Vicenta Chávez Orozco
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Feast | 30 July |
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Vicenta Chávez Orozco (6 February 1867 - 30 July 1949), also known by her religious name María Vicenta de Santa Dorotea, was a
Orozco was named a
Life
Vicenta Chávez Orozco was born in Cotija de la Paz in Mexico in 1867 as the last of four children (all males) to Luis Chávez and Benigna Orozco. One brother was Eligio.[2][3]
Orozco was a pious child who fostered a great devotion to the
She made her private vows on 25 December 1895 (Christmas) - alongside Catalina Velasco and Juana Martín del Campo - and then made her full canonical profession as a professed religious in 1911. In between that she founded her own religious order - the Servants of the Holy Spirit and the Poor - on 12 May 1905 with the aid of the priest Miguel Cano Gutiérrez; the order received diocesan approval on 10 August 1911 and was later aggregated to the Order of Friars Minor on 2 October 1939.[2] She was appointed as its superior in 1913 and held the position until 1943. In 1914 - during the Mexican Revolution - Venustiano Carranza's forces commandeered the Guadalajara Cathedral and took a number of priests and religious hostage which also included her.[1][3]
From 1942 she began to suffer from vision impairment and a number of other health issues but she still was the first person to arrive each morning in the chapel for
Beatification
The beatification process commenced under
The postulation later sent the official
The miracle needed for her to be beatified was investigated and later validated on 2 October 1992 while a medical board approved the healing to be a legitimate miracle on 10 October 1996; theologians met and approved it on 10 January 1997 while the C.C.S. followed suit on 8 April 1997. John Paul II issued the final approval needed for the beatification on 7 July 1997 and beatified the late nun on 9 November 1997 in
References
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Vicenta Chávez Orozco". Saints SQPN. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Maria Vicenta de Santa Dorotea Chávez Orozco". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Maria Vicenta". EWTN. Retrieved 24 August 2016.