Blessed Guido Maria Conforti
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- Memorial
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17 March
5 November (Xaverians)
- Profile
- As a child he used to have conversations in his parish church with Christ crucified.
Entered the Parma seminary at age 17.
Ordained on 22 September 1888.
Professor at the seminary.
Vice-rector of the seminary.
Vicar of Clergy in the diocese of Parma.
Founded the Xaverian Missionaries on 3 December 1895; they were assigned by Rome to evangelize China.
Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy on 9 June 1902.
Resigned as archbishop due to poor health in October 1904.
Coadjutor bishop of Parma, Italy and titular archbishop of Stauropolis on 14 November 1904.
Archbishop of Parma, Italy on 12 December 1907.
He visited his parishes regularly, worked for religious formation, supported relgious education for the laity and lay involvement with youth.
In 1928 he travelled to China to visit the Xaverians working there.
- Born
- 30 March 1865 at Ravadese, diocese of Parma, Italy
- Died
- 5 November 1931 in Parma, Italy of natural causes
- Venerated
- 11 February 1982 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
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17 March 1996 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
the beatification miracle involved the cure of 12 year old Sabina Kamariza's pancreatic cancer in Burundi, Africa in 1965
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Guido, contact
Postulazione Saveriana
V.le S. Martino, 8
43100 Parma, ITALY
- Additional Information
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Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
La causa di santificazione del Beato Conforti - italiano
Novena to Blessed Guido
Xaverian Missionaries
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- Readings
- Christ is all things.
- Blessed Guido's motto