There are no answers to your questions, just speculation...I never got any straight answers about it in my former Cathloic life either.. Sainthood is like the Catholic Hall of Fame...full of the great players in Catholic history...just a recognition of their contributions to the faith...magritte
Please read up on the canonization process links I just posted. You don’t seem to have the entire picture.
And you are always a Catholic once you are baptized as a Catholic.
We welcome you back.