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This list of American candidates for sainthood includes not only

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of the

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but also those who are not yet recognized as saints but as beati, venerabili,

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candidates for sainthood This article is a list of people proposed by each diocese of the Catholic Church for beatification and canonization, whose causes have been officially opened during the papacy of Pope Francis and are newly given the title as Servants of God. Th ...

and who are significantly associated with what was either at the time or subsequently became, the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

Catholicism in the United States With 23 percent of the United States' population , the Catholic Church is the country's second largest religious grouping, after Protestantism, and the country's largest single church or Christian denomination where Protestantism is divided in ...

began with the first European explorations and colonization of the Americas. Indeed,

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's expedition of 1492 included Catholic priests among the crew. Catholic missionaries were some of the first Europeans to reach many parts of French North America and

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in the east, and Spanish North America in the

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. Several American Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past 50 years. Catholics continue to contribute to American religious life. Most of these Americans were born after 1850.

American saints

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North American Martyrs The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs ( French: ''Saints martyrs canadiens'', Holy Canadian Martyrs), were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various da ...

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Elizabeth Ann Seton Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. After her death, she became the first person bo ...

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Rose Philippine Duchesne Rose Philippine Duchesne, RCSJ (August 29, 1769 – November 18, 1852), was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988. She is the only fully canonized female Roman Catholic saint to share a feast day with th ...

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Damien of Molokai 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 Sac ...

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Junípero Serra Junípero Serra y Ferrer (; ; ca, Juníper Serra i Ferrer; November 24, 1713August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierr ...

Isaac Jogues Isaac Jogues, S.J. (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, c ...

(1607–1646),

René Goupil René Goupil, S.J. (15 May 1608 – 29 September 1642), was a French Jesuit lay missionary (in French "donné", "given" or "one who offers himself") who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of ...

(1608–1642), and

Jean de Lalande Jean de Lalande, SJ (died October 19, 1646) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and one of the eight North American Martyrs. He was killed at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon after being captured by warriors. Life Jean de ...

(d. 1646), Professed Priests and Religious of the Jesuits; among the North American Martyrs (France – Canada – U.S.) ** Beatified: 21 June 1925 by

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City f ...

** Canonized: 29 June 1930 by

* Francesca Saverio Cabrini (Frances Xavier) (1850–1917), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Lodi, Italy – Illinois, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 21 November 1937 ** Beatified: 13 November 1938 by

** Canonized: 7 July 1946 by

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

* Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821), Widow; Founder of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Halifax, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey (New York, U.S. – Rome, Italy – Maryland, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 18 December 1959 ** Beatified: 17 March 1963 by

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 Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 28 Oc ...

** Canonized: 14 September 1975 by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

* John Nepomuk Neumann (John Nepomucene) (1811–1860), professed Priest of the Redemptorists; Archbishop of Philadelphia; Founder of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia (Prachatice, Czech Republic – Pennsylvania, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 11 December 1921 ** Beatified: 13 October 1963 by

** Canonized: 19 June 1977 by

* Rose-Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), Professed Religious of the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Isère, France – Missouri, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 17 March 1935 ** Beatified: 12 May 1940 by

** Canonized: 3 July 1988 by

Pope 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 ...

* Katharine Mary Drexel (1858–1955), Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People (Pennsylvania, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 26 January 1987 ** Beatified: 20 November 1988 by Pope John Paul II ** Canonized: 1 October 2000 by

* Anne-Thérèse Guérin (Mother Théodore) (1798–1856), Founder of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Côtes-d'Armor, France – Indiana, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 11 July 1992 ** Beatified: 25 October 1998 by

** Canonized: 15 October 2006 by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereig ...

Jozef 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 ...

(Father Damien) (1840–1889), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers) (Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium – Molokai, Hawaii, later part of U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 7 July 1977 ** Beatified: 4 June 1995 by

** Canonized: 11 October 2009 by

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 ...

