PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS

VATICAN CITY, JAN 27, 2000 (VIS) - Today in the Consistory Hall, the following decrees were promulgated in the presence of the Holy Father, John Paul II, the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the postulators of the respective causes:

- One decree regarding the heroic virtue of Servant of God Francesco Saverio Seelos, German, priest of the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer (1819-1867).

- Three decrees regarding the martyrdom of the Servants of God:
- Nicola Bunkerd Kitbamrung, Thai, diocesan priest, martyred for the faith in Thailand in 1944.
- Andrea, lay catechist, protomartyr of Vietnam, born c. 1625 or 1626, martyred for the faith in Vietnam in 1644.
- Pietro Calungsod, Filippino, lay catechist, martyred for the faith in Guam in 1672.

- One decree regarding a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Katharine Mary Drexel, American, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People (1858-1955).

- Six decrees regarding miracles attributed to the intercession of Servants of God:
- John XXIII (ne Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli), Italian, Pope (1881-1963).
- Columba (ne Joseph Marmion), Irish, priest of the Order of St. Benedict (1858-1923).
- Giorgio Preca, Maltese, diocesan priest and founder of the Society for Christian Doctrine (1880-1962).
- Maria Teresa Chiramel Mankidiyan, Indian, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (1876-1926).
- Marie Elizabeth Hesselblad, Swedish, foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Savior and of St. Bridget (1870-1957).
- Francesco Saverio Seelos, German, priest of the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer (1819-1867).

Among those present for the promulgation of the decrees were Archbishops Jose Saraiva Martins and Joseph Nowak, respectively prefect and secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

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