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José Antônio Maria Ibiapina
VenerableFull write-up
Born
5 August 1806
verified
Died
19 February 1883
verified
Venerable
28 March 2025
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 28 March 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
José Antônio Maria Ibiapina was a diocesan priest, born at Sobral, Brazil, on 5 August 1806, who died at Solânea, Brazil, on 19 February 1883. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 28 March 2025.
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 2025.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2025
- 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.