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Aloysius Schwartz
American Venerable (1930-1992)
VenerableUnited States
Born
18 September 1930
Vatican record
Died
16 March 1992
Vatican record
Venerable
22 January 2015
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Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 22 January 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Aloysius Philip Schwartz (September 18, 1930 – March 16, 1992) was an American Catholic priest who ran social service programs for thousands of orphans in South Korea, the Philippines and Mexico.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q4734720 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aloysius Schwartz (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.