We have 17 people who have been declared venerable. This means that the work of proving the heroic degree of their holiness is over and the decree super virtutibus has been issued. We need only a miracle to proceed to their beatification. Most of them seem to be in no hurry, naturally, for working a miracle! It does not really matter to them. But to us, yes! In the chronological order of the decree on their exceptional virtues:
Venerable Andrew Beltrami
Priest (December 5, 1966)
Venerable Teresa Valsé Pantellini
Virgin (July 12, 1982)
Venerable Dorothea Chopitea
Salesian Cooperator (June 9, 1983)
Venerable Vincent Cimatti
Priest (December 21, 1991)
Venerable Simon Srugi
Brother (April 2, 1993)
Venerable Rodolfo Komorek
Priest (April 6, 1995)
Venerable Aloysius Olivares
Bishop (December 20, 2004)
Venerable Margaret Occiena
Laywoman (October 23, 2006)
Venerable Joseph Quadrio
Priest (December 19, 2009)
Venerable Laura Meozzi
Virgin (June 27, 2011)
Venerable Attilio Giordani
Salesian Cooperator (October 9, 2013)
Venerable Joseph Augustus Arribat
Priest (July 8, 2014)
Venerable Stephen Ferrando
Bishop (March 3, 2016)
Venerable Francis Convertini
Priest (January 20, 2017)
Venerable Jose Vandor
Priest (January 20, 2017)
Venerable Octavio Ortiz Arrieta
Bishop (February 27, 2017)
Venerable Augustus Hlond
Cardinal (May 19, 2018)