(ca. 1654–1672), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu; Martyr (Cebu, Philippines – Tumon, Guam (''U.S. Territory'')) ** Declared Venerable: 27 January 2000 ** Beatified: 5 March 2000 by

** Canonized: 21 October 2012 by

* Barbara Cope (Marianne) (1838–1918), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse (Bergstrasse, Germany – Hawaii, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 19 April 2004 ** Beatified: 14 May 2005 by Cardinal

José Saraiva Martins José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. GCC (born 6 January 1932) is a Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1998 to 2008. Born in Gagos de Jarmelo in Guarda, Portugal, to ...

** Canonized: 21 October 2012 by

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 ...

(ca. 1656–1680), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montreal (New York, U.S. – Québec, Canada) ** Declared Venerable: 3 January 1943 ** Beatified: 22 June 1980 by

** Canonized: 21 October 2012 by

* Miguel José Serra Ferrer (Fra Junípero) (1713–1784), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Mallorca, Spain – California, U.S.) ** Declared Venerable: 9 May 1985 ** Beatified: 25 September 1988 by

** Canonized: 23 September 2015 by

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013 ...

* Anjëzë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) (1910–1997), Founder of the Missionaries of Charity (Skopje, Macedonia – West Bengal, India; ''honorary U.S. citizen'') ** Declared Venerable: 20 December 2002 ** Beatified: 19 October 2003 by

** Canonized: 4 September 2016 by

American ''beati''

* Maria Franziska Schervier (1819–1876), Founder of the Poor Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – Ohio, USA – North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) **Declared Venerable: 30 January 1969 **Beatified: 28 April 1974 by

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. ...

(1627–1672), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Burgos, Spain – Tumon, Guam (''U.S. Territory'')) **Declared Venerable: 9 November 1984 **Beatified: 6 October 1985 by

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 ...

(Francis Xavier) (1819–1867), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Bavaria, Germany – Louisiana, USA) **Declared Venerable: 27 January 2000 **Beatified: 9 April 2000 by

* Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918–1963), Layperson of the Diocese of Caguas (Caguas, Puerto Rico) **Declared Venerable: 7 July 1997 **Beatified: 29 April 2001 by

* Josep Tristany Pujol (Lluc of Saint Joseph) (1872–1936) and Ricardo Farré Masip (Eduardo of the Child Jesus) (1897–1936), Professed Priests of the Discalced Carmelites (Lleida, Spain – Tucson, Arizona – Barcelona, Spain) **Declared Venerable: 22 June 2004 **Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Cardinal

* Teresa Demjanovich (Miriam Teresa) (1901–1927), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth (New Jersey, USA) **Declared Venerable: 10 May 2012 **Beatified: 4 October 2014 by Cardinal Angelo Amato,

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* Stanley Francis Rother (1935–1981), Priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City; Martyr (Oklahoma, USA – Sololá, Guatemala) **Declared Venerable: 1 December 2016 **Beatified: 23 September 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato,

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* Bernard Casey (Francis Solanus) (1870–1957), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Wisconsin, USA – Michigan, USA) **Declared Venerable: 11 July 1995 **Beatified: 18 November 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato,

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* James Alfred Miller (Leo William) antiago(1944–1982), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers); Martyr (Wisconsin, USA – Huehuetenango, Guatemala) **Declared Venerable: 7 November 2018 **Beatified: 7 December 2019 by Cardinal

José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (; born 24 February 1944), is a Spanish-born Panamanian friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of David, Panama, since 1999. On 4 J ...

* Michael Joseph McGivney (1852–1890), Priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford; Founder of the Knights of Columbus (Connecticut, USA) **Declared Venerable: 15 March 2008 **Beatified: 31 October 2020 by Cardinal

Joseph William Tobin Joseph William Tobin, CSsR, (born May 3, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey, since 2017. He previously served as the ...

