The Catholic Church recognizes some deceased Catholics as saints, beati, and venerabili and Servants of God. Some of these figures are significantly associated with the United States and the territories that preceded it.
Catholicism in the United States began with the first European explorations and colonization of the Americas. Indeed, Columbus'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 British North America in the east, and Spanish North America in the Southwestern United States.
Several American Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past 50 years. Most of these Americans were born after 1850, though the majority of those who have been canonized so far were not.
American saints
Individual causes
| Image | Name | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Xavier Cabrini | 15 July 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (Italy) | 22 December 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Founder, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 20 March 1931; Declared "Venerable": 21 November 1937; Beatified: 13 November 1938 by Pope Pius XI; Canonized: 7 July 1946 by Pope Pius XII | ||||||
| Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton | 28 August 1774 in New York City, Province of New York | 4 January 1821 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States | Widow; founder, 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 and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey | Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1907; Declared "Venerable": 18 December 1959; Beatified: 17 March 1963 by Pope John XXIII; Canonized: 14 September 1975 by Pope Paul VI | ||||||
| John Nepomuk Neumann | 28 March 1811 in Prachatice, Austrian Empire | 5 January 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed priest, the Redemptorists; bishop of Philadelphia; founder, the Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia | Philadelphia and České Budějovice | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 5 May 1886; Declared "Venerable": 11 December 1921; Beatified: 13 October 1963 by Pope Paul VI; Canonized: 19 June 1977 by Pope Paul VI | ||||||
| Rose-Philippine Duchesne | 29 August 1769 in Grenoble, Isère, France | 18 November 1852 in St. Charles, Missouri, United States | Professed religious, the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Rome and Saint Louis | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 9 December 1909; Declared "Venerable": 17 March 1935; Beatified: 12 May 1940 by Pope Pius XII; Canonized: 3 July 1988 by Pope John Paul II | ||||||
| Katharine Mary Drexel | 26 November 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 3 March 1955 in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, United States | Founder, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People | Philadelphia | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 9 November 1973; Declared "Venerable": 26 January 1987; Beatified: 20 November 1988 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II | ||||||
| Anne-Thérèse Guérin (rel. name: Mother Théodore) | 2 October 1798 in Étables-sur-Mer, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 14 May 1856 in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States | Founder, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods | Indianapolis | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 8 September 1909; Declared "Venerable": 11 July 1992; Beatified: 25 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: 15 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI | ||||||
| Jozef De Veuster (rel. name: Damien) | 3 January 1840 in Tremelo, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | 15 April 1889 in Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Territory of Hawaii, United States | Professed priest, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) | Mechelen–Brussels and Honolulu | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1938; Declared "Venerable": 7 July 1977; Beatified: 14 June 1995 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI | ||||||
| Barbara Cope (rel. name: Marianne) | 23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse (Germany) | 9 August 1918 in Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Territory of Hawaii, United States | Professed religious, the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse | Honolulu | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 28 July 1983; Declared "Venerable": 19 April 2004; Beatified: 14 May 2005 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.; Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI | ||||||
| Kateri Tekakwitha | c. 1656 in Ossernenon near Auriesville, Province of New York | 17 April 1680 in Kahnawake, Québec, New France | Young layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal | Montréal | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1931; Declared "Venerable": 3 January 1943; Beatified: 22 June 1980 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Benedict XVI | ||||||
| Pedro Calungsod | July 21, 1654 in one of the Visayan islands, Captaincy General of the Philippines | April 2, 1672 in Tumon, Guam, Captaincy General of the Philippines | Young layperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu | Cebu and Agaña | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: February 4, 1994; Declared "Venerable": January 27, 2000; Beatified: March 5, 2000 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: October 21, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI | ||||||
| Miguel José Serra Ferrer (rel. name: Fra Junípero) | 24 November 1713 in Petra, Mallorca, Spain | 28 August 1784 in Monterey, Alta California, New Spain | Professed priest, the Franciscan Friars Minor | Monterey | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 30 August 1943; Declared "Venerable": 9 May 1985; Beatified: 25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: 23 September 2015 by Pope Francis | ||||||
