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John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

beatified Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ...

1,344 people.BEATIFICATIONS BY POPE JOHN PAUL II, 1979-2000
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Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

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and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, and not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.

1979

24 February 1979

* Margareta Ebner (c. 1291–1351)

29 April 1979

Francisco Coll Guitart Francisco Coll Guitart (Francesc Coll i Guitart in Catalan), (18 May 1812 – 2 April 1875) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Order) and founded the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgi ...

(1812–1875) *

Jacques-Désiré Laval Jacques-Désiré Laval (18 September 1803 – 9 September 1864) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" due to his tirel ...

(1803–1864)

14 October 1979

Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló Enrique () is the Spanish language, Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich (given name), Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, D ...

(1840–1896)

1980

22 June 1980

Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha ( in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Catholic saint and virgin who was an Algonquin–Mohawk. Born in the Mohawk village of O ...

(1656–1680) *

François de Montmorency-Laval François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, Kin ...

(1623–1708) *

José de Anchieta José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo (Joseph of Anchieta) (19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's h ...

(1534–1597) * Marie Guyart of the Incarnation (1599–1672) *

Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (or Betancourt) y Gonzáles ( es, Pedro de San José de Betancur y Gonzáles, March 21, 1626 (Tenerife) – April 25, 1667 (Antigua Guatemala), called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt (''Brother Peter of ...

(1626–1667)

26 October 1980

Bartolo Longo Bartolo Longo (February 10, 1841 – October 5, 1926) was an Italian lawyer who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. He was a former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a third order Dominican, dedicating h ...

(1841–1926) *

Luigi Orione Luigi Giovanni Orione was an Italian priest who was active in answering the social needs of his nation as it faced the social upheavals of the late 19th century. To this end, he founded a religious institute of men. He has been declared a saint ...

(1872–1940) * Maria Anna Sala (1829–1891)

9 December 1980

* Giovanni Saziari (1327–1371)

1981

18 February 1981

16 Martyrs of Japan The were Christians who were persecuted for their faith in Japan, mostly during the 17th century. Early Christianity in Japan Christian missionaries arrived with Francis Xavier and the Jesuits in the 1540s and briefly flourished, with over 100 ...

(+1633–1637) (Manila, Philippines The first beatification ceremony to be held outside the Vatican in the modern era)

4 October 1981

Alain de Solminihac Alain de Solminihac (25 November 1593 – 31 December 1659) was a French Roman Catholic religious reformer and served as the Bishop of Cahors from 1636 until his death. Solminihac was a professed member of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustin ...

(1593–1659) * Maria Repetto (1807–1890) *

Richard Pampuri Riccardo Pampuri, OH (2 August 1897 – 1 May 1930) - born Erminio Filippo Pampuri was an Italian medical doctor and a veteran of World War I who was also a professed member from Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Pampuri worked as a field doct ...

(1897–1930) * Claudine Thévenet (1774–1837) *

Luigi Scrosoppi Luigi Scrosoppi (4 August 1804 – 3 April 1884) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Cajetan of Thiene. He was canonized in 2001. Biography Luigi Scrosoppi was the last of three brothers b ...

(1804–1884)

1982

23 May 1982

André Bessette André Bessette, C.S.C. (9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), more commonly known as Brother André (french: Frère André), and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a signifi ...

(1845–1937) *

Maria Angela Astorch Maria Angela Astorch (née Maria Ines Jerónima Astorch; 1 September 1592 – 2 December 1665) was a Spanish religious figure and mystic. Born in Barcelona, she founded the Capuchin Poor Clares of Zaragoza and Murcia. She died in Murcia and wa ...

(1592–1665) *

Anne-Marie Rivier Anne-Marie Rivier (19 December 1768 – 3 February 1838) was a French Catholic nun and the foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. Rivier's focus was on education and she opened a school just before the beginning of the French Revo ...

(1768–1838) *

Marie Rose Durocher Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM (6 October 1811 – 6 October 1849) was a Canadian Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. She was beatified in 1982. Early life She was born Eulalie Mélanie Duroche ...

(1811–1849) *

Peter Donders Petrus Norbertus Donders (27 October 1809 – 14 January 1887) was a Dutch Roman Catholic priest and member of the Redemptorist Congregation. He served in various missions in the Dutch colony of Surinam. He started working in the capital Param ...

(1807–1887)

3 October 1982

* John of Fiesole (c. 1395–1455) *

Jeanne Jugan Jeanne Jugan (October 25, 1792 – August 29, 1879), also known as Sister Mary of the Cross, L.S.P., was a French woman who became known for the dedication of her life to the neediest of the elderly poor. Her service resulted in the establishment ...

(1792–1879) *

Salvatore Lilli Salvatore Lilli was a Franciscan priest and a martyr killed by the Muslim Turks under Abdul Hamid on 22 November 1895. Early life He was born on 19 June 1853 in Cappadocia, Abruzzo, Italy to Vincenzo and Annunziata Lilli. He joined Franciscan ...

& 7 Companions (+1895)

5 November 1982

Angela of the Cross Angela of the Cross Guerrero y González ( es, link=no, Ángela de la Cruz or ''María de los Ángeles Guerrero González''; 30 January 1846 – 2 March 1932) was a Spanish religious sister and the foundress of the , a Roman Catholic religious ...

(1846–1932)

1983

25 January 1983

Maria Gabriella Sagheddu Maria Sagheddu (17 March 1914 – 23 April 1939) - in religious Maria Gabriella - was an Italian Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Trappists. Sagheddu had an intense spiritual devotion to ecumenism - something for whi ...

(1914–1939)

15 May 1983

Luigi Versiglia Luigi Versiglia, Salesians of Don Bosco, S.D.B. (5 June 1873 – 25 February 1930) was an Italian Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco who served as the first Apostolic Vicar of Roman Catholic Diocese of Shaozhou, ...

(1873–1930) * Callistus Caravario (1903–1930)

20 June 1983

Ursula Ledóchowska Julia Ledóchowska, USAHJ (17 April 1865 – 29 May 1939) - in religious Maria Ursula of Jesus - was a Polish Catholic nun and the foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus. Ledóchowska was a prolific supporter of Polish indepe ...

(1865–1939)

22 June 1983

Raphael Kalinowski Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski ( pl, Józef Kalinowski, lt, Rapolas Kalinauskas) (1 September 1835 – 15 November 1907) was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar inside the Russian partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of V ...

(1835–1907) *

Albert Chmielowski Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish nobleman, painter, disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863, a professed religious and founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Al ...

(1845–1916)

30 October 1983

* Domingo Iturrate (1901–1927) * Giacomo Cusmano (1834–1888) * Jeremiah of Wallachia (1556–1625)

13 November 1983

Mariam Baouardy Mariam Baouardy ( ar, مريم بواردي, or Mary of Jesus Crucified, 5 January 1846 – 26 August 1878), was a Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Born to Palestinian Greek Catholic parents from the town of Hurfiesh ...

