Alfie Lambe

Alfie Lambe (in full Alphonsus Lambe; 24 June 1932 – 21 January 1959) was an Irish-born Roman Catholic lay-missionary and envoy of the Legion of Mary to South America.

Background Born at Tullamore, County Offaly to a farming family, as a youth he considered a vocation with the Irish Christian Brothers but had to leave due to chronic poor health and fainting attacks. Alfie was described as a quiet boy who was shy, loved reading and going on hunting trips with his father. He went to serve in Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, as well as Argentina, where he died in Buenos Aires at age 26 from stomach cancer.

Cause of beatification The cause of beatification for Alfie Lambe was introduced by the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in 1978 and concluded on 26 March 2015. On 17 January 2020 the Ordinary Causes of Congress of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Brosel Gavila José Jaime being appointed postulator for the cause to take forward the process of the potential canonization of Alfie Lambe.