| Teresa of Calcutta (Anjëzë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu)) | 26 August 1910 in Üsküp, Kosovo vilayet, Ottoman Empire (Kosovo) | 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India | Founder, the Missionaries of Charity | Calcutta | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 12 June 1999; Declared "Venerable": 20 December 2002; Beatified: 19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II; Canonized: 4 September 2016 by Pope Francis | ||||||
Group martyrs
| Image | Saints and Servants of God | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesuit Martyrs of North America (1642–1649) | ||||||
| René Goupil | 15 May 1608 in Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, France | 29 September 1642 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, Province of New York | Professed religious, the Jesuits | Toronto and New York | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Isaac Jogues | 10 January 1607 in Orléans, Loiret, France | 18 October 1646 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, Province of New York | Professed priest, the Jesuits | |||
| Jean de Lalande | c. 1620–1625 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France | 19 October 1646 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, Province of New York | Professed religious, the Jesuits | |||
| Introduction of Cause:; Declared "Venerable":; Beatified: 21 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI; Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI | ||||||
American beati
Individual causes
| Image | Name | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Franziska Schervier | 2 January 1819 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (Germany) | 14 December 1876 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (Germany) | Founder, the Poor Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor | Aachen | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 24 September 1912; Declared "Venerable": 30 January 1969; Beatified: 28 April 1974 by Pope Paul VI | ||||||
| Diego Luis de San Vitores | 13 November 1627 in Burgos, Kingdom of Castile (Spain) | 2 April 1672 in Tumon, Guam, Spanish East Indies | Professed priest, the Jesuits | Manila and Agaña | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1688; Declared "Venerable": 9 November 1984; Beatified: 6 October 1985 by Pope John Paul II | ||||||
| Franz Xaver Seelos | 11 January 1819 in Füssen, Kingdom of Bavaria (Germany) | 4 October 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Professed priest, the Redemptorists | New Orleans and Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 17 September 1900; Declared "Venerable": 27 January 2000; Beatified: 9 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II | ||||||
| Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago | 22 November 1918 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, United States | 13 July 1963 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Caguas | Caguas | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 26 June 1992; Declared "Venerable": 7 July 1997; Beatified: 29 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II | ||||||
| Teresa Demjanovich (rel. name: Miriam Teresa) | 26 March 1901 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States | 8 May 1927 in Convent Station, New Jersey, United States | Professed religious, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth | Paterson | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 23 March 1972; Declared "Venerable": 10 May 2012; Beatified: 4 October 2014 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | ||||||
| Stanley Francis Rother | 27 March 1935 in Okarche, Oklahoma, United States | 28 July 1981 in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala | Priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: 3 September 2007; Declared "Venerable": 1 December 2016; Beatified: 23 September 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | ||||||
| Bernard Casey (rel. name: Francis Solanus) | 25 November 1870 in Oak Grove, Wisconsin, United States | 31 July 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States | Professed priest, the Capuchin Franciscans | Detroit | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 26 October 1983; Declared "Venerable": 11 July 1995; Beatified: 18 November 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. | ||||||
| James Alfred Miller (rel. name: Leo William [Santiago]) | 21 September 1944 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States | 13 February 1982 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala | Professed religious, the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) | Huehuetenango | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1 September 2009; Declared "Venerable": 7 November 2018; Beatified: 7 December 2019 by Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán | ||||||
| Michael Joseph McGivney | 12 August 1852 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States | 14 August 1890 in Thomaston, Connecticut, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford; founder, the Knights of Columbus | Hartford | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 15 September 1997; Declared "Venerable": 15 March 2008; Beatified: 31 October 2020 by Cardinal Joseph William Tobin | ||||||
Group martyrs
| Image | Saints and Servants of God | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War (1934–39) | ||||||
| Josep Tristany Pujol (rel. name: Lluc of Saint Joseph) | 14 December 1872 in Su, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain | 20 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain | Professed priest, the Discalced Carmelites | Barcelona[1] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Ricardo Farré Masip (rel. name: Eduardo of the Child Jesus) | 3 April 1897 in Su, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain | 25 July 1936 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain | ||||
