Giovanni Puggioni
Italian Jesuit priest in Sardinia, founder of 'Operazione Africa'
Who they were
A Jesuit who spent over fifty years in Sardinia, he promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart and founded the volunteer association 'Operazione Africa' for lepers in the Congo.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi opened the diocesan inquiry into the Servant of God Giovanni Puggioni SJ in Cagliari cathedral on 16 January 2023, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints having granted the nulla osta in October 2022.
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.
- Diocesi: Cagliari, al via in cattedrale la causa di beatificazione di padre Puggioni — AgenSIR
- Padre Puggioni, aperta a Cagliari la causa di beatificazione — Gesuiti (Jesuits, Euro-Mediterranean Province)
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.