(1846–1878)

1984

19 February 1984

Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi (1 March 1826 – 7 September 1855) was an Italians, Italian priest from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was killed in hatred of the faith in Papua New Guinea during his work there amongst the people ...

(1826–1855) *

Guillaume Repin Guillaume Repin (26 August 1709 – 2 January 1794) was a French priest and martyr. He was Beatification, beatified on 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Life Repin was born in Thouarcé, Maine-et-Loire, France on 26 August 1709. He ente ...

& 98 Companions (+1794)

11 September 1984

* Alodie-Virginie Paradis (1840–1912)

30 September 1984

* Clemente Marchisio (1833–1903) * Federico Albert (1820–1876) *

Isidore of Saint Joseph Isidore De Loor (18 April 1881 – 6 October 1916), also known by his religious name Isidore of Saint Joseph, was a Belgian professed religious from the Passionists. He served in various capacities at the convents that he served like being a jani ...

(1881–1916) *

Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga (16 January 1843 – 23 February 1900) is a Spanish people, Spanish Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels. Vilallonga was part of Bilbao, Bilba ...

(1843–1900)

25 November 1984

Daniel Brottier Daniel Jules Alexis Brottier, C.S.Sp. (7 September 1876 – 28 February 1936), was a French Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (who currently refer to themselves as Spiritans). He was awarded the '' Croix de Guerre'' and ...

(1876–1936) * Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906) * Josep Manyanet i Vives (1833–1901)

1985

1 February 1985

* Mercedes de Jesús Molina (1828–1883)

2 February 1985

Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon (26 July 1602 – 10 January 1686), also known as Ana of the Angels Monteagudo, was a Peruvian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Dominican Nuns. Monteagudo studied under nuns in her childhood and decided to ...

(1602–1686)

14 April 1985

Pauline Mallinckrodt Pauline Von Mallinckrodt (3 June 1817 - 30 April 1881) was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity. Mallinckrodt was born into an aristocratic household as the daughter of a Lutheran fath ...

(1817–1881) * Maria Caterina Troiani (1813–1887)

23 June 1985

* Benedict Menni (1841–1914) * Peter Friedhofen (1819–1860)

15 August 1985

* Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (1939–1964)

22 September 1985

Virginia Centurione Bracelli Virginia Centurione Bracelli ( lij, Virginnia Çentrioña, 2 April 1587 – 15 December 1651) was an Italian people, Italian noblewoman from Genoa. Her father was the Doge of Genoa, and she had a short marriage due to being widowed in 1607. She ...

(1587–1651)

6 October 1985

Diego Luis de San Vitores Diego Luis de San Vitores, SJ (November 12, 1627 – April 2, 1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Christian presence in the Mariana Islands. He ...

(1627–1672) *

Francisco Gárate Aranguren Francisco Gárate Aranguren, SJ (3 February 1857 - 9 September 1929) was a Spanish Catholic professed religious of the Jesuit order. Aranguren served as an nurse after receiving his qualification in 1877 and became noted for his encouragement and ...

(1857–1929) * Jose Maria Rubio (1864–1929)

3 November 1985

Titus Brandsma Titus Brandsma, OCarm (born ''Anno Sjoerd Brandsma''; 23 February 1881 – 26 July 1942) was a Dutch Carmelite friar, Catholic priest and professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi ideology and spoke out against it many t ...

(1881–1942)

16 November 1985

* Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (1832–1914)

17 November 1985

Karolina Gerhardinger Karolina Gerhardinger (20 June 1797 – 9 May 1879) (also known as Mother Maria Theresia of Jesus) was a German people, German Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Gerhardinger served ...

(1797–1879) * Pius of Saint Aloysius (1868–1889)

1986

8 February 1986

Kuriakose Elias Chavara Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I. (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic priest, philosopher and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and a member of the Syro- ...

(1805–1871) * Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (1910–1946)

8 August 1986

Jadwiga of Poland Jadwiga (; 1373 or 137417 July 1399), also known as Hedwig ( hu, Hedvig), was the first woman to be crowned as monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great, ...

(1374–1399)

4 October 1986

* Antoine Chevrier (1825–1879)

19 October 1986

* Teresa Maria Manetti (1846–1910)

1987

29 March 1987

* Emmanuel Domingo y Sol (1836–1909) * María Pilar Martínez García & 2 Companions (+1936) * Marcelo Spinola y Maestre (1835–1906)

3 April 1987

* Teresa of Los Andes (1900–1920)

1 May 1987

Edith Stein Edith Stein (religious name Saint Teresia Benedicta a Cruce ; also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or Saint Edith Stein; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity and became a ...

(1891–1942)

3 May 1987

Rupert Mayer Rupert Mayer (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a Germans, German Jesuit Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest and a leading figure of the Catholic German Resistance to Nazism, resistance to Nazism in Munich. In 1987, he was beatified by ...

(1876–1945)

10 May 1987

Andrea Carlo Ferrari Andrea Ferrari (13 August 1850 – 2 February 1921) – later adopting the middle name "Carlo" – was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a cardinal and as the Archbishop of Milan from 1894 until his death. Ferrari was a well- ...

(1850–1921) * Pierre-François Jamet (1762–1845) * Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1824–1901) *

Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence. Frassinello married to appease her parents in 1816 but the couple decided to lead a chaste life and both ...

(1791–1858)

10 June 1987

* Karolina Kózka (1898–1914)

14 June 1987

Michał Kozal Michał Kozal (27 September 1893 – 26 January 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. Kozal was noted for his intelligence and dedication to studies and studied to become a priest during World War I, which disrupted his studies but did not ...

(1893–1943)

28 June 1987

Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, also known as Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis (13 April 1871 - 27 January 1927) was a Latin Church Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Vilnius from late 1918 until his resignation in 1925. Matulaitis ...

(1871–1927)

4 October 1987

Marcel Callo Marcel Callo (6 December 1921 – 19 March 1945) was a French Roman Catholic from Rennes who served in Catholic organizations – in particular the Young Christian Workers (Jocists) – devoted to charitable works to the poor and to communities i ...

(1921–1945) *

Antonia Mesina Antonia Mesina (21 June 1919 - 17 May 1935) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic and part of Catholic Action. Mesina was murdered in mid-1935 after she attempted to fend off a would-be rapist and suffered 74 strikes ...

(1919–1935) * Pierina Morosini (1931–1957)

1 November 1987

Blandine Merten Maria Magdalena Merten (in religious life Blandine of the Sacred Heart, 10 July 1883 – 18 May 1918) was a German professed religious from the Ursulines. Merten worked as a teacher from 1902 to 1908 in the secular environment while then serving ...

(1883–1918) * Franziska Nisch (1882–1913) *

Julian-Nicolas Rèche Julian-Nicolas Rèche (2 September 1838 – 23 October 1890) was a French Roman Catholic religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; he assumed the religious name of "Arnould" upon his profession into the congregation and ...

