Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho
Brazilian Augustinian Recollect missionary sister killed in Amazonia
Who they were
Limited information is available on this saint so far. We are always working to add more, and this page will be updated as new information comes to light.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
An Augustinian Recollect Missionary who worked with indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon and was killed on the Purus in April 1985; hers is a cause of martyrdom. The nihil obstat came on 9 April 1991, the inquiry opened on 2 June 1991, and her congregation received the first copies of the Positio super martyrio on 7 July 2026.
The cause
Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho 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 Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.