Lafayette da Costa Coelho
Brazilian priest of the diocese of Guanhães in Minas Gerais
Who they were
Coelho was ordained for Diamantina in 1917 and served in Minas Gerais, where reports of favours attributed to him continued after his death.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Holy See gave the nihil obstat on 13 November 2000, the diocesan inquiry opened in 2005, and his remains were moved to the church at Santa Maria do Suaçuí in 2009 as the inquiry drew to a close.
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.