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Cecilia Moshe Hanna

Chaldean sister of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, killed in Baghdad at seventy-one

Servant of GodFull write-upIraq
Born
1931
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Died
15 August 2002
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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Who they were

Sister Cecilia Hanna, a member of the Chaldean Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was killed in Baghdad on 15 August 2002 at the age of seventy-one.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

Her martyrdom cause was transferred from Baghdad to the Chaldean Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Detroit in 2018; Bishop Francis Kalabat closed the eparchial phase on 27 August 2019, together with the causes of Bishop Paulus Faraj Rahho, Fr Ragheed Ganni and his three companions.

The cause

Cecilia Moshe Hanna is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Cecilia Moshe Hanna.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. Reporting one begins with the postulation.

Connected on this site

  • Thomas the Apostle Saint
    “Her martyrdom cause was transferred from Baghdad to the Chaldean Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Detroit in 2018; Bishop Francis Kalabat closed the eparchial phase on 27 August 2019, together with the causes of Bishop Paulus Faraj Rahho, Fr Ragheed Ganni and his three companions.” — this site's research
  • Ragheed Ganni Servant of God
    “Her martyrdom cause was transferred from Baghdad to the Chaldean Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Detroit in 2018; Bishop Francis Kalabat closed the eparchial phase on 27 August 2019, together with the causes of Bishop Paulus Faraj Rahho, Fr Ragheed Ganni and his three companions.” — this site's research
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