Maria Esperanza Medrano | |
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| Born | November 22, 1928 San Rafael de Barrancas, Monagas, Venezuela |
| Died | August 7, 2004 (aged 75) Long Beach Island, New Jersey, United States |
Maria Esperanza Medrano de Bianchini (November 22, 1928 – August 7, 2004), also known as Maria Esperanza, was a Venezuelan mystic, in Barrancas in the State of Monagas near the Orinoco River.[1]
On January 31, 2010, in the (Catholic) Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Metuchen, New Jersey, the case for the beatification and canonization of Maria Esperanza was opened by the Bishop Paul Bootkoski of the Diocese of Metuchen, which act gave her the title Servant of God.[2] Maria Esperanza's Marian apparitions were approved at the local level by the bishop,[2] but not by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which has only approved 12 apparitions to date.[3]
- ^ Biography of Maria Esperanza Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine at MariaEsperanza.org
- ^ a b Pillai, Michelle (14 January 2010). "Life of a Venezuelan visionary and mystic - Jan 17". Catholic News. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Expert explains Church’s criteria for confirming Marian apparitions," Catholic News Agency, May 8, 2008