1) 09 January in Mascalucia, Catania (Italy)

        ANGELO FONTANAROSA (GENEROSO OF THE CRUCIFIED)

        professed priest, Passionists

        born: 06 November 1881 in Vetralla, Viterbo (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Catania

        CCS protocol number: 1532

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1986

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 12 December 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1993

        congress of theological consultants: 29 November 2011

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Pp. Passionisti, Via del Bosco, 1, 95030 Mascalucia (CT), ITALY

        website:

2) 12 January in Tarazona, Zaragoza (Spain)   

        MANUEL HURTADO GARCÍA

        archbishop of Tarazona;

                founder, Servants of the Gospel (n.o.)

        born: 25 March 1896 in Arenas del Rey, Granada (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Granada

        CCS protocol number: 2115

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat: 29 October 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 June 2003

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Romualdo Rodrigo Lozano, oar

        petitioner: Siervas del Evangelio, C/ Obispo Hurtado, 6, 18002 Granada, SPAIN 

        website:

3) 13 March in Lisbon (Portugal)   

        JOAQUIM ALVES BRÁS

        priest of the patriarchate of Lisbon;

                founder, Secular Institute of the Cooperators of the Family (n.o.),

                and Work of Saint Zita (n.o.)

        born: 20 March 1889 in Casegas-Covilhã, Castelo Branco (Portugal)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lisbon

        CCS protocol number: 1718

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 March 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 15 June 1990

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 March 1992

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 June 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

        congress of theological consultants: 18 January 2008

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 11 March 2008

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 March 2008

        postulator: Mons. Arnaldo Pinto Cardoso

        petitioner: Cooperadoras da Família, R. Sociedade Farmacêutica, 39, 1150-338 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

                             Obra de Santa Zita, Rua de Santo António à Estrela, 35, 1399-043 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

        website:

4) 14 March in Amelia, Terni (Italy)

        VINCENZO LOJALI

        bishop of Amelia

        born: 01 September 1894 in Attigliano, Terni (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Terni-Narni-Amelia

        CCS protocol number: 1849

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 February 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 March 2003

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm

        petitioner: Diocesi di Terni-Narni-Amelia, P.za Duomo, 11, 05100 Terni, ITALY     

        website:

5) 06 April in Cagliari (Italy)

        EVARISTO MADEDDU

        layperson of  the diocese of Oristano; married;

                founder, Evaristian Society of the Sacred Heart (n.o.)

        born: 25 November 1890 in Villaputzu, Cagliari (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Oristano

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Compagnia Evaristiani del Sacro Cuore, Via E. Madeddu, 2, 09170 Donigala Fenughedu (OR), ITALY

        website:

6) 07 April in Grassano, Matera (Italy)   

        MARIA MARCHETTA

        layperson of the diocese of Tricarico

        born: 16 February 1939 in Grassano, Matera (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Tricarico

        CCS protocol number: 2060

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 05 July 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Francesco Bracciani, fdd

        petitioner: Diocesi di Tricarico, P.za Mons. Raffaello delle Nocche, 2, 75019 Tricarico (MT), ITALY

                             [see also 1959: Giovanni Minozzi]

        website:

7) 16 April in San Juan (Puerto Rico)

        AUGUSTIN ARNAUD PAGÈS (NINFAS VICTORINO [NYMPHAS VICTORIN])

        professed religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)

        born: 07 September 1885 in Onzillon, Haute-Loire (France)

        diocese of competent bishop: San Juan de Puerto Rico

        CCS protocol number: 2279

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 March 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 September 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 January 2003

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 06 May 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Frt. Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli, fsc

        petitioner: Hermanos de La Salle – Distrito de Antillas, Aptdo. 3103, Av. Bolivar, 807,

                                      Santo Domingo, D.N., DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

                             Vicepostulación de la Causa Hno. Victorino, Aptdo. 61, Añasco, 00610 PUERTO RICO

                             Comité pro Beatificación Hno. Victorino, P.O. Box 141881, Coral Gables, FL 33114-1881, USA

        website:

8) 26 April in Novogrudok (a.k.a Nowogródek), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’ (Belarus)