(1838–1890)

22 November 1987

Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales The Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales, also known as George Haydock and Eighty-four Companion Martyrs, are a group of men who were executed on charges of treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1584 and 1679. Of the e ...

(+1584–1678)

1988

17 April 1988

* Giovanni Calabria (1873–1954) * Giuseppe Nascimbeni (1851–1922)

24 April 1988

* Pietro Bonilli (1841–1935) *

Francisco Palau Francisco Palau y Quer, ( ca, Francesc Palau i Quer; 29 December 1811 – 20 March 1872) was a Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest. Growing up in the chaos of the Peninsular War in Spain, he followed both the life of a hermit and of a ...

(1811–1872) *

Savina Petrilli Savina Petrilli (29 August 1851 - 18 April 1923) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Catholic professed religious who founded the Sisters of the Poor of Saint Catherine of Siena upon receiving the encouragement of Pope Pius IX. ...

(1851–1923) *

Kaspar Stanggassinger Kaspar Stanggassinger (12 January 1871 - 26 September 1899) was a German people, German Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Redemptorists. His inclination to the priesthood manifested from his childhood and ...

(1871–1899)

3 September 1988

Laura Vicuña Laura del Carmen Vicuña Pino (April 5, 1891 – January 22, 1904) was a Chilean child who was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patron of abuse victims, having herself experienced physical abuse. Biography Escape from Ch ...

(1891–1904)

15 September 1988

Joseph Gérard Joseph Gérard (12 March 1831 – 29 May 1914) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; he worked in the missions among the Basotho people in Lesotho and the Free State province ...

(1831–1904)

25 September 1988

Frédéric Janssoone Frédéric Janssoone, O.F.M., (also known as the Blessed Frédéric of Ghyvelde or Frédéric of Saint-Yves) (19 November 1838, Ghyvelde, France — 4 August 1916, Montreal, Canada) was a French-born Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who worke ...

(1838–1916) * Josefa Naval Girbés (1820–1893) *

Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (15 August 1818 – 4 April 1894) – born Giuseppe Dusmet – was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Catania from 1867 until his death. He became professed into the Order of Saint Be ...

(1818–1894) *

Francesco Faà di Bruno Francesco Faà di Bruno (7 March 1825 – 25 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.See the Vatican News Servic ...

(1825–1888) * Miguel Agustín Pro (1891–1927) * Junipero Serra (1713–1784)

16 October 1988

Honorat Koźmiński Honorat Koźmiński (16 October 1829 – 16 December 1916), born Florentyn Wacław Jan Stefan Koźmiński, was a Polish priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who went on to establish sixteen religious congregation ...

(1829–1916) *

Bernard Mary of Jesus Bernardo Maria di Gesù (7 November 1831 – 9 December 1911), born as Cesare Silvestrelli, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Passionists. He entered the novitiate for a brief period under a different religious na ...

(1831–1911) *

Charles of Mount Argus Charles of Mount Argus (11 December 1821 – 5 January 1893), was a Dutch Passionist priest who served in 19th-century Ireland. He gained a reputation for his compassion for the sick and those in need of guidance. His reputation for healings ...

(1821–1893)

23 October 1988

Nicolas Steno Niels Steensen ( da, Niels Steensen; Latinized to ''Nicolaus Steno'' or ''Nicolaus Stenonius''; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686Johannes Laurentius Weiss & 2 Companions (+1716) *

Katharine Drexel Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. She was the second person born i ...

(1858–1955)

1989

23 April 1989

* Maria Anna Rosa Caiani (1863–1921) * Martin Lumbreras Peralta (1598–1632) * Melchor Sánchez Pérez (1599–1632) *

Franciszka Siedliska Maria Franciszka Siedliska (12 November 1842 – 21 November 1902), also known by her religious name Maria of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was a Polish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazaret ...

(1842–1902) *

Catherine of St. Augustine Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, Augustinian nuns, OSA, (french: Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin) (3 May 1632 – 8 May 1668) was a French people, French canons regular#Canonesses regular, canoness regular who was instrumental in the devel ...

(1632–1668)

30 April 1989

* Victoire Rasoamanarivo (1828–1894)

2 May 1989

Jean-Bernard Rousseau Jean-Bernard Rousseau (22 March 1797 – 13 April 1867) was a French people, French Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic professed religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools – or the De La Salle Brothers. He assumed th ...

(1797–1867)

18 June 1989

Antonio Lucci Antonio Lucci (2 August 1682 – 25 July 1752), born Angelo Nicola Lucci, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (the "Franciscans") and served as the Bishop of Bovino from 1729 until his death. ...

(1681–1752) *

Maria Elisabetta Renzi Maria Elisabetta Renzi (19 November 1786 – 14 August 1859) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows in Rimini. She desired to become a nun as an adolescent and was prevented from join ...

(1786–1859)

1 October 1989

* Francinaina Cirer Carbonell (1781–1855) *

Geltrude Comensoli Geltrude Caterina Comensoli, also known as Mother Geltrude (January 18, 1847 – February 18, 1903) is the Patron of Youth, Val Camonica and Relic Custodians. She was the founder of the Institute of the Sacramentine Sisters. Biography Gel ...

(1847–1903) *

Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier (30 October 1782 – 12 June 1856) – born Lorenzo Salvi – was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Passionists. Salvi became friends with G ...

(1782–1856) *

Martyrs of Daimiel The Passionist Martyrs of Daimiel were a group of priests and brothers of the Passionist Congregation killed by anti-clericalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. Martyrdom At 11:30 pm on the night of 24 July 1936, a group of armed men arrived ...

(+1936)

22 October 1989

Marie Deluil-Martiny Marie Deluil-Martiny (28 May 1841 – 27 February 1884), religious name Marie of Jesus, was a French religious sister and the founder of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus. She was murdered by the convent's gardener in 1884. She has been beatif ...

(1841–1884) *

Giuseppe Giaccardo Giuseppe Giaccardo (13 June 1896 - 24 January 1948) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of Saint Paul that Giacomo Alberione established. Giaccardo became the latter's closest aide and confidant and was inv ...

(1896–1948) * Aknaet Phila and 6 Companions (+1940)

31 October 1989

* Giuseppe Baldo (1843–1915)

1990

29 April 1990

Filippo Rinaldi Filippo Rinaldi (28 May 1856 – 5 December 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco; he served as the third Rector Major for the order from 1922 until his death in 1931. He founded the Se ...

(1856–1931) *

Martyrs of Turon The martyrs of Turon were a group of eight members of the Catholic, religious-teaching congregation Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as ''De La Salle'' Brothers, and one Passionist priest who were executed by insurre ...

(+1934) * Innocencio of Mary Immaculate (1887–1934) * Maria Mercedes Prat (1890–1936) *

Jaime Hilario Barbal Jaime Hilario Barbal (2 January 1898 – 18 January 1937) – born Manuel Barbal i Cosán – was a Spanish Roman Catholic and a professed religious brother from the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He served for almost two d ...

