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~ 1955 ~

       

1) 10 January in Washington D.C. (USA)

   

        MARY VIRGINIA MERRICK

        layperson of the archdiocese of Washington D.C.;

                founder, Christ Child Society

        born: 02 November 1866 in Washington D.C. (USA)

       

        competent diocese: Washington D.C.

        CCS protocol number: 2539

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 02 April 2003

        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: National Christ Child Society, 6900 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 604, Bethesda, MD 20815, USA

        website:
   

   

2) 09 February in Lecce (Italy)

   

        MICHELE GHEZZI (GIUSEPPE)
        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 19 August 1872 in Lecce (Italy)

       

        competent diocese: Lecce

        CCS protocol number: 1369

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 19 June 1982

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 24 January 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1992

        congress of theological consultants: 14 April 2000

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 17 November 2000

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 18 December 2000

       

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Frati Minori, Via Imperatore Adriano, 79, 73100 Lecce, ITALY
        website:
   
   

3) 03 March in Cornwell Heights, Pennsylvania (USA)

   

        KATHARINE MARY DREXEL
        founder, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People
        born: 26 November 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

       

        competent diocese: Philadelphia

        CCS protocol number: 1113

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 17 November 1979

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 17 December 1983

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1986

        congress of theological consultants: 14 November 1986

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 13 January 1987

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 January 1987

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
           
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 10 July 1987
            session of medical consultants: 09 December 1987
            congress of theological consultants: 15 March 1988
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 07 June 1988
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 01 September 1988

        beatification: 20 November 1988

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
           
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
            session of medical consultants:
            congress of theological consultants:
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:
            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        canonization: 01 October 2000

       
       
information: Mo. Katharine Drexel Guild, 1663 Bristol Pike, Cornwell Heights, PA 19020, USA

        website:

   
   

4) 30 March in Évora (Portugal)

   

        MANUEL MENDES DA CONCEIÇĂO SANTOS
        archbishop of Évora;

                founder, Servants of the Holy Church (n.o.)
        born: 13 December 1876 in Pé de Căo, Santarém (Portugal)

       

        competent diocese: Évora

        CCS protocol number: 1270

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 17 July 1975

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator: Mons. Arnaldo Pinto Cardoso
       
petitioner: Servas da Santa Igreja, Rua das Fontes, 68, 7000-589 Évora, PORTUGAL

        website:

   
   

5) 15 April in Sittard, Limburg (Netherlands)
   
        PATRICIUS CRAMER
        priest of the diocese of Roermond
        born: 14 April 1888 in Breukelen, Utrecht (Netherlands)

       

        competent diocese: Roermond

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Dekenaat Susteren-Echt, Relindisstraat 1, 6114 HB Susteren, NETHERLANDS
        website:
   

   

6) 27 June  in Stryszawa, Małopolskie (Poland)

   

        KUNEGUNDA SIWIEC

        layperson of the archdiocese of Kraków;

                members, Secular Carmelites

        born: 28 May 1876 in Stryszawa, Małopolskie (Poland)

       

        competent diocese: Kraków

        CCS protocol number: 2807

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 29 September 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 21 December 2007

        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: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Kunegundy Siwiec, 34-205 Stryszawa 585, POLAND

                             Karmelici Bosi, ul. Rakowicka, 18, Skr. pocz. 546, 30-960 Kraków, POLAND

        website: www.kundusia.pl
       

       

7) 31 July in Trnava (Slovakia) ex aerumnis carceris

   

        CECÍLIA SCHELINGOVÁ (ZDENKA)
        professed religious, Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl
        born: 25 December 1916 in Krivá na Orave, Dolný Kubín (Slovakia)

       

        competent diocese: Trnava

        CCS protocol number: 2326

        type of cause: martyrdom

       

        nihil obstat: 22 February 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 September 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 12 January 2003

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 31 January 2003

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2003

        congress of theological consultants: 02 May 2003

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 03 June 2003

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 07 July 2003

        beatification: 14 September 2003

       
       
postulator: Rev. Ľudovít Pokojný

        petitioner: Milosrdné Sestry Svätého Kríža – Slovenská Provincia, Ružová 4, 917 02 Trnava, SLOVAKIA

                             [see also 1888: Anna Maria Katherina Scherer (Maria Theresia)]

        website: www.sestrysvkriza.sk
   
   

8) 02 August in Pianura, Naples (Italy)

   

        GIUSTINO MARIA RUSSOLILLO
        priest of the diocese of Pozzuoli;

                founder, Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists)
        born: 18 January 1891 in Pianura, Naples (Italy)

       

        competent diocese: Pozzuoli

        CCS protocol number: 1294

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 15 December 1977

        opening of cognitional process: 18 January 1980

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 23 January 1986

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1991

        congress of theological consultants: 07 February 1997

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 18 November 1997

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 18 December 1997

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 16 March 2005
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 14 November 2005
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 09 March 2007
       

        postulator: Rev. Giacomo Capraro, sdv
       
petitioner: Societŕ delle Divine Vocazioni, Via Cortina D’Ampezzo, 138, 00135 Roma, ITALY

        website: www.dongiustino.com
   
   

9) 12 August in Pernumia, Padua (Italy)

   

