Vital Maria de Pernambuco (Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira)
Brazilian Capuchin friar who was bishop of Olinda and Recife
Who they were
A Capuchin friar made bishop of Olinda in Brazil at 27, imprisoned during the dispute with Brazilian freemasonry and dying in exile in Paris in 1878.
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 3 November 1994 and the diocesan inquiry opened in the archdiocese of Olinda e Recife on 18 May 2001.
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.