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Ernesto Guglielmo Cofiño Ubico

VenerableFull write-up

Born

5 June 1899

verified

Died

17 October 1991

verified

Venerable

14 December 2023

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

14 December 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)

Who they were

Ernesto Guglielmo Cofiño Ubico was a layman and father of a family, born in Guatemala City on 5 June 1899, who died there on 17 October 1991. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 14 December 2023.

The miracles

The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2023.

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

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2023
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.

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