Valeriano Güemes Rodríguez
Spanish Vincentian missionary priest in Odisha, India
Who they were
A Vincentian from Burgos, he reached India in 1922, became the first ecclesiastical superior of the Cuttack mission in 1928 and spent 56 years among the people of Odisha.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
After the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints issued the nihil obstat in May 2023, Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur declared him a Servant of God and opened the cause on 12 August 2023 at St Peter's Church, Mohana, Gajapati district.
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.