(1898–1937)

6 May 1990

Jose Maria de Yermo y Parres Jose is the English language, English transliteration of the Hebrew language, Hebrew and Aramaic language, Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods ...

(1851–1904) *

Juan Diego Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known as Juan Diego (; 1474–1548), was a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of the Virgin Mary on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac a ...

(1474–1548) * Cristobal, Antonio and Juan (+1527–1529)

20 May 1990

Pier Giorgio Frassati Pier Giorgio Frassati (6 April 1901 – 4 July 1925) was an Italian Catholic activist and a member from the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Ac ...

(1901–1925)

7 October 1990

* Giuseppe Allamano (1851–1926) * Hannibale Maria di Francia (1851–1927)

4 November 1990

* Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller (1816–1883) *

Elisabetta Vendramini Elisabetta Vendramini (9 April 1790 – 2 April 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Franciscan Elizabethan Sisters in 1830 in Padua. She relocated there after she broke off her engagement to a man from Ferr ...

(1790–1860) * Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance (1820–1885) * Maria Schininà (1844–1910)

1991

21 April 1991

* Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti (1800–1882) *

Dina Bosatta Dina Bosatta (27 May 1858 – 20 April 1887) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious (nun) who became a professed member of the Daughters of Mary religious congregation alongside her sister Marcellina. Bosatta became a nun in 1878 and a ...

(1858–1887) * Marie Thérèse Haze (1782–1876)

2 June 1991

Józef Sebastian Pelczar Józef Sebastian Pelczar (17 January 1842 – 28 March 1924) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna. He ...

(1842–1924)

5 June 1991

* Bolesława Lament (1862–1946)

9 June 1991

Melchor Chyliński Melchor Chyliński (8 January 1694 – 2 December 1741) - in religious Rafał - was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He first served as a soldier but decided to instead become a priest ...

(1694–1741)

14 July 1991

* Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz (1830–1903)

13 August 1991

* Angela Salawa (1881–1922)

18 October 1991

Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, C.I.I.C. (December 16, 1865 – July 9, 1942), was an immigrant from Austria-Hungary to Brazil, who became the foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, religious si ...

(1865–1942)

27 October 1991

* Adolf Kolping (1813–1865)

1992

17 May 1992

Josephine Bakhita Josephine Margaret Bakhita, (ca. 1869 – 8 February 1947), was a Sudanese-Italian Canossian religious sister who lived in Italy for 45 years, after having been a slave in Sudan. In 2000, she was declared a saint, the first Black woman ...

(ca. 1869–1947) *

Josemaría Escrivá Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness ...

(1902–1975)

21 June 1992

Francesco Spinelli Francesco Spinelli (14 April 1853 - 6 February 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament. Spinelli became close contemporaries of Geltrude Comensoli and Luigi Maria Palazzolo and ...

(1853–1913)

27 September 1992

Irish Catholic Martyrs Irish Catholic Martyrs () were 24 Irish men and women who have been beatified or canonized for dying for their Catholic faith between 1537 and 1681 in Ireland. The canonisation of Oliver Plunkett in 1975 brought an awareness of the others who d ...

(+1584–1654) *

Wexford Martyrs The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Myler, Edward Cheevers, Patrick Cavanagh ( Irish: Pádraigh Caomhánach), John O'Lahy, and another martyr whose name is unknown. In 1581, they were found guilty of treason for aiding in the escape ...

(+1581) *

Rafael Arnáiz Barón Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(1911–1938) * Ignacia Nazaria March Mesa (1889–1943) * María Josefa Sancho de Guerra (1842–1912) *

Leonie Aviat Léonie Aviat (16 September 1844 – 10 January 1914), her religious name Françoise de Sales, was a Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder along with Louis Brisson of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales . Aviat served o ...

(1844–1914)

25 October 1992

* Felipe de Jesús Munárriz Azcona & 50 Companions (+1936) * Braulio María Corres Díaz de Cerio & 70 Companions (+1936) *

Narcisa de Jesús Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán (29 October 1832 – 8 December 1869) was an Ecuadorian Catholic virgin. Martillo was known for her charitable giving and strict devotion to Jesus Christ while living a virginal and austere life of prayer and pe ...

(1832–1869)

22 November 1992

Saints of the Cristero War On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the ant ...

(+1915–1937) * María Natividad Venegas de la Torre (1868–1959)

1993

20 March 1993

* Dina Bélanger (1897–1929) *

Duns Scotus John Duns Scotus ( – 8 November 1308), commonly called Duns Scotus ( ; ; "Duns the Scot"), was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian. He is one of the four most important ...

(c. 1266–1308)

18 April 1993

Ludovico of Casoria Ludovico da Casoria (; 11 March 1814 – 30 March 1885) - born Arcangelo Palmentieri - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was a renowned social reformer who founded both the Grey Friars ...

(1814–1885) * Angela Truszkowska (1825–1899) *

Mary Faustina Kowalska Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as ''Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament'', Faustyna popularly spelled "Faustina", was a Polish Catholic religious sister a ...

(1905–1938) *

Stanisław Kazimierczyk Stanisław Kazimierczyk (born Stanisław Sołtys, 27 September 1433 – 3 May 1489) was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Canons Regular of the Lateran. He became noted for his ardent devotions to both the Eucharist and to h ...

(1631–1701) * Paula Montal Fornés (1799–1889)

16 May 1993

Marie Louise Trichet Marie Louise Trichet, also known as ''Marie-Louise de Jésus'' (1684–1759), was a French Catholic figure who, with Louis de Montfort, founded the Congregation of religious women called Daughters of Wisdom and since the age of seventeen devoted ...

(1684–1759) *

Lucrezia Elena Cevoli Lucrezia Elena Cevoli (11 November 1685 – 12 June 1767) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Capuchin Poor Clares. She served as the order's abbess after the death of Veronica Giuliani. She later assumed the name of "Florid ...

(1685–1767) *

Colomba Matylda Gabriel Colomba Matylda Gabriel (3 May 1858 - 24 September 1926) - in religious Janina - was a Ukrainian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Charity. Gabriel studied under the Order of Saint Benedict in Lviv a ...

(1858–1926) * Maurice Tornay (1910–1949)

28 September 1993

Joseph Marello Giuseppe Marello (known as Joseph Marello in English; 26 December 1844 – 30 May 1895) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Acqui from 1889 until his death and was also the founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph. Ma ...

(1844–1895)

10 October 1993

* Elisabetta Maria Satellico (1706–1745) * Maria Francesca Rubatto (1844–1904) * Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina (1903–1936) * Diego Ventaja Milán & 8 Companions (+1936) * Pedro Poveda Castroverde (1874–1936)

1994

24 April 1994

Gianna Beretta Molla Gianna Beretta Molla (4 October 1922 – 28 April 1962) was an Italian Roman Catholic pediatrician. Although aware of the fatal consequences, Molla refused both a termination of pregnancy and a hysterectomy during her pregnancy with her fou ...

