This article contains a list of the 942 saints canonized by Pope Francis (2013–2025) during his pontificate, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto as a group, 23 who were equipollently canonized and 4 who were canonized in other countries.
2013–2016
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Details | Church status | Competent Forum | |||
| May 2013 | ||||||
| 1. | Antonio Primaldo & 812 Companions (+1480) | laypersons of the archdiocese of Otranto | Otranto | 12 May 2013 | Saint Peter's Square | [1][2] |
| 2. | Laura Montoya Upegui (1874–1949) | founder, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine of Siena | Medellín | |||
| 3. | Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala (1878–1963) | cofounder, Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and of the Poor | Guadalajara | |||
| October 2013 | ||||||
| 4. | Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) | layperson of the diocese of Foligno; married; member, Secular Franciscans | Urbis et Orbis | 9 October 2013 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | [3] |
| December 2013 | ||||||
| 5. | Peter Faber (1506–1546) | professed priest, Jesuits | Urbis et Orbis | 17 December 2013 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | [4] |
| April 2014 | ||||||
| 6. | José de Anchieta (1534–1597) | professed priest, Jesuits | São Salvador da Bahia | 3 April 2014 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | [5][6] |
| 7. | Marie of the Incarnation (1599–1672) | widow; professed religious, Ursulines | Québec | |||
| 8. | François de Laval (1623–1708) | bishop of Québec | ||||
| 9. | Pope John XXIII (1881–1963) | Pope | Rome | 27 April 2014 | Saint Peter's Square | [7] |
| 10. | Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) | |||||
| November 2014 | ||||||
| 11. | Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805–1871) | professed priest and cofounder, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; founder, Congregation of the Mother of Carmel | Changanacherry/Verapoly | 23 November 2014 | Saint Peter's Square | [8] |
| 12. | Nicola Saggio (1650–1709) | professed oblate, Minims | Cosenza-Bisignano | |||
| 13. | Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877–1952) | professed religious, Congregation of the Mother of Carmel | Trichur | |||
| 14. | Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803–1888) | founder, Teaching Sisters of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Heart | Vicenza | |||
| 15. | Ludovico of Casoria (1814–1885) | professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor; founder, Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth (Gray Sisters) | Naples | |||
| 16. | Amato Ronconi (ca. 1226–1292) | layperson of the diocese of Rimini | Rimini | |||
| January 2015 | ||||||
| 17. | Joseph Vaz (1651–1711) | priest, Oratorians (Goa Congregation) | Kandy/Goa-Daman | 14 January 2015 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | [9] |
| May 2015 | ||||||
| 18. | Émilie de Villeneuve (1811–1854) | founder, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres | Albi | 17 May 2015 | Saint Peter's Square | [10] |
| 19. | Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception (1856–1906) | founder, Oblation Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament | Naples | |||
| 20. | Mariam Baouardy (1846–1878) | professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns | Jerusalem of the Latins | |||
| 21. | Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843–1927) | cofounder, Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem of the Latins (Rosary Sisters) | ||||
| September 2015 | ||||||
| 22. | Junípero Serra (1713–1784) | professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants) | Monterey | 23 September 2015 | Washington, D.C., United States | [11] |
| October 2015 | ||||||
| 23. | Louis Martin (1823–1894) | layperson of the diocese of Bayeux-Liseux; married | Bayeux-Liseux | 18 October 2015 | Saint Peter's Square | [12] |
| 24. | Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin (1831–1877) | layperson of the diocese of Séez; married | Séez | |||
| 25. | Vincenzo Grossi (1845–1917) | priest of the diocese of Lodi; founder, Daughters of the Oratory | Lodi | |||
| 26. | María de la Purísima Salvat Romero (1926–1998) | professed religious, Sisters of the Company of the Cross | Seville | |||
| June 2016 | ||||||
| 27. | Stanisław Papczyński (1631–1701) | professed priest and founder, Marians of the Immaculate Conception | Poznań | 5 June 2016 | Saint Peter's Square | [13] |
| 28. | Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870–1957) | founder, Bridgettine Sisters | Rome | |||
| September 2016 | ||||||
| 29. | Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997) | founder, Missionaries of Charity | Calcutta | 4 September 2016 | Saint Peter's Square | [14] |
| October 2016 | ||||||
| 30. | José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (1840–1914) | priest of the Archdiocese of Córdoba | Córdoba | 16 October 2016 | Saint Peter's Square | [15] |
| 31. | José Sánchez del Río (1913–1928) | child of the diocese of Zamora | Zamora | |||
| 32. | Manuel González García (1877–1940) | bishop of Palencia; founder, Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth and Eucharistic Reparation Union | Palencia | |||
| 33. | Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906) | professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns | Dijon | |||
| 34. | Alfonso Maria Fusco (1839–1910) | priest of the diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno; founder, Sisters of Saint John the Baptist | Nocera Inferiore-Sarno | |||
| 35. | Lodovico Pavoni (1784–1849) | priest and founder, Sons of Mary Immaculate | Brescia | |||
| 36. | Solomon Leclercq (1745–1792) | professed religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) | Caracas | |||
2017–2019
