Alfredo Versoza
Roman Catholic Bishop and Servant of God (1877-1954)
Who they were
Alfredo Verzosa y Florentín (9 December 1877 – 27 June 1954) was the fourth native Filipino to be elevated as bishop of the Catholic Church and the first from Northern Luzon. He was also the first Ilocano bishop. He co-founded the Congregation of the Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Heart (MCSH), which focuses on education and administration within the church, especially catechesis. He has been declared Servant of God by Pope Benedict XVI and his cause for beatification is underway.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- CBCP News (Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines) — Servant of God Alfredo Verzosa remembered on 65th anniversary of his death — Fourth Filipino bishop, Bishop of Lipa 1916-1951, died 27 June 1954; the diocesan inquiry into his cause opened 11 January 2013 and closed in 2016.
- Wikidata Q12961340 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alfredo Verzosa (CC BY-SA)
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