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Ettore Cunial
Italian priest of the Josephites of Murialdo, killed in Albania
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
13 August 1933
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Died
8 October 2001
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Beatified
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Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A Josephite of Murialdo who went to Albania in 2000-2001 to work with the poor and the young, he was stabbed to death in Durrës by a teenager he had helped.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Archbishop George Frendo opened the diocesan inquiry in the cathedral of Tirana on 8 October 2020, the nineteenth anniversary of his death.
The cause
Ettore Cunial 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 Ettore Cunial.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.