| Introduction of Cause: 1952; Declared "Venerable": 22 June 2004; Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. | ||||||
American Venerables
Individual causes
| Image | Name | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Margil Ros (rel. name: Antonio of Jesus) | 18 August 1657 in Kingdom of Valencia (Spain) | 6 August 1726 in Mexico City, New Spain (Mexico) | Professed priest, the Franciscan Friars Minor | Mexico | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 29 December 1770; Declared "Venerable": 31 July 1836 | ||||||
| Cornelia Peacock Connelly | 15 January 1809 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 18 April 1879 in Saint Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England | Founder, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus | Southwark | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 12 November 1959; Declared "Venerable": 13 June 1992 | ||||||
| Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli | 4 November 1806 in Milan, Kingdom of Italy | 23 February 1864 in Benton, Wisconsin, United States | Professed priest, the Dominicans; founder, the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Sinsinawa | Madison | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1966; Declared "Venerable": 6 July 1993 | ||||||
| Józefina Dudzik (rel. name: Mary Theresa) | 30 August 1860 in Płocicz, Kamień Krajeński, Sępólno, Kingdom of Prussia (Germany) | 20 September 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Founder, the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1 June 1979; Declared "Venerable": 26 March 1994 | ||||||
| Pierre Toussaint | prob. 27 June 1766 (or 1780) in Saint-Marc, Artibonite, Colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) | 30 June 1853 in New York City, New York, United States | Married layperson of the Archdiocese of New York | New York | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 12 November 1988; Declared "Venerable": 17 December 1996 | ||||||
| Henriette DeLille | 11 March 1813 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 17 November 1862 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Founder, the Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans | New Orleans | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 22 June 1988; Declared "Venerable": 27 March 2010 | ||||||
| Kasimira Kaupas (rel. name: Maria) | 6 January 1880 in Ramygala, Panevėžys, Russian Empire (Lithuania) | 17 April 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Founder, the Sisters of Saint Casimir | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 6 September 1988; Declared "Venerable": 1 July 2010 | ||||||
| Nelson Baker | 16 February 1842 in Buffalo, New York, United States | 29 July 1936 in Lackawanna, New York, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Buffalo | Buffalo | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 6 July 1987; Declared "Venerable": 14 January 2011 | ||||||
| Félix Varela Morales | 20 November 1788 in Havana, Cuba, New Spain | 25 February 1853 in St. Augustine, Florida, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La Habana | San Cristóbal de La Habana | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 12 January 1996; Declared "Venerable": 14 March 2012 | ||||||
| Friderik Irene Baraga | 28 June 1797 in Knežja Vas, Trebnje, Austrian Empire (Slovenia) | 19 January 1868 in Marquette, Michigan, United States | Bishop of the Diocese of Marquette | Marquette | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 17 August 1972; Declared "Venerable": 10 May 2012 | ||||||
| Bridget Teresa McCrory (rel. name: Mary Angeline Teresa) | 21 January 1893 in Mountjoy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 21 January 1984 in Germantown, New York, United States | Founder, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm | Albany | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1 June 1989; Declared "Venerable": 28 June 2012 | ||||||
| Fulton John Sheen | 8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States | 9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States | Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester; titular archbishop of Newport | Peoria | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 14 September 2002; Declared "Venerable": 28 June 2012 | ||||||
| Celestina Bottego | 20 December 1895 in Glendale, Ohio, United States | 20 August 1980 in Parma, Italy | Founder, the Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary | Parma | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 24 November 1994; Declared "Venerable": 31 October 2013 | ||||||
| Rafael Cordero Molina | 24 October 1790 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, New Spain | 5 July 1868 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, New Spain | Layperson of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 16 April 2003; Declared "Venerable": 9 December 2013 | ||||||
| Aloysius Schwartz | 18 September 1930 in Washington, D.C., United States | 16 March 1992 in Manila, Philippines | Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila; founder, the Sisters of Mary of Banneux and Brothers of Christ | Manila | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 27 November 2003; Declared "Venerable": 22 January 2015 | ||||||
| William Gagnon | 16 May 1905 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States | 28 February 1972 in Saigon, South Vietnam | Professed religious, the Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God | Montréal | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 24 March 1999; Declared "Venerable": 14 December 2015 | ||||||
| Alphonse Gallegos | 20 February 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | 6 October 1991 in Yuba City, California, United States | Professed priest, the Augustinian Recollects; titular bishop of Sasabe; auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento | Sacramento | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 4 December 2005; Declared "Venerable": 8 July 2016 | ||||||