American ''venerabili''

* Cornelia Peacock Connelly (1809–1879), Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (Pennsylvania, USA – England, United Kingdom) **Declared Venerable: June 13, 1992 *

Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, O.P. (November 4, 1806 – February 23, 1864) was a pioneer Italian Dominican friar and Catholic missionary priest who helped bring the church to the Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin tri-state area. He founded several parishes ...

(1806–1864), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Sinsinawa (Milan, Italy – Wisconsin, USA) **Declared Venerable: July 6, 1993 * Józefina Dudzik ( Mary Therese) (1860–1918), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago (Sępólno, Poland – Illinois, USA) **Declared Venerable: March 26, 1994 *

Pierre Toussaint Pierre Toussaint (27 June 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian-American hairdresser, philanthropist, and onetime slave brought to New York City by his owners in 1787. A candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in ...

(1766–1853), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (Artibonite, Haiti – New York, USA) **Declared Venerable: December 17, 1996 *

Henriette DeLille Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 – November 16, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic nun from New Orleans. Her father was a white man from France, her mother was a "quadroon", and her grandfather came from Spain. She ...

(1813–1862), Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) **Declared Venerable: March 27, 2010 * Kasimira Kaupas (Maria) (1880–1940), Founder of the Sisters of Saint Casimir (Panevėžys, Lithuania – Illinois, USA) **Declared Venerable: July 1, 2010 *

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(1842–1936), Priest of the Diocese of Buffalo (New York, USA) **Declared Venerable: January 14, 2011 * Félix Varela Morales (1788–1853), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La Habana (Havana, Cuba – Florida, USA) **Declared Venerable: March 14, 2012 * Frederic Irenaeus Baraga (1797–1868), Bishop of Marquette (Trebnje, Slovenia – Michigan, USA) **Declared Venerable: May 10, 2012 * Bridget Teresa McCrory (Mary Angeline Teresa) (1893–1984), Founder of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom – New York, USA) **Declared Venerable: June 28, 2012 * Fulton John Sheen (1895–1979), Bishop of Rochester; Titular Archbishop of Newport (Illinois, USA – New York, USA) **Declared Venerable: June 28, 2012 * Celestina Bottego (1895–1980), Founder of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary (Ohio, USA – Parma, Italy) **Declared Venerable: October 31, 2013 * Rafael Cordero Molina (1790–1868), Layperson of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) **Declared Venerable: December 9, 2013 * Aloysius Schwartz (1930–1992), Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila; Founder of the Sisters of Mary of Banneux and the Brothers of Christ (Washington D.C., USA – Manila, Philippines) **Declared Venerable: January 22, 2015 * William Gagnon (1905–1972), Professed Religious of the Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God (New Hampshire, USA – Saigon, Vietnam) **Declared Venerable: December 14, 2015 * Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), Professed Religious of the Augustinian Recollects; Titular Bishop of Sasabe; Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (New Mexico, USA – California, USA) **Declared Venerable: July 8, 2016 * Teresa Fardella di Blasi (1867–1957), Widow; Founder of the Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin (New York, USA – Trapani, Italy) **Declared Venerable: November 8, 2017 * Patrick Peyton (1909–1992), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Mayo, Ireland- Manila, Philippines – California, USA) **Declared Venerable: December 18, 2017 * Norbert McAuliffe (1886–1959), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart (New York, USA – Gulu, Uganda) **Declared Venerable: May 19, 2018 * Antonietta Giugliano (1909–1960), Cofounder of the Little Servants of Christ the King (New York, USA – Naples, Italy) **Declared Venerable: December 21, 2018 * María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos (María Soledad) (1892–1973), Professed Religious of the Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick (Arecibo, Puerto Rico – San Juan, Puerto Rico) **Declared Venerable: January 15, 2019 * Augustin Arnaud Pagès (Nymphas Victorin) (1885–1966), Professed Religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) (Haute-Loire, France – San Juan, Puerto Rico) **Declared Venerable: April 6, 2019 * Augustus Tolton (1854–1897), Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago (Missouri, USA – Illinois, USA) **Declared Venerable: June 11, 2019 * Mario Hiriart Pulido (1931–1964), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile; Member of the Secular Institute of the Schöenstatt Brothers of Mary (Santiago, Chile – Wisconsin, USA) **Declared Venerable: February 21, 2020 * Eusebio Francesco Chini (1645–1711), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Trent, Italy – Arizona, USA – Sonora, Mexico) **Declared Venerable: July 10, 2020

