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Dorotea Chávez Orozco

founder of the Servants of the Holy Spirit and the Poor. (1867–1949)

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Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1867

Died

1949

Beatified

—

not on record

Canonised

—

not yet

Who they were

At Guadalajara in Mexico, Blessed María Vicenta of Saint Dorothy (Dorotea) Chávez Orozco, virgin, who founded the Institute of the Servants of the Poor and, trusting only in the help of God and Providence, bore witness of humanity and care for the afflicted and the poor.

The miracles

The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 30 July as the founder at Guadalajara of the Institute of the Servants of the Poor.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Roman Martyrology, 30 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q936611 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Vicenta Chávez Orozco (CC BY-SA)

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.