(1922–1962) *

Elisabeth Canori Mora Elisabetta Canori Mora (21 November 1774 – 5 February 1825) was an Italian member of the Third Order of the Most Holy Trinity. Mora married an abrasive husband who remained unfaithful and abusive to her but at the time of her death secured hi ...

(1774–1825) *

Isidore Bakanja Isidore Bakanja (c. 1887 – 15 August 1909) was a Congolese Catholic layman who suffered martyrdom in 1909 and was beatified on 24 April 1994 by Pope John Paul II. Life Bakanja accepted the Christian faith at eighteen years of age through ...

(ca. 1887–1909)

16 October 1994

María Rafols Bruna María Rafols Bruna (5 November 1781 – 30 August 1853) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun, mystic and the co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Anne that she established alongside the Catholic priest Juan Bonal Cortad ...

(1781–1853) *

Ana Petra Pérez Florido Ana Petra Pérez Florido (6 December 1845 – 16 August 1906), also known as Petra of Saint Joseph, was a Spanish Catholic nun. She established the Congregation of the Mothers of the Abandoned to care for the abandoned as well as the elderly and ...

(1845–1906) * Giuditta Vannini (1859–1911) *

Alberto Hurtado Alberto Hurtado (; born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga on January 22, 1901 in Viña del Mar, Chile – August 18, 1952 in Santiago, Chile), popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado (Spanish for "Father Hurtado"), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawye ...

(1901–1952) *

Nicolas Roland Nicolas Roland (8 December 1642 - 27 April 1678) was a French priest, canon and educator. He was a friend, contemporary and spiritual director of John Baptist de La Salle. Biography Childhood and early years Nicolas Roland was born in the sma ...

(1642–1678)

5 November 1994

* Maddalena Caterina Morano (1847–1908)

20 November 1994

* Agnes Galand (1602–1634) * Marie Poussepin (1653–1744) * Eugénie Joubert (1876–1904) *

Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier (8 December 1832 – 17 December 1916) was a French people, French Dominican Order, Dominican friar and priesthood (Catholic Church), priest, who served as the 76th Master of the Order of Preachers, Master of his Order fro ...

(1832–1916) * Claudio Granzotto (1900–1947)

1995

17 January 1995

Peter To Rot Peter To Rot (; 5 March 1912 - 7 July 1945) was a Papua New Guinea Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic. He served as a well-noted and beloved catechist in his village and was entrusted with the local parish during World War II when the Japanese ...

(1912–1945)

19 January 1995

Mary MacKillop Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known fo ...

(1842–1909)

21 January 1995

Joseph Vaz Joseph Vaz ( Konkani: ''San Zuze Vaza''; pt, São José Vaz; kn, ಪವಿತ್ರಾ ಯೋಸೆಫ್ ವಾಸ್ ಸಂತರು ''Pavitra Yoseph Vaz Santaru''; ta, புனித யோசேப் வாஸ் முனிவர் ...

(1651–1711)

29 January 1995

* Domenico Mazzarella (1802–1854) * Grimoaldo Santamaria (1883–1902) *

Rafael Guízar Valencia Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(1878–1938) * Genoveva Torres Morales (1870–1956)

30 April 1995

* Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (1777–1860)

7 May 1995

* Agostino Roscelli (1818–1902) *

Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini (17 January 1789 - 22 May 1868) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Camillian Sisters Ministers of the Sick. Barbantini served the ill throughout her entire life and she dedicate ...

(1789–1868) *

Helena Stollenwerk Helena Stollenwerk (28 November 1852 - 3 February 1900) was a German Roman Catholic and a professed member of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration. Stollenwerk collaborated with Arnold Janssen and Hendrina Stenmanns ...

(1852–1900) * Giuseppina Gabriela Bonino (1843–1906) *

Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (25 April 1875 - 2 April 1967) was a Venezuelans, Venezuelan Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Nun, professed religious who had established the Augustinian Recollect Sisters of the Heart of Jesus as a means ...

(1875–1967)

4 June 1995

Damien De Veuster Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacr ...

(1840–1889)

1 October 1995

* Pietro Casani (1570–1647) * Jean-Baptiste Souzy & 63 Companions (+1794–1795) * Carlos Eraña Guruceta & 2 Companions (+1936) * Dionisio Pamplona Polo & 12 Companions (+1936) * Pedro Ruiz de los Paños Ángel & 8 Companions (+1936) * Ángeles Lloret Martí & 16 Companions (+1936) *

Vicente Vilar David Vicente Vilar David (28 June 1889 - 14 February 1937) was a Spanish engineer from Spain at the time of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s during a period of intense anti-clerical sentiment. As a worker he strove to adhere to the social doctrine ...

(1889–1937) * Anselmo Polanco Fontecha (1881–1939) * Felipe Ripoll Morata (1878–1939)

29 October 1995

* Marguerite Bays (1815–1879) * Anna Maria Katherina Scherer (1825–1888) *

Maria Bernarda Bütler María Bernarda Bütler (28 May 1848 – 19 May 1924) - born Verena Bütler - was a Swiss Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Sinners, and served in the missions in Ecuador a ...

(1848–1924)

1996

17 March 1996

* Daniel Comboni (1831–1881) *

Guido Maria Conforti Guido Maria Conforti (3 March 1865 – 5 November 1931) was a Roman Catholic Italian archbishop who founded the Xaverian Missionary Fathers on 3 December 1895. He was known to make frequent visits to his parishes and worked to support the rel ...

(1865–1931)

12 May 1996

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster OSB (, ; 18 January 1880 – 30 August 1954), born Alfredo Ludovico Schuster, was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Benedictines who served as the Archbishop of Milan from 1929 until his ...

(1880–1954) * Candida Maria of Jesus (1845–1912) * Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923) * Januarius Maria Sarnelli (1702–1744) * María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui (1898–1919) * Maria Raffaella Cimatti (1861–1945)

23 June 1996

Bernhard Lichtenberg Bernhard Lichtenberg (; 3 December 1875 – 5 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest who became known for repeatedly speaking out, after the rise of Adolf Hitler and during the Holocaust, against the persecution and deportation of the Jews ...

(1875–1943) *

Karl Leisner Karl Leisner (28 February 1915 in Rees – 12 August 1945 in Planegg, Germany) was a Roman Catholic priest interned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died of tuberculosis shortly after being liberated by the Allied forces. He has been ...

(1915–1945)

6 October 1996

Edmund Ignatius Rice Edmund Ignatius Rice ( ga, Éamonn Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and t ...

(1762–1844) * Wincenty Lewoniuk and 12 Companions (+1874) * Peregrina Mogas Fontcuberta (1827–1886) *

Marcelina Darowska Marcelina Darowska (16 January 1827 – 5 January 1911) was a Polish religious sister who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1996. She was inspired to co-found the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a congregat ...