| Teresa Fardella di Blasi | 24 May 1867 in New York City, New York, United States | 26 August 1957 in Trapani, Italy | Widow; founder, the Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin | Trapani | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 16 March 1960; Declared "Venerable": 8 November 2017 | ||||||
| Patrick Peyton | 9 January 1909 in Carracastle, County Mayo, Ireland | 3 June 1992 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, United States | Professed priest, the Congregation of Holy Cross; founder, the Family Rosary Crusade | Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 19 December 2000; Declared "Venerable": 18 December 2017 | ||||||
| Norbert McAuliffe | 30 September 1886 in Manhattan, New York, United States | 3 July 1959 in Alokolum, Gulu, Uganda Protectorate | Professed religious, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart | Gulu | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 16 June 1994; Declared "Venerable": 19 May 2018 | ||||||
| Antonietta Giugliano | 11 July 1909 in New York City, New York, United States | 8 June 1960 in Portici, Naples, Italy | Cofounder, the Little Servants of Christ the King | Naples | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 3 July 2006; Declared "Venerable": 21 December 2008 | ||||||
| María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos (rel. name: María Soledad) | 15 November 1892 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, New Spain | 23 April 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States | Professed religious, the Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 13 September 2003; Declared "Venerable": 15 January 2019 | ||||||
| Augustin Arnaud Pagès (rel. name: Nymphas Victorin) | 7 September 1885 in Chadron, Haute-Loire, France | 16 April 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States | Professed religious, the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 30 March 1999; Declared "Venerable": 6 April 2019 | ||||||
| Augustus Tolton | 1 April 1854 in Brush Creek, Missouri, United States | 9 July 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2 March 2010; Declared "Venerable": 11 June 2019 | ||||||
| Mario Hiriart Pulido | 23 July 1931 in Santiago, Chile | 15 July 1964 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile; member, the Secular Institute of the Schöenstatt Brothers of Mary | Santiago de Chile | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 31 May 1997; Declared "Venerable": 21 February 2020 | ||||||
| Eusebio Francesco Chini | 10 August 1645 in Segno, Trentino, Prince-Bishopric of Trent (Italy) | 15 May 1711 in Santa María Magdalena, Sonora, New Spain (Mexico) | Professed priest, the Jesuits | Hermosillo | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1971; Declared "Venerable": 10 July 2020 | ||||||
| Mary Elizabeth Lange | c. 1794 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, New Spain | 3 February 1882 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Founder, the Oblate Sisters of Providence | Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 9 January 1991; Declared "Venerable": 22 June 2023 | ||||||
| Rose Hawthorne (rel. name: Mary Alphonsa) | 20 May 1851 in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States | 9 July 1926 in Hawthorne, New York, United States | Founder, the Dominican Sisters of Saint Rose of Lima (Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne) | New York | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 4 February 2003; Declared "Venerable": 14 March 2024 | ||||||
| Emil Joseph Kapaun | 20 April 1916 in Pilsen, Kansas, United States | 23 May 1951 in Pyŏktong, North Pyongan, North Korea | Priest of the Diocese of Wichita | Wichita | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 4 February 2003; Declared "Venerable": 25 February 2025 | ||||||
Group martyrs
| Image | Saints and Servants of God | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franciscan Martyrs of Georgia (1597) | ||||||
| Pedro de Corpa | c. 1555 in Villaba, Burgos, Kingdom of Castile (Spain) | 13 September 1597 in present-day Darien, Georgia, United States | Professed priests, the Franciscan Friars Minor | Savannah[2] | Martyrs in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Blas de Rodríguez | c. 1500 in Villa de Cuacos, Cáceres, Kingdom of Castile (Spain) | 16 September 1597 in present-day Eulonia, Georgia, United States | ||||
| Miguel de Añon | c. 1550–60 in Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon (Spain) | 17 September 1597 in present-day St. Catherines Island, Georgia, United States | ||||
| Antonio de Badajoz | c. 1550 in La Albuera, Badajoz, Kingdom of Castile (Spain) | Professed religious, the Franciscan Friars Minor | ||||
| Francisco de Veráscola | c. 1560–70 in Gordejuela, Vizcaya, Kingdom of Castile (Spain) | 18 September 1597 in present-day St. Simons, Georgia, United States | Professed priest, the Franciscan Friars Minor | |||
| Introduction of Cause: 6 March 1986; Declared "Venerable": 27 January 2025; Beatified: | ||||||
Servants of God
The following list is based on the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints:[3][4]
Individual causes
| Year | Image | Name | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | Felix de Andreis | 12 December 1778 in Demonte, Cuneo, Kingdom of Sardinia (Italy) | 15 October 1820 in St. Louis, Missouri Territory, United States | Professed priest, the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) | Saint Louis and Turin | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 25 June 1918 | |||||||
| 1830 | Magí Catalá Guasch | 30 January 1761 in Montblanc, Tarragona, Spain | 22 November 1830 in Santa Clara, Alta California, Mexico | Professed priest, the Franciscan Friars Minor | San Francisco | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: August 1884 | |||||||
