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Cora Louise Evans (July 9, 1904[1] – March 30, 1957) was an American wife and mother who was raised Mormon and eventually converted to Catholicism in 1935, moving away from the Mormon faith. She is considered to be a Catholic mystic[2] and she is currently being considered by the Vatican for canonization. In 2022, the move to canonize Cora Evans was sealed by the U.S. bishops and sent to Rome for formal consideration. All this was at the behest of the Catholic Diocese of Monterey, California, which opened the process of canonization in 2010.
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| Born | Cora Louise Yorgason Evans 9 July 1904 Midvale, Utah, United States |
| Died | 30 March 1957 (aged 52) Boulder Creek, California, United States |
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Evans was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but became disillusioned with the church and was baptized into the Catholic Church in 1935 in Utah.[2][3] Her husband and daughters did the same soon after.[4]
She later said she received visions of Jesus and Mary, which she promoted as "The Mystical Humanity of Christ."[1] Her cause for sainthood has been approved by the Holy See, gaining her the title Servant of God, and her cause is being handled by the Diocese of Monterey in California.[2]
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In June 2010, the cause of beatification and canonization was officially opened. Twelve years later, in the fall of 2022, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to advance the cause to the diocesan level.[5]
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