(1827–1911)

24 November 1996

Catherine Jarrige Catherine Jarrige (4 October 1754 - 4 July 1836) - known as "Catinon Menette" in her local dialect - was a French Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Jarrige spent her childhood on her farm in Cantal until ...

(1754–1836) * Jakob Gapp (1897–1943) * Otto Neururer (1882–1940)

1997

8 April 1997

* Anthony of St. Ann Galvão (1739–1822)

4 May 1997

Ceferino Giménez Malla Ceferino Giménez Malla (also known as El Pelé, "the Strong One", or "the Brave One"; August 26, 1861 – August 9, 1936) was a Spanish Romani, a Roman Catholic catechist and activist for Spanish Romani causes, considered the patron saint of Roma ...

(1861–1936) * Enrico Rebuschini (1860–1938) * Florentino Asensio Barroso (1877–1936) *

Gaetano Catanoso Gaetano Catanoso (14 February 1879–4 April 1963) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Suore Veroniche del Santo Volto (1934). Catanoso served as a parish priest in two different parishes for his entire ecclesial life and was an ...

(1879–1963) *

Maria Vicenta Rosal María Vicenta Rosal Vásquez (26 October 1815 - 24 August 1886) - in religious María de la Encarnación del Corazón de Jesús) was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Bethlemite Sisters. Rosal was a ...

(1820–1886)

6 June 1997

* Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska (1878–1940) * Maria Karłowska (1865–1935)

22 August 1997

Frédéric Ozanam Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam (; 23 April 1813 – 8 September 1853) was a French literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent ...

(1813–1853)

27 September 1997

Bartolomeo Maria Dal Monte Bartolomeo Maria Dal Monte (3 November 1726 – 24 December 1778) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who exercised his pastoral mission in his home town of Bologna. He established the Opera Pia Mission as part of the missions. He preached in ar ...

(1726–1778)

12 October 1997

Domenico Lentini Domenico Lentini (20 November 1770 – 25 February 1828) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Lentini was ordained as a priest in 1794 and served as a life-long parish priest in his hometown of Potenza where he dedicated himself to promoting Euc ...

(1770–1828) * Émilie d'Oultremont (1818–1878) *

Giovanni Battista Piamarta Giovanni Battista Piamarta (26 November 1841 - 25 April 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator. Piamarta was also the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Piamarta established his congregation in 1900 in ...

(1841–1913) * Maria Giovanna Fasce (1881–1947) *

Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo (21 September 1882 – 10 March 1928) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who was also a member of the Order of Saint Augustine who assumed the name of Elias del Socorro when he became a member of the order. Pope John ...

(1882–1928)

9 November 1997

Giovanni Battista Scalabrini Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (8 July 1839 – 1 June 1905) was an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic saint, as of 2022, who served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio, Bishop of Piacenza from 1876 until his death. He was ...

(1839–1905) *

Vicenta Chávez Orozco Vicenta Chávez Orozco (6 February 1867 - 30 July 1949), also known by her religious name María Vicenta de Santa Dorotea, was a Mexican Roman Catholic nun and the founder of the Servants of the Holy Spirit and the Poor. Orozco was admitted into a ...

(1867–1949) *

Vilmos Apor Vilmos Apor de Altorja (29 February 1892 – 2 April 1945) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor family, and served as a bishop during World War II. He became famous for protesting against the persecution of ...

(1892–1945)

1998

15 March 1998

* Brigida Morello Zancano (1610–1679) * Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (1848–1911) *

Eugene Bossilkov Eugene Bossilkov, born Vincent Bossilkov (b. 16 Nov 1900-11 Nov 1952), was a member of the Passionist Congregation, Roman Catholic bishop of Nicopolis and martyr in the Communist campaign in Bulgaria against religion. He had studied in Rome for ...

(1900–1952)

22 March 1998

* Cyprian Iwene Tansi (1903–1964)

10 May 1998

* Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez (1853–1936) * Francisca Aldea Araujo (1881–1936) * María Sagrario Moragas Cantarero (1881–1936) * María Gabriela Hinojosa Naveros & 6 Companions (+1936) * María de las Maravillas de Jesús (1891–1974) * Nimattullah Kassab (1808–1858)

23 May 1998

* Secondo Pollo (1908–1941)

24 May 1998

* Giovanni Maria Boccardo (1848–1913) * Teresa Grillo Michel (1855–1944) * Teresa Bracco (1924–1944)

21 June 1998

* Anton Maria Schwartz (1852–1929) *

Franz Alexander Kern Franz Alexander Kern (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians. Kern served as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian armed force ...

(1897–1924) *

Maria Restituta Maria Restituta Kafka (1 May 1894 – 30 March 1943) was an Austrian nurse of Czech descent and religious sister of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana). Executed by the government in Nazi-run A ...

(1894–1943)

20 September 1998

Giuseppe Tovini Giuseppe Antonio Tovini (14 March 1841 – 16 January 1897) was an Italian banker and lawyer who became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. He was one of the founder of Banca di Valle Camonica, Banca San Paolo di Brescia and Banco Ambrosi ...

(1841–1897)

3 October 1998

Aloysius Stepinac Aloysius Viktor Cardinal Stepinac ( hr, Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 – 10 February 1960) was a senior-ranking Yugoslav Croat prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal, Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his de ...

(1898–1960)

25 October 1998

Manuel Míguez González Manuel Míguez González (24 March 1831 – 8 March 1925) – in religious Faustino of the Incarnation – was a Spanish priest and a professed member from the Piarists as well as the founder of the Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess – better ...

(1831–1925) *

Théodore Guérin Anne Thérèse Guérin (2 October 1798 – 14 May 1856), designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, was a French-American saint and the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a congregation of Catholic sisters at S ...

(1798–1856) * Zefirino Agostini (1813–1896)

1999

7 March 1999

Anna Schäffer Anna Schäffer (February 18, 1882 – October 5, 1925) was a German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Childhood Schäffer's father, a carpenter, died at the age of 40, ...

(1882–1925) * Nicholas Barré (1621–1686) * Vicente Soler Munárriz & 7 Companions (+1936)

2 May 1999

Pio of Pietrelcina Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap., better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pius of Pietrelcina ( it, Pio da Pietrelcina; 25 May 188723 September 1968), was an Italian Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and ...

(1887–1968)

7 June 1999

* Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski (1913–1945)

13 June 1999

Edmund Bojanowski Edmund Bojanowski (14 November 1814 - 7 August 1871) was a Polish Roman Catholic and the founder of four separate religious congregations. He studied art and literature during his education in Breslau and Berlin before distinguishing himself du ...

(1814–1871) *

Regina Protmann Regina Protmann (1552 – 18 January 1613) was a Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic religious sister. She founded the Sisters of Saint Catherine and was a pioneer in the establishment of hospitals as well as schools for girls. Her first biogra ...

(1552–1613) * 108 Martyrs of World War II (+1939–1945)

19 September 1999

Anton Martin Slomšek Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the n ...