| 1839 | Simon-Guillaume-Gabriel Bruté de Rémur | 20 March 1779 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | 26 June 1839 in Vincennes, Indiana, United States | Bishop of Diocese of Vincennes (now Archdiocese of Indianapolis) | Indianapolis[5] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2 December 2005 | |||||||
| 1840 | Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin | 22 December 1770 in The Hague, Dutch Republic (Netherlands) | 6 May 1840 in Loretto, Pennsylvania, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown | Altoona–Johnstown[6][7] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1843 | Giuseppe Rosati | 12 January 1789 in Sora, Lazio, Papal States (Italy) | 25 September 1843 in Rome, Papal States (Italy) | Professed priest, the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); bishop of Diocese of Saint Louis | Saint Louis[8] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1878 | Patrick Ryan | c. 1845 near Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland | 28 September 1878 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville | Knoxville[9][10] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 14 November 2016 | |||||||
| 1888 | Isaac Thomas Hecker | 18 December 1819 in Manhattan, New York, United States | 22 December 1888 in Manhattan, New York, United States | Priest and founder, the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) | New York[11] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 27 January 2008 | |||||||
| 1893 | Joan Adelaide O'Sullivan (rel. name: María Adelaida of Saint Teresa) | 8 October 1817 in New York City, New York, United States | 15 April 1893 in Grajal de Campos, León, Spain | Professed religious, the Discalced Carmelite Nuns | León (Spain)[12] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 23 November 1984 | |||||||
| 1896 | Marie Adele Joseph Brise | 30 January 1831 in Dion-le-Val, Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium | 5 July 1896 in Champion, Wisconsin, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Green Bay | Green Bay[13] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1899 | Louis de Goesbriand | 4 August 1816 in Saint-Urbain, Finistère, France | 3 November 1899 in Burlington, Vermont, United States | Bishop of the Diocese of Burlington | Burlington[14][15] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1905 | Anna Bentivoglio (rel. name: Maria Maddalena of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) | 29 July 1824 in Fiano Romano, Rome, Papal States (Italy) | 18 August 1905 in Evansville, Indiana, United States | Professed religious, the Poor Clare Nuns | Evansville | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 30 November 1940 | |||||||
| 1907 | Margaret Mary Healy Murphy | 4 May 1833 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland | 25 August 1907 in San Antonio, Texas, United States | Widow; founder, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate | San Antonio[16] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1908 | Joseph Heinrichs (rel. name: Leo) | 15 August 1867 in Oestrich, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (Germany) | 23 February 1908 in Denver, Colorado, United States | Professed priest, the Franciscan Friars Minor | Newark and Denver[17][18] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1 March 1927 | |||||||
| 1918 | Julia Greeley | c. 1833–48 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States | 7 June 1918 in Denver, Colorado, United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Denver; member, the Secular Franciscans | Denver[19][20][21] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 22 October 2016 | |||||||
| 1919 | Thomas Frederick Price | 19 April 1860 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States | 12 September 1919 in Hong Kong | Priest of the Diocese of Raleigh; cofounder, the Maryknoll Missionary Society | Raleigh[22] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2 October 1992 | |||||||
| 1920 | Francis Joseph Parater | 10 October 1897 in Richmond, Virginia, United States | 7 February 1920 in Rome, Italy | Seminarian of the Diocese of Richmond | Richmond[23][24] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 4 May 2001 | |||||||
| 1923 | Jožef Frančišek Buh | 17 March 1833 in Zadobje, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, Austrian Empire (Slovenia) | 3 February 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Duluth | Duluth[25][26] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| John Eckert (rel. name: Stephen of Dublin) | 28 April 1869 in Dublin, Ontario, Canada | 16 February 1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | Professed priest, the Capuchin Franciscans | Milwaukee[27] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 26 April 1985 | |||||||
| John O'Neill (rel. name: Columba) | 5 November 1848 in McKeansburg, Pennsylvania, United States | 20 November 1923 in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States | Professed religious, the Congregation of Holy Cross | Fort Wayne–South Bend[28] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1926 | Jan Cieplak | 17 August 1857 in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Kingdom of Prussia (Poland) | 16 February 1926 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States | Apostolic administrator of Diocese of Mohilev; archbishop of Vilnius | Rome and Vilnius[29] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 23 June 1952 | |||||||
| Theresia Ijsseldijk (rel. name: Theresia of the Holy Trinity) | 13 November 1897 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands | 7 March 1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States | Professed religious, the Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus | Roermond | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 15 April 2010 | |||||||