        LUCIO FERRAZZI
        priest of the diocese of Padua
        born: 20 September 1876 in Valstagna, Vicenza (Italy)

       

        competent diocese: Padua

        CCS protocol number: 2213

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 28 February 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 29 December 2006

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 April 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator: Mons. Giovanni Vaccarotto
       
petitioner: Unitŕ Pastorale di Valstagna, Via Roma 37 , 36020 Valstagna (VI), ITALY

                             Parrocchia di S. Giustina, P.za S. Giustina, 1, 35020 Pernumia (PD), ITALY
        website: www.donlucioferrazzi.it
   
   

10) 09 September in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

   

        EMMA ÜFFING (MARIA EUTHYMIA)
        professed religious, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin and Our Lady of Sorrows
(n.o.)
        born: 08 April 1914 in Halverde, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

       

        competent diocese: Münster

        CCS protocol number: 995

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 09 January 1976

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 14 December 1981

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1986

        congress of theological consultants: 12 January 1988

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 26 April 1988

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 September 1988

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
           
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 10 July 1992
            session of medical consultants: 04 March 1999
            congress of theological consultants: 22 October 1999
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 07 March 2000
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 01 July 2000

        beatification: 07 October 2001

       

        postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

        petitioner: Barmherzige Schwestern – Clemensschwestern, Klosterstraße, 85, 48143 Münster, GERMANY
        website: www.euthymia.de
   
   

11) 13 September in Bisceglie, Bari (Italy)

   

        PASQUALE UVA
        priest of the archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie

                founder, Handmaids of Divine Providence (n.o.)
        born: 10 August 1883 in Bisceglie, Bari (Italy)

       

        competent diocese: Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie

        CCS protocol number: 1475

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 02 July 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 October 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Ancelle della Divina Provvidenza, Via G. Bovio, 76, 70052 Bisceglie (BA), ITALY
        website: www.ancelleinrete.it
   
   

12) 26 September in Khabarovsk, Khabarovskiy kray (Russia) ex aerumnis carceris, uti fertur

   

        ADELĖ DIRSYTĖ [biography]
        layperson of the archdiocese of Kaunas
        born: 15 April 1909 in Promislavas, Kėdainiai (Lithuania)

       

        competent diocese: Kaunas

        CCS protocol number: 2316

        type of cause: martyrdom

       

        nihil obstat: 14 January 2000

        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: Kauno Arkivyskupija, Rotušės a. 14a, 44279 Kaunas, LITHUANIA
                             [1944: Elena Spirgevičiūtė]
        website:
   
   

13)  13 October in Balasar, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto (Portugal)

   

        ALEXANDRINA MARIA DA COSTA
        layperson of the diocese of Braga;

                member, Salesian Cooperators
        born: 30 March 1904 in Balasar, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto (Portugal)

       

        competent diocese: Braga

        CCS protocol number: 1228

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        opening of informative process: 14 January 1967

        closing of informative process: 10 April 1973

        decree on writings: 02 June 1978; 19 December 1980

        nihil obstat: 31 January 1983

        decree on validity of informative process: 16 November 1990

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1991

        congress of theological consultants: 23 May 1995

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 07 November 1995

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 January 1996

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
           
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 22 November 2002
            session of medical consultants: 28 May 2003
            congress of theological consultants: 15 July 2003
            ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 28 October 2003
            promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2003

        beatification: 25 April  2004

       

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb
       
petitioner: Paróquia de Sta. Eulalia, Rua Alexandrina Maria da Costa, 21, 4570-017 Balasar PVZ, PORTUGAL

                             Padres Salesianos, Rua Saraiva de Carvalho 275, 1399-020 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
        website:

 

14) October 16 in Cosenza (Italy)

   

        AGOSTINO ERNESTO CASTRILLO
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor;

                bishop of San Marco Argentano e Bisignano
        born: 18 February 1904 in Pietravairano, Caserta (Italy)

       

        competent diocese: San Marco Argentano-Scalea

        CCS protocol number: 1450

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 14 November 1984

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 May 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 February 1999

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 15 February 2002

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Associazione “Pro Servo di Dio Agostino Ernesto Castrillo,”

                                 Santuario di S. Maria della Vigna, 81050 Pietravairano (CE), ITALY
        website:

 

15) 20 November in Koblenz-Metternich, Rhineland Palatinate (Germany)

   

        MARIA EMILIE ENGEL
        consecrated member, Secular Institute of the Schönstatt Sisters of Mary
        born: 06 February 1893 in Husten, Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

       

        competent diocese: Trier

        CCS protocol number: 2320

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 22 January 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2002

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2006

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Sekretariat Schwester M. Emilie, Haus Providentia, Trierer Str. 388,
                                 56070 Koblenz, GERMANY

        website:
   
   

16) 24 November in Chilapa, Guerrero (Mexico)

   

        LEOPOLDO DÍAZ ESCUDERO
        bishop of Chilapa
        born: 16 September 1880 in Alcozauca, Guerrero (Mexico)

       

        competent diocese: Chilpancingo-Chilapa

        CCS protocol number: 1809

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       

        nihil obstat: 02 September 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 26 February 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

       

        postulator:
       
petitioner: Diócesis de Chilapa, Av. Revolución 500-A, 41100 Chilapa, Gro., MEXICO

        website:
       

       

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