American servants of God

The following list is based according to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. * Luis de Cáncer (ca. 1500–1549), Antonio Cuipa (d. 1704) and 84 companion martyrs of the "La Florida" Missions (d. 1549–1706), Professed Priests and Religious of the Dominicans, Jesuits, and the Franciscan Friars Minor; Laypeople from the Dioceses of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Orlando, Venice, and Saint Augustine; Martyrs (Florida, USA) * Martyrs of Virginia ** Luis de Quirós (d. 1571), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Cadíz, Spain) ** Gabriel de Solís (d. 1571), Novice of the Jesuits (Spain) ** Juan Bautista Méndez (d. 1571), Novice of the Jesuits (Spain) ** Juan Bautista de Segura (1529–1571), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Toledo, Spain) ** Gabriel Gómez (d. 1571), Professed Religious of the Jesuits (Granada, Spain) ** Sancho Zeballos (d. 1571), Professed Religious of the Jesuits (Seville, Spain) ** Pedro Mingot Linares (d. 1571), Professed Religious of the Jesuits (Valencia, Spain) ** Cristóbal Redondo (d. 1571), Novice of the Jesuits (Spain) * Martyrs of Georgia: ** Pedro de Corpa (ca. 1555–1597), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Burgos, Spain) ** Blas de Rodríguez (ca. 1500–1597), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Cáceres, Spain) ** Miguel de Añon (ca. 1550 to 1560–1597), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Zaragoza, Spain) ** Antonio de Badajoz (ca. 1550–1597), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Badajoz, Spain) ** Francisco de Beráscola (ca. 1560 to 1570–1597), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Vizcaya, Spain) * Felice de Andreis (1778–1820), Priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) (Cuneo, Italy – Missouri, USA) * Magí Catalá Guasch (1761–1830), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Tarragona, Spain – California, USA) * Simon-Guillaume-Gabriel Bruté de Rémur (1779–1839), Bishop of Indianapolis (Ille-et-Vilaine, France – Indiana, USA) *

Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (December 22, 1770 – May 6, 1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest known as The Apostle of the Alleghenies and also in the United States as Prince Galitzin. He was a member of the House of Golit ...

(1770–1840), Priest of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown (The Hague, Netherlands – Pennsylvania, USA) * Giuseppe Rosati (1789–1843), Priest of the Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians); Bishop of Fort Louis (Frosinone, Italy – Missouri, USA – Rome, Italy) * Juliette Noel Toussaint (ca. 1786 – 1851), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (Haiti – New York, USA) * Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras (1792–1858), Bishop of Dubuque (Lyon, France – Iowa, USA) * Martyrs of Shreveport (Louisiana, USA): ** Isidore Quémerais (1847–1873), Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport (Ille-et-Vilaine, France) ** Jean Pierre (1831–1873), Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport (Côtes-dʼArmor, France) ** Jean-Marie Bilier (1839–1873), Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport (Côtes-dʼArmor, France) ** Louis-Marie Gergaud (1832–1873), Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport (Loire-Atlantique, France) ** François Le Vézouët (1833–1873), Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport (Côtes-dʼArmor, France) * Patrick Ryan (1845–1878), Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville (Tipperary, Ireland – Tennessee, USA) * Mary Elizabeth Lange (ca. 1794–1882), Founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – Maryland, USA) *

Isaac Thomas Hecker Isaac Thomas Hecker (December 18, 1819 – December 22, 1888) was an American Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a North American religious society of men. Hecker was originally ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1849. With the b ...