| Anna Cordelia Zervas (rel. name: Mary Annella) | 7 April 1900 in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States | 14 August 1926 in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States | Professed religious, the Benedictine Nuns | Saint Cloud and Crookston[30][31][32] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1927 | Augustin Alfred Etlin (rel. name: Lukas) | 25 February 1864 in Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland | 16 December 1927,Stanberry, Missouri | Professed priest, the Benedictines (Swiss-American Congregation) | Kansas City-Saint Joseph[33][34] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 13 August 1960 | |||||||
| Maria Grazia Bellotti LaPercha | 9 November 1882 in Laurenzana, Potenza, Italy | 10 November 1927 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, United States | Married layperson of the Archdiocese of Newark[35] | Newark[8] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1931 | Federico Salvador Ramón | 9 March 1867 in Almería, Spain | 13 March 1931 in San Diego, California, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Almería; founder, the Servants of the Immaculate Child Mary | Almería | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 29 November 1997 | |||||||
| Ira Barnes Dutton (rel. name: Joseph) | 27 April 1843 in Stowe, Vermont, United States | 26 March 1931 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Honolulu; member, the Secular Franciscans | Honolulu[36][37][38] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 10 May 2022 | |||||||
| 1936 | James Anthony Walsh | 30 April 1891 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 14 April 1936 in Maryknoll, New York, United States | Priest and cofounder, the Maryknoll Missionary Society; titular bishop of Seine-Assuan | New York[39] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2010 | |||||||
| Ángel Baraibar Moreno | 7 September 1891 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, New Spain | 11 August 1936 in Illescas, Toledo, Spain | Priest of the Archdiocese of Toledo | Toledo | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1939 | Anna Marie Lindenberg (rel. name: Theresa of Jesus) | 20 May 1887 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia (Germany) | 11 April 1939 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed religious, the Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance | Allentown[40][41] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2014 | |||||||
| 1940 | Lewis Thomas Wattson (rel. name: Paul James) | 16 January 1863 in Millington, Maryland, United States | 8 February 1940 in Graymoor, Garrison, New York, United States | Founder and professed priest, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | New York[42][43] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 22 September 2015 | |||||||
| Bernard John Quinn | 15 January 1888 in Newark, New Jersey, United States | 7 April 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn | Brooklyn[44][45][46] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 15 June 2010 | |||||||
| 1941 | Rosa Maria Segale (rel. name: Blandina) | 23 January 1850 in Cicagna, Genoa, Italy | 23 February 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | Professed religious, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati | Santa Fe and Cincinnati[47][48] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 25 June 2014 | |||||||
| 1944 | Joseph Verbis Lafleur | 24 January 1912 in Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States | 7 September 1944 off Sindangan Point, Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte, Second Philippine Republic | Priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States | Lafayette[49][50] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 5 September 2020 | |||||||
| 1948 | Edward Joseph Flanagan | 13 July 1886 in Leabeg, County Roscommon, Ireland | 15 May 1948 in Berlin, Germany | Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha | Omaha[51][52][53] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 17 March 2012 | |||||||
| Rhoda Greer Wise | 22 February 1888 in Cadiz, Ohio, United States | 7 July 1948 in Canton, Ohio, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Youngstown | Youngstown[54][55] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 7 October 2016 | |||||||
| 1950 | Nicholas Black Elk | October 1865 in Little Powder River, Wyoming Territory, United States | 17 August 1950 in Manderson, South Dakota, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Rapid City | Rapid City[56][57][58] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 17 May 2018 | |||||||
| 1951 | Francis Xavier Ford | 11 January 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | 21 February 1952 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | Priest, the Maryknoll Missionary Society; bishop of Diocese of Kaiying | Brooklyn[59] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: 30 November 2004 | |||||||
| 1954 | Julia Teresa Tallon (rel. name: Mary Teresa) | 6 May 1867 in Hanover, Oneida, New York, United States | 10 March 1954 in Monroe, New York, United States | Professed religious and founder, the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate | New York[60][61] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 28 February 2013 | |||||||
| 1955 | Mary Virginia Merrick | 2 November 1866 in Washington, D.C., United States | 10 January 1955 in Washington, D.C., United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Washington; founder, the Christ Child Society | Washington, D.C.[62][63] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2 April 2003 | |||||||
| 1957 | Cora Louise Yorgason Evans | 9 July 1904 in Midvale, Utah, United States | 30 March 1957 in Boulder Creek, California, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Monterey | Monterey[64][65][66] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 29 March 2012 | |||||||
