Ezechiele Ramin
Comboni missionary shot dead in Rondônia
Who they were
Comboni missionary from Padua, known as Padre Lele, shot dead in 1985 while defending landless farmers and indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Rondônia.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan process to establish his martyrdom ran in the diocese of Ji-Paraná from 1 April 2016 to 4 March 2017.
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.