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Michele Zavala López
VenerableFull write-up
Born
12 November 1867
verified
Died
4 April 1947
verified
Venerable
21 December 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 21 December 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Michele Zavala López was a professed priest of the Order of St Augustine, born at Rancho Nuevo de Santa Clara, Mexico, on 12 November 1867, who died at Yuriria, Mexico, on 4 April 1947. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 21 December 2018.
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 2018.
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 2018
- 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.