(1819–1888), Priest and Founder of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) (New York, USA) * Joan Adelaide O'Sullivan (María Adelaida of Saint Teresa) (1817–1893), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (New York, USA – León, Spain) * Louis de Goesbriand (1816–1899), Bishop of Burlington (Finistère – Vermont, USA) * Anna Bentivoglio (Maria Maddalena of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) (1824–1905), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (Rome, Italy – Indiana, USA) * Margaret Mary Healy Murphy (1833–1907), Widow; Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (Cahersiveen, Ireland – Texas, USA) * Joseph Heinrichs (Leo) (1867–1908), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr (Heinsberg, Germany – Colorado, USA) * Adele-Louise-Marie de Mandat Grancey (1837–1915), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Côte-d'Or, France – Kansas, USA – Izmir, Turkey) *

Julia Greeley Julia Greeley, OFS (c. 1833-48 – 7 June 1918), was an African-American philanthropist and Catholic convert. An enslaved woman later freed by the US government, she is known as Denver's "Angel of Charity" because of her aid to countless families ...

(ca. 1833–48 – 1918), Layperson of the Diocese of Denver (Missouri, USA – Colorado, USA) *

Thomas Frederick Price Thomas Frederick Price, MM (August 19, 1860 - September 12, 1919) was the American co-founder of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, better known as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Youth and education Thomas Frederick Price wa ...

(1860–1919), Priest of the Diocese of Raleigh; Cofounder of the Maryknoll Missionary Society (North Carolina, USA – Hong Kong, China) * Francis Joseph Parater (1897–1920), Seminarian of the Diocese of Richmond (Virginia, USA – Rome, Italy) * John Eckert (Stephen of Dublin) (1869–1923), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Ontario, Canada – Wisconsin, USA) * John O'Connell (Columba) (1848–1923), Professed Religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Pennsylvania – Indiana, United States) *

Jan Cieplak Jan Cieplak (17 August 1857 – 17 February 1926) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and archbishop. Early life Jan Cieplak was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Congress Poland, in 1857 to an impoverished family of the Polish nobility. He attended th ...

(1857–1926), Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev; Archbishop of Vilnius (Śląskie, Poland – New Jersey, USA) * Theresia Ijsseldijk (Theresia of the Holy Trinity) (1897–1926), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Gelderland, Netherlands – Missouri, USA) * Rose Hawthorne (Mary Alphonsa) (1851–1926), Founder of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Rose of Lima (Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne) (Massachusetts, USA – New York, USA) * Maria Grazia Bellotti LaPercha (1882–1927), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Newark (Potenza, Italy – New Jersey, USA) * Federico Salvador Ramón (1867–1931), Priest of the Diocese of Almería; Founder of the Servants of the Immaculate Child Mary (Almería, Spain – California, USA) * Ira Barnes Dutton (Joseph) (1843–1931), Layperson of the Diocese of Honolulu; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Vermont, USA – Hawaii, USA) *

James Anthony Walsh James Anthony Walsh (February 24, 1867 – April 14, 1936) was the co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Background The son of James Walsh and Hanna Shea, James Anthony was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After completing his ...

(1891–1936), Priest and Cofounder of the Maryknoll Missionary Society; Titular Bishop of Seine-Assuan (Massachusetts, USA – New York, USA) * Ángel Baraibar Moreno (1891–1936), Priest of the Archdiocese of Toledo; Martyr (San Juan, Puerto Rico – Toledo, Spain) * Anna Marie Lindenberg (Theresa of Jesus) (1887–1939), Professed Religious of the Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance (Münster, Germany – Pennsylvania, USA) * Lewis Thomas Wattson (Paul James) (1863–1940), Founder and Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement (Maryland, USA – New York, USA) * Bernard John Quinn (1888–1940), Priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn (New Jersey, USA – New York, USA) * Rosa Maria Segale (Blandina) (1850–1941), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati (Genoa, Italy – Ohio, USA) *

Joseph Verbis Lafleur } Joseph Verbis Lafleur (January 24, 1912 – September 7, 1944) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States who died in the sinking of the and is in the preliminary stages for sainthood. Early life Lafleur ...