| Teresa Kearney (rel. name: Mary Kevin) | 28 April 1875 in Knockenrahan, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland | 17 October 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Professed religious and founder, the Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa | Lugazi and Boston[67][68] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 6 May 2016 | |||||||
| 1959 | Charlene Marie Richard | 13 January 1947 in Richard, Louisiana, United States | 11 August 1959 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States | Child of the Diocese of Lafayette | Lafayette[69][70][71] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 11 January 2020 | |||||||
| 1967 | Vincent Robert Capodanno | 13 February 1929 in Staten Island, New York, United States | 4 September 1967 in Châu Lâm, Thăng Bình, Quảng Nam, South Vietnam | Priest, the Maryknoll Missionary Society; priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States | Military Ordinariate of the United States[72][73][74] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 17 September 2004 | |||||||
| 1968 | Jean Martin Eyraud | 11 November 1880 in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, Hautes-Alpes, France | 5 February 1968 in Reserve, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 3 November 2001 | |||||||
| 1970 | Giancarlo Rastelli | 25 June 1933 in Pescara, Italy | 2 February 1970 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Parma | Parma[75] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 30 September 2005 | |||||||
| 1971 | William Evans | 15 January 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 13 November 1971 in Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Professed priest, the Congregation of Holy Cross | Peoria[8] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1972 | Ernő Tindira | 1892 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States | 19 January 1972 in Barbovo, Mukachevo, Soviet Union (Ukraine) | Professed priest, the Conventual Franciscans | Mukachevo | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: 3 January 2006 | |||||||
| 1974 | Daniel Foley (rel. name: Theodore of Mary Immaculate) | 3 March 1913 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States | 9 October 1974 in Rome, Italy | Professed priest, the Passionists | Rome[76][77] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 19 December 2007 | |||||||
| 1975 | Michael Jerome Cypher (rel. name: Casimir) | 2 January 1941 in Medford, Wisconsin, United States | 25 June 1975 in Los Horcones, Trinidad, Guarizama, Olancho, Honduras | Professed priest, the Conventual Franciscans | Juticalpa[78] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1976 | Paul Michael Murphy | 24 April 1939 in Wilmette, Illinois, United States | 10 February 1976 in Mesa, Arizona, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Phoenix; consecrated member, the Miles Jesu | Phoenix[79][80] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 24 March 2006 | |||||||
| 1977 | Auguste [Nonco] Pelafigue | 10 January 1888 in Beaucens, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | 6 June 1977 in Arnaudville, Louisiana, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Lafayette; member, the Apostleship of Prayer | Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette[81][82] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 11 January 2020 | |||||||
| George Willmann | 18 February 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | 14 September 1977 in Bronx, New York, United States | Professed priest, the Jesuits | Manila[83][84][85] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1980 | Dorothy Day | 8 November 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | 29 November 1980 in New York City, New York, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of New York; member, the Catholic Worker Movement | New York[86][87][88] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 10 March 2000 | |||||||
| 1981 | Juan Luis Ellacuria Echevarría (rel. name: Aloysius) | 21 June 1905 in Yurre, Vizcaya, Spain | 6 April 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States | Professed priest, the Claretians | Los Angeles[89][90][91] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 11 April 2016 | |||||||
| 1982 | Vincent Joseph McCauley | 8 March 1906 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States | 1 November 1982 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Professed priest, the Congregation of Holy Cross; bishop of Diocese of Fort Portal | Fort Portal[92] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 31 August 2006 | |||||||
| William Slattery | 7 May 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States | 10 August 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed priest, the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) | Philadelphia[8] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1983 | José Luis Múzquiz de Miguel | 14 October 1912 in Badajoz, Spain | 21 June 1983 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, United States | Professed priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei | Boston[93][94] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2010 | |||||||
| Terence James Cooke | 1 March 1921 in New York City, New York, United States | 6 October 1983 in New York City, New York, United States | Archbishop of Archdiocese of New York; cardinal | New York[95][96] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 18 August 1992 | |||||||
| 1984 | Walter Ciszek | 4 November 1904 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States | 8 December 1984 in Bronx, New York, United States | Professed priest, the Jesuits | Allentown[97][98][99] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 11 October 1990 | |||||||
