Bernhard Maria (Alfredo) Haasler
Austrian-born Cistercian priest and missionary in Jacobina, Bahia
Who they were
Known as the "missionary of the sertao", he arrived in the diocese in 1938, served Santo Antonio parish in Jacobina and built dozens of rural parish schools.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Cistercians of the Brazilian Congregation petitioned the Diocese of Bonfim for his beatification cause; Bishop Hernaldo Pinto Farias received the formal request in May 2023, the Holy See gave the nihil obstat in 2024 and the diocesan inquiry opened in 2025.
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.