONI, Maria Maddalena (1771-1839): layperson; married; founder

44. GARCÍA PLANELLS, José Ramón (1885-1959): layperson [*]

45. GIAQUINTA, Guglielmo (1914-94): bishop; founder

46. GIOVANNI, Roberto (1903-94): professed religious

47. GÓMEZ LLOR, José and 60 companions (+1936-39): priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs

48. GRAZIANI, Lazzaro (Lazzaro from Sarcedo) (1918-61): professed priest; martyrs

49. Györgypál Albert (1914-47): priest; martyr

50. HÁM János (1781-1857): bishop

51. HAMERSZMIT, Kazimierz Aleksander (1916-96): diocesan priest

52. HECKER, Isaac Thomas (1819-88): priest and founder

53. JIMÉNEZ, Mauricio (1881-1954): professed priest [*]

54. JOHN PAUL II (1920-2005): pope [*]

55. Kaisevičius, Juozapas Jeronimas (1812-73): priest; founder

56. KERNYTS’KYI, Vladyslav (Rafail) [Władysław Kiernicki (Rafał)] (1912-95): professed priest; bishop

57. KUŚNIAK, Wawrzyniec (1788-1866): priest [*]

58. LATEAU, Louise (1850-83): layperson [*]

59. LAUWEN, Wilhelmina (Maria Beata) (1879-1952): professed religious

60. LEADEN, Alfredo and 4 companions (+1976): professed priest and clerics; martyrs

61. LECHNER, Franziska (1833-94): founder

62. LIEVENS, Constant (1856-93): professed priest [*]

63. LINDEN, Humbertus Jr. (Bruno) (1876-1960): professed priest

64. LIVATINO, Rosario (1952-90): layperson

65. LUIGI, Ghjuvanni Marcu (1712-82): diocesan priest

66. MACZALIK Győző and 9 companions (+1952-72): martyrs

67. MARTÍNEZ GIL, Cipriano and 40 companions (+1936): diocesan priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs [*]

68. MESSNER, Johannes (1891-1984): diocesan priest

69. MESTER Margit Mária (1906-61): founder

70. MICHEL GONZÁLEZ, José Guadalupe Fidencio (1882-1929): diocesan priest; martyr [*]

71. MOËS, Anna (Maria Dominika Klara of the Holy Cross) (1832-95): professed religious

72. MONTERO NAVARRO, Ramón (1930-1944): child

73. MUÑOZ PÉREZ, Cosme (1573-1636): diocesan priest; founder

74. NguyỄn Văn ThuẬn, Phanxicô Xaviê (1928-2002): bishop; cardinal

75. NIETO MARTÍN, Eustaquio and 939 companions (+1936-39): diocesan priests, religious, and laypersons; martyrs [*]

76. Nosek, František (1886-1935): layperson; married

77. O’Connor, Eileen Rosaline (1892-1921): founder

78. OGIER, Maria Cristina (1955-74): layperson

79. ORSETTI, Humberto (Domingo from Tacuarembó) (1899-1994): professed priest

80. PANICKERVEETIL, Geevarghese Thomas (Ivanios) (1882-1953): bishop; founder

81. PASTORI, Leopoldo (1939-96): professed priest

82. PATANÈ, Mariano (1713-1804): professed priest

83. PAVLETIĆ, Ivan (Bonifacio) (1864-97): professed religious

84. PĘCHAREK, Błażej (Bernard of Wąbrzeźno) (1587-1603): professed priest

85. PETROVIĆ, Leo and 65 companions (1942-45): professed priests and religious; martyrs

86. PFANNER, Wendelin (Franz) (1825-1909); professed priest; founder [*]

87. PIROVANO, Aristide (1915-97): professed priest; bishop

88. PISAPIA APICELLA, Lucia (1887-1982): layperson; married

89. PITOCCHI, Francesco (1852-1922): professed priest

90. PLEBANI, Enrica (1960-90): layperson

91. Razzetti, Vittoria (1834-1912): layperson

92. RESTIVO, Mario Giuseppe (1963-82): layperson [*]

93. RIVERO NICOLÁS, Serapio (1917-2002): professed priest

94. RODRÍGUEZ BARREGÁN, José and 3 companions (+1936): diocesan priests; martyrs

95. ROLEWSKI, Kazimierz (1887-1936): diocesan priest [*]

96. ROTHER, Stanley Francis (1935-81): diocesan priest; martyr

[*]

97. SANTANGELO, Antonino Ildebrando (1913-92): diocesan priest [*]

98. SANTOS, Maria da Conceição (Benigna Victim of Jesus) (1907-81): professed religious

99. SARACENI, Maria Concetta (Maria Cherubina Chiara of Saint Francis) (1823-71): professed religious

100. SAUER, Bonifaz, KIM CH’I-HO Benedictus and 34 companions (+1949-52): bishop, priests, religious, laity; martyrs

101. SELVI, Lino (Giacomo) (1938-87): professed priest

102. SEMERIA, Giovanni (1867-1931): professed priest; founder

103. SERRA JORDI, Jaume and 183 companions (+1936-37): priests and laypersons; martyrs

104. SHI XIANZHI (Maria Agnes) (1913-60): professed religious; martyr [*]

105. SIMON Erzsébet (Mária Etelka) (1898-1944): professed religious; martyr

106. SIQUEIRA ANDRADE, João Francisco de (1837-81): diocesan priest; founder

107. SLIPYI, Yosyf (1892-1984): bishop

108. SOGGIU, Giovanni (1883-1930): professed priest; bishop; martyr [*]

109. SONG HAE-BUNG Ioannes Baptista (1926-50): young layperson; martyr

110. SPALATRO, Antonio (1926-54): diocesan priest

111. STOCK, Franz (1904-48): diocesan priest

112. STREICH, Stanisław (1902-38): diocesan priest; martyr

113. TARONI, Paolo (1827-1902): diocesan priest

114. TÓTH Tihamér (1889-1939): bishop

115. TORRES CASTAÑEDA, José Soledad de Jesús (1918-67): bishop; martyr [*]

116. TRIEST, Petrus Jozef (1760-1836): priest; founder

117. VANIER, Georges-Philias (1888-1967) and ARCHER-VANIER, Pauline (1898-1991): married couple 

118. Vargas Galeana, Josefa Brígida (Magdalena) (1866-1917): founder [*]

119. VERGÉS SAMARANCH, Antoni (1898-1936): diocesan priest; martyr

120. VIALLE, Marie (1900-89): layperson; married

121. VICINI, Luigi (Agostino from Montefeltro) (1839-1921): professed priest; founder

122. VIEIRA DA SILVA, Maria (1926-40): child; martyr

123. VIETER, Heinrich (1853-1914): professed religious, bishop

124. WERNER, Balthasar (1887-1943): professed religious [*]

125. WOŹNY, Aleksander (1910-83): diocesan priest

126. YI GWANG-JAE Timothaeus and 4 companions (+1950): priests; martyrs

127. YUPANQUI, Francisco Tito (ca. 1540-1616): layperson [*]

128. ZANCAJO DE LA MATA, María Luisa (1911-54): founder

129. ZINI, Raffaele (Celestino) (1825-92): professed priest; founder; bishop [*]

130. ZOLA, Salvatore Luigi (1822-98): bishop

131. ŻYCHLIŃSKI, Aleksander (1889-1945): diocesan priest