Alfonso (Alfie) Lambe
Irish lay envoy of the Legion of Mary in South America
Who they were
Alfie Lambe left Ireland at 21 as a Legion of Mary envoy and spread the Legion through Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina before dying in Buenos Aires aged 26.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan phase of his cause was conducted in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and closed in 2015; he is titled Servant of God.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.