List of Salesian Saints

(updated to October 2006)

SAINTS (8)

St John Bosco priest (canonised: 1934) >>

St Joseph Cafasso priest (canonised:1947) >>

St Mary D. Mazzarello virgin FMA (canonised:1951) >>

St Dominic Savio young (canonised:1954) >>

St Leonardo Murialdo priest (canonised:1970) >>

St Louis Versiglia, bishop, Martyr (canonised:2000) >>

St Callistus Caravario, priest, Martyr (canonised:2000) >>

St Louis Orione priest (canonised:2004) >>

BLESSEDS (52)

Bl. Louis Guanella priest (beatified: 1964) >>

Bl. Michael Rua priest(1972) >>

Bl. Laura Vicuna young (1988) >>

Bl. Philip Rinaldi priest(1990) >>

Bl.Maddalena Morano virgin FMA (1994)

Bl. Joseph Kowalski priest (1999)

Bl. Franc. Kesy and 4 young men (1999)

Bl. Pio IX pope (2000)

Bl. Joseph Calasanz priest and 31 companions(2001)

Bl. Louis Variara priest (2002)

Bl. Maria Romero Meneses virgin FMA (2002)

Bl. Artemides Zatti religious(2002)

Bl. Augustus Czartoryski priest (2004)

Bl. Eusebia Palomino virgin FMA (2004)

Bl. Alexandrina M. da Costa laie (2004)

Bl. Albert Marvelli lay (2004)

Bl. Bronislao Markiewicz priest (2005)

Bl. Ven. Zeffirino Namuncura'. (Nov. 2007)

Bl. Enrico Saiz Aparicio priest and 62 friends (Martiri di Madrid e Siviglia). Commenced 25 January 1996. Proposer: Bishop Gutierrez Gomez José Luis. (Oct. 2007)


VENERABLES (8)

Ven. Andrew Beltrami. priest

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 5 December 1966.

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 22 June 1972. Investigation of miracle. Vice postulator: Fr Simon Dante.

Ven. Teresa Valsè Pantellini. virgin FMA

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 12 July 1982. Vice postulator: Sr Giuliana Accornero.

Ven. Dorothy Chopitea. laie

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 9 June 1983. Vice postulator: Fr Victor Marco.

Ven. Vincent Cimatti. priest

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 21 December 1991. Vice postulator: Fr Gaetano Compri.

Ven. Simon Srugi. religious

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 2 April 1993.

Ven. Rudolf Komorek. priest

Reading of the Decretum super virtutibus on 6 April 1995. Special grace under study. Vice Postulator: Fr Reinaldo Barbosa de Oliveira.

Ven. Louis Olivares. Bishop

Reading of the Decreto super virtutibus on 20 December 2004.

Mamma Margaret Occhiena laie (Italia). Reading of the Decreto super virtutibus on 15 november 2006


SERVANTS OF GOD (90)

Awaiting examination of “Positio super vita et virtutibus”or “super martyrio” for:

Maria Troncatti, FMA (Ecuador). Commenced 8 May 1997. Vice postulator: Sr Giuliana Accornero. Proposer: Bishop Gutierrez Gomez José Luis.

Joseph Quadrio priest (Italia). Commenced 31 July 1997. Vice postulator: Fr Remo Bracchi. Proposer: p. Ols Daniel, O.P.

Laura Meozzi, FMA (Polonia). Commenced 9 May 1999. Vice postulator: Sr Giuliana Accornero. Proposer Fr Fokcinski Hieronim, S.I.

Attilio Giordani lay (Italia). Commenced 8 May 2001. Vice postulator: Fr Rino Germani. Proposer: Bishop Gutierrez Gomez José Luis.

Drawing up of “Positio super vita et virtutibus” for:

Augustus Hlond Card. (Polonia). Cause established by the Congregation (of Saints..) on 6 March1998.

Vice postulator: Fr Marian Burniak, SC. Proposer: Fr. Eszer Ambrosius, O.P.

Ignatius Stuchly prist (Reppublica Ceca). Cause established by the Congregation (of Saints..) 29 November 2002. Vice postulator: Fr Jiri Sedlacek. Proposer: Fr Fokcinski Hieronim, S.I.

Anthony Lustosa de Almeida Bishop (Brasile). Cause established by the Congregation (of Saints..) 2 May 2003. Vice postulator: Fr Raimundo Benevides Gurgel (collaborator: Fr Antonio da Silva Ferreira). Proposer: Fr Ols Daniel, O.P.

Ottavio Ortiz Bishop (Perù). Cause established by the Congregation (of Saints..) 3 October 2003. Vice postulator: Fr Cosme Robredo. Proposer: Bishop. Gutierrez Gomez José Luis.

Joseph Augusto Arribat priest (Francia). Cause established by the Congregation (of Saints..) 25 June 2004. Vice postulator: Fr Morand Wirth. Proposer: Bishop Gutierrez Gomez José Luis.

Elias Comini priest (Italia). Cause established by the Congregation (of Saints..)

1 October 2004. Vice postulator: Fr Rino Germani. Proposer: Fr. Bove Cristoforo O.F.M.

Francis Convertini priest (India). Acts of "Inchiesta diocesana" given to the Congregation (Saints) on 3 Ocotber 2005. Vice postulator: don Nicola Lo Groi (actuary: Fr Luciano Colussi). >>

Stephen Ferrando Bishop (India). Acts of "Inchiesta diocesana" given to the Congregation (Saints) on 15 September 2006. Vice postulator: suor Filomena Mathew.

Beginning of "Inchiesta diocesana" :

Matilde Salem (Siria). Beginning of "Inchiesta diocesana" on 20 October 1995. Vice postulator: - >>

Jan Swierc priest e 8 compagni (martiri polacchi del 1941-1942). Beginning of "Inchiesta diocesana" on 17 September 2003. Vice postulatore: Fr Michal Szafarski. >>

José Vandor priest (Cuba). Beginning of "Inchiesta diocesana" on 8 October 2003. Vice postulator: Fr Rafael Giordano. >>

Carlos Crespi Croci priest (Ecuador). Beginning of "Inchiesta diocesana" on 24 March 2006. Vice postulator: Fr Luciano Bellini. >>

Costantino Vendrame, sacerdote sdb (India). Beginning of "Inchiesta diocesana" on 19 August 2006. Vice postulator: P.Barnes Lister Mawrie. >>

Charles Della Torre sdb, priest (Thailand). The "nulla osta" of the Holy See for the Cause to begin was given on 14th July 2003. Vice postulator: Joseph Banchong Santisukniran