California bishop considered for sainthood

September 28, 2009

Four years after the opening of the beatification process of Auxiliary Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, the Diocese of Sacramento has submitted 1,700 pages worth of testimony to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. Born in 1931, Bishop Gallegos was ordained a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects in 1958 and served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his 1991 death in an automobile collision.

 

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Further information:

• Believers aim to prove Catholic bishop worthy of sainthood (Scripps Howard News Service)
• Cause for beatification opened for Bishop Alphonse Gallegos (Diocese of Sacramento, 2005)
• Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, OAR (Order of Augustinian Recollects)