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Candidates for sainthood and witnesses of faith from Northern Ireland
Holy men and women from Northern Ireland on MyHolyHero: those whose cause for beatification and canonization is open, and witnesses of faith for whom no cause has been opened.
Each profile gives a short account of the person's life, the exact stage of their cause in the Catholic Church and a prayer for private devotion. We keep two groups clearly apart: people with an open cause for beatification and canonization, and witnesses of faith for whom no cause has been opened.
To understand what each title means (Servant of God, Venerable, Blessed), read our guide to how canonization works, or browse all the heroes by stage of the cause.
Open causes for canonization
Witnesses of faith · no open cause
No cause for beatification has been opened for the people below. They are not candidates for canonization; they are remembered here for the witness of their lives.
Reggie Donnelly
Belfast layman who founded Our Lady Queen of Peace Pilgrimages in 1986 and led thousands of pilgrims to Medjugorje while raising millions for Mother's Village orphanage.
Father Hugh Mullan
Belfast curate shot dead in the Ballymurphy Massacre of August 1971 as he went, holding up a white cloth, to give the last rites to a wounded parishioner.
Father Noel Fitzpatrick
Belfast curate shot dead at Springhill in July 1972 while going to minister to the wounded, eleven months after his fellow curate Fr Hugh Mullan was killed the same way.
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