(1912–1944), Priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States (Louisiana, USA – Zamboanga de Norte, Philippines) * Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886–1948), Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha (Roscommon, Ireland – Nebraska, USA – Berlin, Germany) * Rhoda Greer Wise (1888–1948), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Youngstown (Ohio, USA) * Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Grand Rapids (Wyoming, USA – South Dakota, USA) * James Maginn (1911–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Martyr (Montana, USA – Gangwon, South Korea) * Patrick Brennan (1901–1950), Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Vicar Apostolic of Kwangju; Martyr (Illinois, USA – Daejeon, South Korea) * Emil Joseph Kapaun (1916–1951), Priest of the Diocese of Wichita (Kansas, USA – North Korea) * Francis Xavier Ford (1892–1952), Priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society; Bishop of Kaiying (New York, USA – Guangdong, China) * Julia Teresa Tallon (Mary Teresa) (1867–1954), Founder of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate (New York, USA) * Mary Virginia Merrick (1866–1955), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.; Founder of the Christ Child Society (Washington D.C., USA) * Cora Louise Yorgason Evans (1904–1957), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Monterrey (Utah, USA – California, USA) *

Teresa Kearney Teresa Kearney (Mother Kevin) CBE (1875–1957) was a teacher, Franciscan Sister, and missionary, who founded a new Franciscan order. Born in Arklow, Ireland on April 28, 1875, she became a Junior Assistant Mistress at 17 and taught in Essex, E ...

(Mary Kevin) (1875–1957), Founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (Wicklow, Ireland – Jinja, Uganda – Massachusetts, USA) *

Luigi Sturzo Luigi Sturzo (; 26 November 1871 – 8 August 1959) was an Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician. He was known in his lifetime as a "clerical socialist" and is considered one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. He w ...

(1871-1959), Priest of the Diocese of Caltagirone (Caltagirone, Italy – London, England - New York, USA - Rome, Italy) * Charlene Marie Richard (1947–1959), Child of the Diocese of Lafayette (Louisiana, USA) *

Vincent Robert Capodanno Vincent Robert Capodanno Jr., M.M. (February 13, 1929 – September 4, 1967) was a Catholic priest and Maryknoll Missioner killed in action while serving as a Navy chaplain with a Marine Corps infantry unit during the Vietnam War. He was a pos ...

(1929–1967), Priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society; Priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States (New York, USA – Quàng Nam, Vietnam) * Jean Martin Eyraud (1880–1968), Priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (Haute Alpes, France – Louisiana, USA) * Giancarlo Rastelli (1933–1970), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Parma (Pescara, Italy – Minnesota, USA) * William Evans (1919–1971), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Massachusetts, USA – Dhaka, Bangladesh) * Ernő Tindira (1892–1972), Priest of the Diocese of Mukacheve of the Latins; Martyr (Pennsylvania, USA – Mukacheve, Ukraine) * Daniel Foley (Theodore of Mary Immaculate) (1913–1974), Professed Priest of the Passionists (Massachusetts, USA – Rome, Italy) * Michael Jerome Cypher (Casimir) (1941–1975), Professed Priest of Franciscan Conventuals; Martyr (Wisconsin, USA – Olancho, Honduras) * Paul Michael Murphy (1939–1976), Layperson of the Diocese of Phoenix; Consecrated Member of the Miles Jesu (Illinois, USA – Arizona, USA) * Auguste oncoPelafigue (1888–1977), Layperson of the Diocese of Lafayette; Member of the Apostleship of Prayer League (Haute-Pyrénées, France – Louisiana, USA) * George Willmann (1920–1977), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (New York, USA – Manila, Philippines) *

Dorothy Day Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social and anarchist activism. She was perhaps the best-known ...

