Alphonse Gallegos
Catholic bishop (1931-1991)
The Vatican record
- 8 July 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)
Who they were
Alphonse Gallegos, OAR (February 20, 1931 – October 6, 1991), was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991. He was nicknamed the "Bishop of the Barrios". His beatification process was opened in 2006 and on 8 July 2016, Pope Francis named him venerable in recognition of his heroic virtue.
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The miracles
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q4735362 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alphonse Gallegos (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.