Alphonse Gallegos
American Augustinian Recollect, auxiliary bishop of Sacramento
Who they were
Alphonse Gallegos of the Augustinian Recollects was titular bishop of Sasabe and auxiliary bishop of Sacramento, working among people on the margins in an area marked by unemployment and crime and putting the education of children first.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry ran at Sacramento from 4 December 2005 to 5 November 2006, and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints records the decree declaring him Venerable on 8 July 2016.
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.