Cícero Romão Batista
Brazilian priest known as Padre Cícero of Juazeiro do Norte
Who they were
Priest of Crato in Ceará, known throughout north-eastern Brazil as Padre Cícero, around whom the pilgrimage town of Juazeiro do Norte grew.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Holy See granted the nulla osta on 24 June 2022, the diocesan inquiry opened at Crato on 30 September 2022 and closed on 7 June 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.