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Cyril John Zohrabian
Armenian Turkish catholic priest declared venerable (1881–1972)
VenerableTurkeyOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin
Born
25 June 1881
Vatican record
Died
20 September 1972
Vatican record
Venerable
24 January 2024
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 24 January 2024 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2024)
Who they were
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop; born in Erzurum; died in Rome.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Cyril John Zohrabian has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Cirillo Giovanni Zohrabian (Hovhannes Zohrabian).
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q1555160 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.