Dorotea de Chopitea
Chilean-born Barcelona banker's wife and Salesian cooperator who funded some thirty charitable foundations
Who they were
Born in Santiago de Chile and raised in Barcelona, she married the banker Josep Serra and used their wealth to found around thirty schools, hospices, orphanages and workshops, becoming known as God's almoner and a leading Salesian cooperator.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
The informative process opened in Barcelona on 4 April 1927 and the decree on her heroic virtues was promulgated on 9 July 1983.
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.