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José de Jesús López y González
VenerableMexico
Born
1872
Died
1950
Venerable
16 June 2017
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 16 June 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop; born in Aguascalientes City; died in Mexico City.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q65163516 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.