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Cyril John Zohrabian

Armenian Turkish catholic priest declared venerable (1881–1972)

VenerableTurkeyOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin

Born

1881

Died

1972

Venerable

24 January 2024

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

24 January 2024 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2024)

Who they were

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop; born in Erzurum; died in Rome.

The miracles

No miracle approved yet

The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Wikidata Q1555160 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.