Blessed Mary Teresa Bonzel - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Mary Teresa Bonzel

Also known as: Aline Bonzel; Maria Theresia; Regina Bonzel; Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

6-Feb

Born

17 September 1830 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as Aline Bonzel

Died

6 February 1905 at Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany of natural causes

Beatified

10 November 2013 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the cathedral of Paderborn, Germany with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding; her beatification miracle involved the cure of a four-year-old boy in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Venerated

27 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Mary Teresa Bonzel, also known as Aline Bonzel, Maria Theresia, Regina Bonzel, or Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel, was born on September 17, 1830, in Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From a young age, she felt a strong calling to religious life, but her family strongly opposed her decision.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2013-11-10 by 10 November 2013 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the cathedral of Paderborn, Germany with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding; her beatification miracle involved the cure of a four-year-old boy in Colorado Springs, Colorado