María Ana Alberdi Echezarreta
The Vatican record
- 22 May 2026 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2026)
Who they were
María Ana Alberdi Echezarreta (in the world María de la Concepción Cruz) was abbess of the monastery of the Franciscan Conceptionist Sisters; she was born at Azkoitia, Spain, on 3 May 1912 and died in Madrid on 27 November 1998. Pope Leo XIV recognised her heroic virtue on 22 May 2026.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2026.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2026
- 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.