(1897–1980), Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York; Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement (New York, USA) * Juan Luis Ellacuria Echevarría (Aloysius) (1905–1981), Professed Priest of the Claretians (Vizcaya, Spain – California, USA) * William Slattery (1895–1982), Priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) (Maryland, USA – Pennsylvania, USA) *

Vincent Joseph McCauley Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh ...

(1906–1982), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross; Archbishop of Fort Portal (Iowa USA – Minnesota, USA – Kampala, Uganda) *

José Luis Múzquiz de Miguel José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

oseph Múzquiz(1912–1983), Priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Badajoz, Spain – Massachusetts, USA) * Terence James Cooke (1921–1983), Archbishop of New York; Cardinal (New York, USA) *

Walter Ciszek Walter Joseph Ciszek, S.J. (November 4, 1904 – December 8, 1984) was a Polish-American Jesuit priest of the Russian Greek Catholic Church who conducted clandestine missionary work in the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1963. Fifteen of ...

(1904–1984), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Pennsylvania, USA – New York, USA) * John Maronic (1922–1985), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Founder of the Victorious Missionaries (Minnesota, USA – Illinois, USA) * Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek (1913–1989), Professed Priest of the Society of the Divine Word; Archbishop of Endeh; Founder of the Daughters of Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia – Colorado, USA) * Thea Bowman (1937–1990), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (Mississippi, USA) * María Belen Guzmán Florit (Dominga) (1897–1993), Founder of the Dominican Sisters of Fatima (San Juan, Puerto Rico – Ponce, Puerto Rico) * John Joseph McKniff (1907–1994), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Pennsylvania, USA – Florida, USA – Piura, Peru) * Rossella Petrellese (1972–1994), Layperson of the Diocese of Acerra (Naples, Italy – Minnesota, USA) * Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka (1937–1999), Archbishop of Jos (Plateau, Nigeria – New York, USA) * Ida Peterfy (1922–2000), Founder of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart (Košice, Slovakia – California, USA) * Gertrude Agnes Barber (1911–2000), Layperson of the Diocese of Erie (Pennsylvania, USA) * John Anthony Hardon (1914–2000), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Pennsylvania, USA – Michigan, USA) * Leonard LaRue (Marinus) (1914–2001), Professed Religious of the Benedictines (Ottilien Congregatian) (Pennsylvania – New Jersey, USA) * Gwen Cecilia Billings Conicker (1939–2002), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Steubenville; Cofounder of the Apostolate for Family Consecration (Illinois, USA – Ohio, USA) * Joseph Henry Cappel (1908–2004), Priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society (Kentucky, USA – Talca, Chile) * Maria Esperanza Medrano Parra de Bianchini (1928–2004), Married Layperson of the Dioceses of Los Teques and Metuche (Monagas, Venezuela – New Jersey, USA) * Fernando Rielo Pardal (1923–2004), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Madrid; Founder of the Idente Missionaries of Christ the Redeemer (Madrid, Spain – New York, USA) * Joseph Walijewski (1914–2006), Priest of the Diocese of La Crosse (Michigan, USA – Lima, Peru) * William Edward

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Atkinson (1946–2006), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Pennsylvania, USA) * Irving Charles Houle (Francis) (1925–2009), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Marquette (Michigan, USA) * Michelle Christine Duppong (1984–2015), Layperson of the Diocese of Bismarck; Member of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (Colorado – North Dakota, USA)

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*Amodei, Mike
"American Saints and Blesseds"Engaging Faith
January 5, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-10-09. *CatholicHistory.Net

Retrieved on 2009-10-09. *Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Retrieved on 2009-10-13. * Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Retrieved on 2009-10-13. * * * * *Medjugorje Center of Pacifica
"All For Mary: American Saints"
Retrieved on 2009-10-09. *Time
''Time''
April 7, 1930. Retrieved on 2009-10-09. *Tucson Citizen
"2 Tucson Priests to be beatified"
June 12, 2007. {{Saints by country *

Saints In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Orth ...

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

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American saints

American ''beati''

American ''venerabili''

American servants of God

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