(1800–1862)

3 October 1999

Arcangelo Tadini Arcangelo Tadini (12 October 1846 – 20 May 1912) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Tadini was ordained as a priest in 1870 and went on to found a religious congregation dedicated to the poor and ill while taking advantage of the Indust ...

(1846–1912) *

Edward Poppe Edward Poppe (18 December 1890 – 10 June 1924) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest who advocated for the frequent reception of the sacraments and established a children's league dedicated to the Eucharist; he was a strong critic of Marxism and ...

(1890–1924) * Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri (1821–1893) * Giuseppe Oddi (1839–1919) * Mariano da Roccacasale (1778–1866) * Nicola da Gesturi (1882–1958)

2000

5 March 2000

* Andrew of Phu Yen (1624–1644) * Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (1895–1944) * Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek (+1943) *

Martyrs of Natal The Martyrs of Natal were a group of 30 Roman Catholic people of Colonial Brazil – two of them priests – killed in the northern part of the colony in massacres that a large group of Dutch Calvinists led. One priest was a Colonial Brazilian J ...

(+1645) *

Pedro Calungsod Pedro Calungsod ( es, Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically ; mid-1650s – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish J ...

(1654–1672)

9 April 2000

* Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870–1957) *

Francis Xavier Seelos Francis Xavier Seelos, CSsR (January 11, 1819 – October 4, 1867) was a German Redemptorist who worked as a missionary in the United States frontier. Towards the end of his life, he went to New Orleans to minister to victims of yellow fever ...

(1819–1867) * Maria Theresa Chiramel (1876–1926) * Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos (1845–1926) *

Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo (14 October 1831 – 6 May 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic who was widowed and later became a nun. She was also the founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne and assumed the new name of "Anna Rosa" after she h ...

(1831–1900)

13 May 2000

Francisco Marto Francisco de Jesus Marto (11 June 1908 – 4 April 1919) and Jacinta de Jesus Marto (11 March 1910 – 20 February 1920) were siblings from Aljustrel, a small hamlet near Fátima, Portugal, who with their cousin Lúcia dos Santos (1907–2 ...

(1908–1919) *

Jacinta Marto Francisco de Jesus Marto (11 June 1908 – 4 April 1919) and Jacinta de Jesus Marto (11 March 1910 – 20 February 1920) were siblings from Aljustrel (Fátima), Aljustrel, a small hamlet near Fátima, Portugal, who with their cousin Sister Lúc ...

(1910–1920)

3 September 2000

Columba Marmion Columba Marmion, OSB, born Joseph Aloysius Marmion (April 1, 1858 – January 30, 1923) was a Benedictine Irish monk and the third Abbot of Maredsous Abbey in Belgium. Beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000, Columba was one of t ...

(1858–1923) * Tommaso Reggio (1818–1901) *

William Joseph Chaminade Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM (also known as William Joseph Chaminade; Périgueux, 8 April 1761 – Bordeaux, 22 January 1850) was a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and later founded the Society of ...

(1761–1850) *

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

(1792–1878) *

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

(1881–1963)

2001

11 March 2001

* 233 Spanish Martyrs (+1936–1939) * Crescencia Valls Espí (1863–1936)

29 April 2001

* Manuel González y García (1877–1940) * Marie Anne Blondin (1809–1890) * Caterina Cittadini (1801–1857) *

Caterina Volpicelli Caterina Volpicelli (21 January 1839 – 28 December 1894) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Maids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. On 29 April 2001 she received beatification from Pope John Paul II and w ...

(1839–1894) *

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago, also known as "Blessed Charlie" (22 November 22, 1918 – July 13, 1963), was a Catholic catechist and liturgist who was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 29, 2001. He is the first Puerto Rican an ...

(1918–1963)

9 May 2001

George Preca George Preca (in mt, Ġorġ Preca) (12 February 1880 – 26 July 1962) was a Maltese Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine as well as a Third Order Carmelite. He is known as "Dun Ġorġ" in Maltese and Pope John ...

(1880–1962) *

Nazju Falzon Nazju Falzon (1 July 1813 – 1 July 1865) was a Maltese cleric and a professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order. He did not become an ordained priest because he did not feel he was adequate enough for such an honor. He became an apt cate ...

(1813–1865) *

Maria Adeodata Pisani Maria Adeodata Pisani (29 December 180625 February 1855) was a Maltese nun whom Pope John Paul II venerated 24 April 2001 (decree of heroic virtues) and beatified 9 May 2001. The day after John Paul II signed and released the decree on both her ...

(1806–1855)

26 June 2001

Józef Bilczewski Józef Bilczewski (26 April 1860 – 20 March 1923) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Lviv from 1900 until his death. He served as a theological and dogmatics professor in the Lviv college after himself havin ...

(1860–1923) * Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845–1920)

27 June 2001

Omelyan Kovch Оmelyan Hryhorovych Kovch ( uk, Омелян Григорович Ковч; August 20, 1884, Kosmach — March 25, 1944) was a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest murdered in Majdanek concentration camp. He was born in a peasant family in the tow ...

(1884–1944) *

Theodore Romzha Theodore George Romzha ( uk, Теодор Юрій Ромжа, hu, Romzsa Tódor György, 14 April 1911 – 31 October 1947) was the bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1944 to 1947. Assassinated by the NKVD, he was bea ...

(1911–1947) *

Nicholas Charnetsky Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky ( uk, Миколай Чарнецький; December 14, 1884 – April 2, 1959) was a member of the Redemptorists (Congregation of the Holy Redeemer), a religious congregation in the B ...

& 24 Companions (+1935–1973) *

Josaphata Hordashevska Josaphata Hordashevska, born Michaelina Hordashevska (20 November 1869 – 7 April 1919) an ethnic Ukrainian Greek-Catholic in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Religious Sister, was the first member and co-foundress of the Sisters Servants of Mary ...

(1869–1919)

7 October 2001

Ignatius Maloyan Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan ( hy, Իգնատիոս Մալոյան, b. April 8, 1869, Mardin, Ottoman Empire – d. June 11, 1915), was the Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin between 1911 and 1915, when he fell victim to the Armenian Genocid ...

(1869–1915) *

Nikolaus Gross Nikolaus Gross (German: Groß) (30 September 1898 – 23 January 1945) was a German Roman Catholic. Gross first worked in crafts requiring skilled labor before becoming a coal miner like his father while joining a range of trade union and politic ...

(1898–1945) *

Alfonso Maria Fusco Alfonso Maria Fusco (23 March 1839 – 6 February 1910) was a Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist – also known as the Baptistine Sisters. Their mission was to evangelize and educate as well as to pro ...

(1839–1910) * Tommaso Maria Fusco (1831–1891) *

Émilie Gamelin Émilie Tavernier Gamelin (19 February 1800 – 23 September 1851) was a Canadian social worker and Roman Catholic religious sister. She is best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. In 2001 she was beatified ...

