List of people declared Servants of God under Pope Leo XIV

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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 Leo XIV and are newly given the title as Servants of God. The names listed below are from the Vatican and are listed in chronological order beginning the year 2025, with their birth and death year, position in clerical or religious life, and the place where the potential Saints lived or died.

In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, Servant of God is a title used for a person for whom a beatification process has been opened.[1]

2026

NameBornDiedCountryDioceseCauseRescript of "Nihil Obstat"Opening DateNotes
José Ramón Aristi9 November 18996 April 1996ArgentinaBuenos AiresHeroic Virtues---29 May 2026Professed Priest, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament[2][3][4]
Alberto Ibáñez Padilla28 February 19289 September 2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresHeroic Virtues---30 April 2026Professed Priest, Jesuit; Founder, “Convivencia con Dios” Community[5][6][7]
Luigi Maria Faccenda24 August 19209 October 2005ItalyBolognaHeroic Virtues---19 March 2026Professed Priest, Conventual Franciscans; Founder, Fr. Kolbe Missionaries of the Immaculata[8][9][10]
Ángel Ayala1 March 186720 February 1960SpainMadridHeroic Virtues---20 February 2026Professed Priest, Jesuit; Founder, Catholic Association of Propagandists[11][12]
Alfred Delp15 September 19072 February 1945GermanyMunich-FreisingMartyr in odium fidei---2 February 2026Professed Priest, Jesuit[13][14]
Adele Brice30 January 18315 July 1896Belgium United StatesGreen BayHeroic Virtues---30 January 2026Laywoman, Marian Visionary[15][16]
Annai Scholastica15 October 191712 October 1993IndiaVelloreHeroic Virtues19 January 202610 May 2026Professed Religious, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Founder, The Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus[17][18][19]

2025

NameBornDiedCountryDioceseCauseRescript of "Nihil Obstat"Opening DateNotes
Ervin Gábor24 January 191203 December 1944HungaryEsztergom-BudapestMartyr in odium fidei---20 October 2025Diocesan Priest[20][21]
Pedro Shaw6 September 192521 June 1984Belgium ParaguayAsunciónHeroic Virtues---6 September 2025Professed Priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Titular Bishop of Crepedula; Apostolic Vicar of Pilcomayo[22][23][24]
Antonio Gamboa López10 April 191221 October 2004SpainMálagaHeroic Virtues---2 September 2025Priest[25][26]
Jorge Cristian Pérez28 September 19776 March 2000ArgentinaAvellaneda-LanúsHeroic Virtues---12 August 2025Young Layperson[27][28]
Manuel Foderà21 June 200120 July 2010ItalyTrapaniHeroic Virtues1 August 202516 June 2026Child[29][30]
Vittorina Gementi17 February 19313 June 1989ItalyMantuaHeroic Virtues---15 July 2025Layperson, Founder, Casa del Sole[31][32]
Maria Adelgund Tumińska24 July 189415 February 1945PolandPelplinMartyr in odium fidei6 June 20252 February 2026Professed Religious, Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Charity[33][34]
Gaetano Nicosia3 April 19156 November 2017Italy MacauMacauHeroic Virtues21 May 202517 January 2026Professed Priest, Salesians of Don Bosco[35][36][37]

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