St. Alphonse of Sacramento?

[Cal_Catholic]

Process to canonize beloved former auxiliary bishop moves forward

An effort to beatify and canonize former Sacramento Auxiliary Bishop Alphonse Gallegos, described in one biography as a “champion of the unborn and the unwanted,” continues to move forward.

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The diocese is in the process of preparing a more than 1000-page report summarizing the testimony of over 100 witnesses attesting to Bishop Gallegos’ virtuous life and declarations from those who say the bishop has interceded on their behalf since his death almost 18 years ago. The report is scheduled to be sent to the Vatican at year’s end.

Bishop Gallegos, one of 11 children of Joseph and Caciana Gallegos and a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, was ordained auxiliary bishop of Sacramento on November 4, 1981. He was killed in a car crash in October 1991 at the age of 60.

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[cmudd]

Bishop Gellegos baptized my younger sister back in 1983. Just two weeks before he was killed, he visited my family and joined us for lunch. I was still young then but remember how kind he was and how much my parents admired him. It was so sad to lose such a great man at such a young age, but we have always counted ourselves fortunate to have been so close with him. It was a great loss for the Church in Northern California but perhaps we gained a great saint.