(1800–1851) *

Maria Angela Picco Maria Angela Picco (8 November 1867 – 7 September 1921) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. She assumed the new name of "Anna Eugenia" upon making her solemn professi ...

(1867–1921) * Emma Üffing (1914–1955)

21 October 2001

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (12 January 1880 – 9 November 1951) and Maria Corsini-Beltrame Quattrocchi (24 June 1884 – 26 August 1965) were two married Italian Roman Catholic laypeople who became the first couple to be beatified together in 20 ...

(1880–1951) * Maria C. Beltrame Quattrocchi (1884–1965)

4 November 2001

* Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888–1960) * Dominick Trcka (1886–1959) * Bartholomew of Braga (1514–1590) *

Giovanni Antonio Farina Giovanni Antonio Farina (11 January 1803 – 4 March 1888) was an Italian Catholic Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop known for his compassionate treatment of the poor and for his enlightened views of education; he was sometimes dubbed as the ...

(1803–1888) * Luigi Tezza (1841–1923) * Paolo Manna (1872–1952) * Gaetana Sterni (1827–1889) *

Maria Pilar Izquierdo Albero Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(1906–1945)

2002

14 April 2002

* María del Tránsito Cabanillas (1821–1885) *

Gaetano Errico Gaetano Errico (19 October 1791 – 29 October 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from Naples and the founder of the Missionari dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria. Errico was born to devout and hardworking parents whose income was modest ...

(1791–1860) * Lodovico Pavoni (1784–1849) *

Maria Romero Meneses Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

(1902–1977) * Luigi Variara (1875–1923) *

Artémides Zatti Artemide Zatti (12 October 1880 – 15 March 1951) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Salesians of Don Bosco and a noted pharmacist that emigrated to Argentina in 1897. Zatti became a professed Salesian in 1911 and became w ...

(1880–1951)

26 May 2002

* Kamen Vitchev (1893–1952) * Pavel Djidjov (1919–1952) * Josaphat Chichkov (1884–1952)

1 August 2002

* Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles (c. 1660–1700)

18 August 2002

* Jan Wojciech Balicki (1869–1948) * Jan Beyzym (1850–1912) *

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to Y ...

(1822–1895) * Janina Szymkowiak (1910–1942)

20 October 2002

* Mary of the Passion (1839–1904) * Marcantonio Durando (1801–1880) * Giacinto Longhin (1863–1936) *

Elisa Angela Meneguzzi Elisa Angela Meneguzzi (12 September 1901 - 2 December 1941) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and a member of the Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales. She assumed the religious name of "Liduina" upon making her solemn profession in ...

(1901–1941) * Daudi Okelo (ca. 1900–1918) * Jildo Irwa (ca. 1906–1918)

2003

23 March 2003

László Batthyány-Strattmann László Batthyány-Strattmann (german: Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann; 28 October 1870 – 22 January 1931) was a Hungarian aristocrat and physician. Until 1914, he was known as László Batthyány. A devout Roman Catholic, he became known ...

(1870–1931) *

Maria Josefa Karolina Brader Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (15 August 1860 - 27 February 1943) - in religious Maria Caridad of the Holy Spirit - was a Swiss Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate. Brader served as a member of the ...

(1860–1943) * Pierre Bonhomme (1806–1861) * Juana María Condesa Lluch (1862–1916) *

María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña (30 December 1848 – 10 January 1918) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Catechetical Institute. Her religious activism came about from her earliest experiences in Almería w ...

(1848–1918)

27 April 2003

James Alberione James Alberione, SSP ( it, Giacomo) (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St. Paul, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Sisters of J ...

(1884–1971) *

Marco d'Aviano Marco d'Aviano, born Carlo Domenico Cristofori (November 17, 1631 – August 13, 1699) was an Italian Capuchin friar. In 2003, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Life Carlo Domenico Cristofori was born in Aviano, a small community in th ...

(1631–1699) *

Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando (1 May 1856 – 20 January 1906), born Adelaida Brando, was an Italian saint, nun and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters, Expiatory Victims of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, an intern ...

(1856–1906) * Maria Domenica Mantovani (1862–1934) * Eugenia Maria Ravasco (1845–1900) *

Giulia Salzano Giulia Salzano (13 October 1846 – 17 May 1929) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1905). Salzano served as a teacher prior to becoming a religious and sinc ...

(1846–1929)

6 June 2003

Marija Petković Marija Petković, also known as "The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković"; (Croatian: ''Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković'', Italian ''Maria Di Gesù Crocifisso''), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congrega ...

(1892–1966)

22 June 2003

Ivan Merz Ivan Merz (16 December 1896 – 10 May 1928) was a Croatian lay academic, beatified by Pope John Paul II on a visit at Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 22, 2003. Ivan Merz promoted the liturgical movement in Croatia and together wi ...

(1896–1928)

14 September 2003

* Basil Hopko (1904–1976) * Cecília Schelingová (1916–1955)

19 October 2003

Teresa of Calcutta Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was bo ...

(1910–1997)

9 November 2003

Luigi Maria Monti Luigi Maria Monti (24 July 1825 – 1 October 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. He was referred to as "Father" despite not being an ordained priest. Monti served as a ...

(1825–1900) * Johannes Ludovicus Paquay (1828–1905) * Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno (1831–1905) * Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (1837–1905) * Rosalie Rendu (1786–1856)

2004

21 March 2004

* Maria Candida of the Eucharist (1884–1949) * Tomasa Ortiz Real (1842–1916) * Matilde of the Sacred Heart (1841–1902) * Luigi Talamoni (1848–1926)

25 April 2004

* August Czartoryski (1858–1893) *

Alexandrina Maria da Costa Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955), best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar (a r ...

(1904–1955) * María Guadalupe García Zavala (1878–1963) *

Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Laura Montoya (26 May 1874 – 21 October 1949) – known in religion as Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena – was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgi ...

(1874–1949) * Eusebia Palomino Yenes (1899–1935) * Giulia Valle (1847–1916)

5 September 2004

* Pere Tarrés i Claret (1905–1950) *

Alberto Marvelli Alberto Marvelli (21 March 1918 – 5 October 1946) was an Italian Catholic and a member of the Catholic Action movement. He became noted for his defense of the poor and for selflessness during World War II in tending to the homeless and wounded ...

(1918–1946) * Giuseppina Suriano (1915–1950)

3 October 2004

* Pierre-Joseph Cassant (1878–1903) * Antonina De Angelis (1880–1962) *

Charles I of Austria Charles I or Karl I (german: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, hu, Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 18871 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (as Charles IV, ), King of Croatia, ...

(1887–1922) * Pierre Vigne (1670–1740) *

Anne Catherine Emmerich Anne Catherine Emmerich (also ''Anna Katharina Emmerick''; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinians, Augustinian Canoness Regular of Congregation of Windesheim, Windesheim, mysticism, mystic, Blessed Virgin Mary (R ...

(1774–1824)

References

{{John Paul II

Beatified Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ...

* Beatified by Pope John Paul II