Luís (Luigi) Cecchin
Italian priest and Fidei Donum missionary in Pernambuco, Brazil
Who they were
Born at San Martino di Lupari near Padua, he served over 40 years in Limoeiro, Pernambuco, and founded the Instituto Padre Luís Cecchin for children, adolescents and families in social vulnerability.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena of Nazaré opened the diocesan phase of his beatification and canonization cause on 6 February 2024, with Dr Paolo Vilotta as postulator.
The cause
Luís (Luigi) Cecchin is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Luís (Luigi) Cecchin.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.