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Details | Church status | Competent Forum | |||
| May 2017 | ||||||
| 1. | Francisco Marto (1908–1919) | children of the diocese of Leiria-Fátima | Leiria-Fátima | 13 May 2017 | Fatima, Portugal | [16] |
| 2. | Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) | |||||
| October 2017 | ||||||
| 3. | Manuel Míguez González (1831–1925) | professed priest, Piarists; founder, Calasanzian Institute, Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess | Madrid | 15 October 2017 | Saint Peter's Square | [17] |
| 4. | Luca Antonio Falcone (1669–1739) | professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans | Cosenza-Bisignano | |||
| 5. | André de Soveral & 29 Companions (+1645) | priest and laypersons of the archdiocese of Natal | Natal | |||
| 6. | Cristobal & 2 Companions (+1527–1529) | children of the diocese of Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala | |||
| October 2018 | ||||||
| 7. | Pope Paul VI (1897–1978) | Pope | Rome/Brescia | 14 October 2018 | Saint Peter's Square | [18] |
| 8. | Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (1917–1980) | archbishop of San Salvador | San Salvador | |||
| 9. | Francesco Spinelli (1853–1913) | priest of the diocese of Cremona; founder, Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament | Cremona | |||
| 10. | Vincenzo Romano (1751–1831) | priest of the archdiocese of Naples | Naples | |||
| 11. | Maria Katharina Kasper (1820–1898) | founder, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ | Limburg | |||
| 12. | Ignacia Nazaria March Mesa (1889–1943) | founder, Missionary Crusaders of the Church | Buenos Aires | |||
| 13. | Nunzio Sulprizio (1817–1836) | young layperson of the archdiocese of Naples | Naples/Pescara-Penne | |||
| July 2019 | ||||||
| 14. | Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires (1514–1590) | professed priest, Dominicans; archbishop of Braga | Urbis et Orbis | 5 July 2019 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | [19] |
| October 2019 | ||||||
| 15. | John Henry Newman (1801–1890) | priest, Oratorians (Birmingham Congregation); cardinal | Birmingham | 13 October 2019 | Saint Peter's Square | [20] |
| 16. | Giuseppina Vannini (1859–1911) | founder, Daughters of Saint Camillus | Rome | |||
| 17. | Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan (1876–1926) | founder, Congregation of the Holy Family | Irinjalakuda | |||
| 18. | Dulce Lopes Pontes (1914–1992) | professed religious, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception | São Salvador da Bahia | |||
| 19. | Marguerite Bays (1815–1879) | layperson of the archdiocese of Lausanne; member, Secular Franciscans | Lausanne-Geneva-Fribourg | |||
2021–2024
| Saint | Date of Canonization | Place of Canonization | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Details | Church status | Competent Forum | |||
| April 2021 | ||||||
| 1. | Margherita della Metola (ca. 1287–1320) | layperson of the diocese of Città di Castello; member, Lay Dominicans | Urbis et Orbis | 24 April 2021 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | [21] |
| May 2022 | ||||||
| 2. | Titus Brandsma (1881–1942) | professed priest, Carmelites of the Ancient Observance | 's-Hertogenbosch | 15 May 2022 | Saint Peter's Square | [22] |
| 3. | Devasahayam Pillai (1712–1752) | layperson of the diocese of Kottar; married | Kottar | |||
| 4. | César de Bus (1544–1607) | priest and founder, Christian Doctrine Fathers | Avignon | |||
| 5. | Luigi Maria Palazzolo (1827–1886) | priest of the diocese of Bergamo; founder, Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute | Bergamo | |||
| 6. | Giustino Russolillo (1891–1955) | priest and founder, Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists) and Sisters of Divine Vocations | Pozzuoli/Naples | |||
| 7. | Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916) | priest of the diocese of Viviers | Laghouat | |||
| 8. | Anne-Marie Rivier (1768–1838) | founder, Sisters of the Presentation of Mary | Viviers | |||
| 9. | Maria Francesca Rubatto (1844–1904) | founder, Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto | Montevideo/Genoa | |||
| 10. | Carolina Santocanale (1852–1923) | founder, Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes | Monreale | |||
| 11. | Maria Domenica Mantovani (1862–1934) | cofounder, Little Sisters of the Holy Family | Verona | |||
| October 2022 | ||||||
| 12. | Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839–1905) | bishop of Piacenza; founder, Missionaries of Saint Charles (Scalabrinians) and Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) | Piacenza | 9 October 2022 | Saint Peter's Square | [23] |
| 13. | Artémides Zatti (1880–1951) | professed religious, Salesians of Don Bosco | Viedma | |||
| February 2024 | ||||||
| 14. | María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa (1730–1799) | layperson of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires; founder, Beaterio of the Spiritual Exercise of Buenos Aires (now Daughters of the Divine Savior) | Buenos Aires | 11 February 2024 | Saint Peter's Basilica | [24] |
| October 2024 | ||||||
| 15. | Manuel Ruiz López & 10 Companions (+1860) | priests, religious, laypersons and martyrs | Damascus of the Latins/Damascus of the Maronites | 20 October 2024 | Saint Peter's Square | [25] |
| 16. | Giuseppe Allamano (1851–1926) | priest and founder, Consolata Missionaries | Turin | |||
| 17. | Marie-Léonie Paradis (1840–1912) | founder, Little Sisters of the Holy Family | Sherbrooke | |||
| 18. | Elena Guerra (1835–1914) | founder, Oblates of the Holy Spirit | Lucca | |||
| November 2024 | ||||||
| 19. | Thérèse of Saint Augustine & 15 Companions (+1794) | professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns | Paris/Beauvais | 18 December 2024 | Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | [26] |
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