        LUDWIKA BANAŚ (Maria Małgorzata of the

                SACRED Heart of Jesus IN AGONY IN THE GARDEN)

        professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

        born: 10 April 1896 in Klecza Dolna, Małopolskie (Poland)

        diocese of competent bishop: Warsaw

        CCS protocol number: 2514

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 05 October 2002 (from the diocese of Grodno)

        nihil obstat: 14 December 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 19 February 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 March 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 04 July 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Fra Zbigniew Suchecki, ofmconv

        petitioner: [see 1943: Maria Stella Mardosewicz and 10 Companions;

                              see also 1902: Maria Franciszka Siedliska (Maria of Jesus the Good Shepherd)]

        website:

9) 29 May in Budapest (Hungary)

        MARTON BOLDIZSÁR (MARCELL OF THE VIRGIN OF CARMEL)

        professed priest, Discalced Carmelites

        born: 09 September 1877 in Zalakomár (a.k.a. Kiskomárom), Zala (Hungary)

        diocese of competent bishop: Esztergom-Budapest

        CCS protocol number: 2323

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 August 1993

        nihil obstat: 15 January 2000

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 December 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 28 October 2005

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Ildefonso Moriones Zubillaga, ocd

        petitioner: Kármelita Rendház, Huba u. 12, 1134 Budapest XIII, HUNGARY

        website:

10) 26 June in Rome (Italy)

        MADALEINA CATHERINE BEAUCHAMP HAMBROUGH (MARIA RICCARDA)

        professed religious, Bridgettine Sisters

        born: 10 September 1887 in London, England (Great Britain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 2009

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 2010

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 21 October 2011

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: [see 1957: Maria Elisabeth (Maria Elisabetta) Hesselblad]

        website:

11) 06 July in Baturité, Ceará (Brazil)

        FRANCISCA BENICIA OLIVEIRA (CLEMÊNCIA)

        professed religious, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

        born: 23 August 1896 in Redençao, Ceará (Brazil)

        diocese of competent bishop: Fortaleza

        CCS protocol number: 2037

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 04 April 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 06 September 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giuseppe Guerra, cm

        petitioner: Província de Fortaleza das Filhas da Caridade, Ave. Desembargador Moreira, 2211 – Dionisio Torres

                                     60170-002 – Fortaleza – CE, BRAZIL

        website:

12) 09 July in Rome (Italy)

        MARIJA PETKOVIĆ (MARIJA OF JESUS CRUCIFIED)

        founder, Daughters of Mercy, Third Order Regular of Saint Francis

        born: 10 December 1892 in Blato, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska (Croatia) 

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1654   

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 January 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 May 1998

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2000

        congress of theological consultants: 23 April 2002

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 21 May 2002

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2002

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        beatification: 06 June 2003

        postulator: Dr. Paolo Vilotta

        petitioner: Figlie della Misericordia, Via Porta Maggiore, 38, 00185 Roma, ITALY

                             Kćeri Milosrđa TSR sv. Franje, Mallinova 4, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA

        website:

13) 13 July in Tremembé, São Paulo (Brazil)

        CARMEN CATARINA BUENO

                (MARIA DO CARMO OF THE HOLY TRINITY) [CARMINHA]

        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns

        born: 25 November 1898 in Itu, São Paulo (Brazil)

        diocese of competent bishop: Taubaté

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: October 2009

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 February 2010

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner:  Carmelo da Santa Face e Pio XII, Rua Pio XII, 48 – Centro

                                     12120-000 – Tremembé – SP, BRAZIL

        website: madremariadocarmo.wordpress.com

14) 29 September in Mexico City (Mexico)

        MARÍA DOLORES ECHEVERRÍA ESPARZA

        cofounder, Missionaries of Jesus the Priest (n.o.)

        born: 04 May 1893 in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico)

        diocese of competent bishop: Mexico City

        CCS protocol number: 2548

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 May 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Enrico García Delgadillo, msps

        petitioner: Misioneras de Jesús Sacerdote, Calle Oregon 746, Col. del Valle, Del. Benito Juárez,

                                     03100 México D.F., MEXICO

        website:

15) 12 October in Verica, Modena (Italy)

        SERGIO BERNARDINI

        layperson of the archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola; married;

                member, Secular Franciscans

        born: 20 May 1882 in Sassoguidano, Modena (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Modena-Nonantola

