Antônio Campelo de Aragão
Brazilian Salesian bishop of Petrolina, founder of the Sisters Mediators of Peace
Who they were
A Salesian of Don Bosco, he was fourth bishop of Petrolina for eighteen years and founded the Irmãs Medianeiras da Paz and the Sisters Messengers of Mary.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints approved the opening of his cause in a letter of 16 May 2023, and the diocesan process was opened on 30 September 2023 in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Christ the King, Petrolina.
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.