John Joseph McKniff
American Augustinian priest who worked in the Philippines, Cuba and Peru
Who they were
McKniff professed with the Augustinians in 1924, was ordained in Rome in 1930 and volunteered for the Philippines and then Havana, where he opened free parish schools and a dispensary; he later served in Peru.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause was opened in the diocese of Chulucanas in 2000.
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.