        CCS protocol number: 2685

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 20 May 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 18 May 2008

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 November 2009

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Dr. Francesca Consolini

        petitioner: Ufficio Pastorale per la Famiglia, Via S. Eufemia, 13, 41100 Modena (MO), ITALY

                             Associazione “Camminando per Mano”, Via San Francesco, 6, 41026 Pavullo nel Frignano (MO), ITALY

                             [1971: Domenica Bedonni Bernardini]

        website:

16) 02 November in Rome (Italy)

        ARNALDO CANEPA

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome

        born: 24 September 1882 in Rome (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1938

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 06 December 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 February 1994

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 30 November 2001

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 08 November 2002

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2006

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Centro Oratori Romani, Via Monte Polacco, 5, 00184 Roma, ITALY

        website: www.arnaldocanepa.org

17) 10 November in Trzebnica, Dolnosląskie (Poland)

        JÓZEF MAŁYSIAK (CZESŁAW CHRYZOSTOM)

        professed priest, Salvatorians;

                founder, Sisters of the Family of Bethany (n.o.)

        born: 11 March 1884 in Żywiec, Śląskie (Poland)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lublin

        CCS protocol number: 1991

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 May 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Siostry Betanki, ul. Jana Pawła II 11, 20-533 Lublin, POLAND

                             Kapelania Sióstr Betanek, ul. Pusławska 44, 24-120 Kazimierz Dolny, POLAND

        website:

18) 13 November in Würzburg (Germany)  

        THERESIA ELEONORE RITZ (MARIA JULITTA)

        professed religious, Sisters of the Holy Redeemer

        born: 24 September 1882 in Uissigheim, Külsheim (Germany)

        diocese of competent bishop: Würzburg

        CCS protocol number: 1480

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 September 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 December 1999

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2004

        congress of theological consultants: 19 November 2010

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 December 2011       

        postulator: Rev. Krzysztof Nykiel

        petitioner: Schwestern des Erlösers, Ebracher Gasse 6, Postfach 110761, 97070 Würzburg, GERMANY

        website: www.erloeserschwestern.de

19) 20 November in Logroño, La Rioja (Spain)

        MARÍA PILAR SOLSONA LAMBÁN (MARÍA PILAR OF THE SACRED HEART)

        professed religious, Sisters of the Pious Schools (Escolapias)

        born: 22 December 1881 in Zaragoza (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Zaragoza

        CCS protocol number: 1734

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 July 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 April 1991

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 29 November 1992

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 03 December 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1995

        congress of theological consultants: 16 October 2009

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 05 October 2010

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 10 December 2010

        postulator: Sr. María Luisa Labarta Araguás, schp

        petitioner: [see 1889: Paula Montal Fornés (Paula of Saint Joseph Calasanz)]

        website:

20)  08 December in Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico)

        GLORIA ESPERANZA ELIZONDO GARCÍA (GLORIA MARÍA OF JESUS)

        professed religious, Missionary Catechists of the Poor

        born: 28 August 1908 in Durango (Mexico) 

        diocese of competent bishop: Monterrey

        CCS protocol number: 2004

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 December 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 24 May 1996

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2005

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:

        petitioner: Misioneras Catequistas de los Pobres, Calle Alfonso Reyes 238 esq. Gómez Morín,

                                     Col. Valle Chipinque, A.P. 386, 66250 San Pedro Garza García, N.L., MEXICO

        website:

21) 30 December in Lima (Peru)

        FULGENCIO ELORZA LEGARISTI (MARTÍN OF THE SIDE OF JESUS)

        professed priest, Passionists;

                bishop of the apostolic prelature of Moyobamba

        born: 30 December 1899 in Elgueta, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Lima

        CCS protocol number: 2128

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 February 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry: February 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry: September 2004

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 July 2007

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Misioneros Pasionistas, Av. Victor A. Belaunde, 160, San Isidro – Lima 27, PERU

                             Prelatura de Moyobamba,  Jr. Callao Nº 650, Apdo. 133, Moyabamba, Dep.to San Martín, PERU

                             [see also 1962: Francisco Sagarduy de Lasgoitia (Gerardo of Saint Francis)]

        website: