Blessed Donizetti Tavares De Lima - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Donizetti Tavares De Lima

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

16-Jun

Born

3 January 1882 in Cássia, Brazil

Died

At 11.15am on 16 June 1961 in at the parish hall in Tambaú, Brazil of natural causes

Beatified

23 November 2019 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Church of São José, Tambaú, Brazil with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu as the chief celebrant

Venerated

9 October 2017 by Pope France (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Donizetti Tavares De Lima, born on 3 January 1882 in Cássia, Brazil. He came from a family of nine boys, born to Tristão and Francisca Cândida Tavares de Lima. His father was a lawyer while his mother worked as a professor.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2019-11-23 by 23 November 2019 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Church of São José, Tambaú, Brazil with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu as the chief celebrant