| 1985 | John Maronic | 30 July 1922 in International Falls, Minnesota, United States | 14 December 1985 in Belleville, Illinois, United States | Professed priest, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; founder, the Victorious Missionaries | Belleville[8][100] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1989 | Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek | 18 August 1913 in Belu, East Nusa Tenggara, Dutch East Indies | 30 November 1989 in Lakewood, Colorado, United States | Professed priest, the Society of the Divine Word; archbishop of Archdiocese of Endeh; founder, the Daughters of Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary | Larantuka[101] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1990 | Bertha Bowman (rel. name: Thea) | 29 December 1937 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States | 30 March 1990 in Canton, Mississippi, United States | Professed religious, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration | Jackson[102][103][104] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 1993 | María Belen Guzmán Florit (rel. name: Dominga) | 3 September 1897 in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, New Spain | 16 January 1993 in Yauco, Puerto Rico, United States | Founder, the Dominican Sisters of Fatima | Ponce[105] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 15 June 2001 | |||||||
| 1994 | John Joseph McKniff | 5 September 1905 in Media, Pennsylvania, United States | 24 March 1994 in Miami, Florida, United States | Professed priest, the, Augustinians | Chulucanas[106] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 8 April 2000 | |||||||
| Rossella Petrellesse | 1 April 1972 in Naples, Italy | 18 September 1994 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Young layperson of the Diocese of Acerra | Acerra[107] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 13 September 2008 | |||||||
| 1999 | Matthias DeWitte Ward (rel. name: Martin Maria de Porres) | 20 March 1918 in Charlestown, Boston,Massachusetts, United States | 22 June 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Professed priest, the Conventual Franciscans | São João del Rei[108] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka | 24 May 1937 in Pankshin, Plateau, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria | 9 December 1999 in New York City, New York, United States | Archbishop of Archdiocese of Jos | Jos | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 2014 | |||||||
| 2000 | Ida Peterfy | 7 October 1922 in Košice, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia) | 8 February 2000 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States | Professed religious and founder, the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart | Los Angeles[109][110] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 19 April 2016 | |||||||
| Gertrude Agnes Barber | 16 September 1911 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States | 29 April 2000 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Erie | Erie[111][112][113][114] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| John Anthony Hardon | 18 June 1914 in Midland, Pennsylvania, United States | 30 December 2000 in Clarkston, Michigan, United States | Professed priest, the Jesuits | Saint Louis[115][116] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 31 May 2007 | |||||||
| 2001 | Leonard LaRue (rel. name: Marinus) | 14 January 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 14 October 2001 in Newton, New Jersey, United States | Professed religious, the Benedictine (Ottilien Congregation) | Paterson[117][118] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 25 March 2019 | |||||||
| 2002 | Gwen Cecilia Billings Conicker | 27 September 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | 15 June 2002 in Bloomingdale, Ohio, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Steubenville; cofounder, the Apostolate for Family Consecration | Steubenville[119][120] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 9 September 2007 | |||||||
| 2004 | Joseph Henry Cappel | 16 November 1908 in Covington, Kentucky, United States | 31 May 2004 in Curepto, Talca, Chile | Priest, the Maryknoll Missionary Society | Talca[121][122] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 2018 | |||||||
| Maria Esperanza Medrano Parra de Bianchini | 22 November 1928 in San Rafael de Barrancas, Monagas, Venezuela | 7 August 2004 in Long Beach, New York, United States | Married layperson of the Dioceses of Los Teques and Metuchen | Los Teques and Metuchen[123][124] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 31 January 2010 | |||||||
| Fernando Rielo Pardal | 28 August 1923 in Madrid, Spain | 6 December 2004 in New York City, New York, United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Madrid; founder the Idente Missionaries of Christ the Redeemer | Madrid[125] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 2006 | Joseph Walijewski | 25 April 1914 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | 11 April 2006 in Lima, Peru | Priest of the Diocese of La Crosse | La Crosse[126][127] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: 1 May 2013 | |||||||
| William Edward [Bill] Atkinson | 4 January 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 15 September 2006 in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed priest, the Augustinians | Philadelphia[128][129][130] | Heroic Virtues | ||
| Introduction of Cause: 24 April 2017 | |||||||
| 2008 | Thomas Vander Woude | 24 April 1942 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States | 8 September 2008 in Nokesville, Virginia, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Arlington | Arlington[131][132] | Offer of Life | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 2009 | Irving Charles Houle [Francis] | 27 December 1925 in Wilson, Michigan, United States | 3 January 2009 in Marquette, Michigan, United States | Married layperson of the Diocese of Marquette | Marquette[133][134][135] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 2015 | Michelle Christine Duppong | 25 January 1984 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States | 25 December 2015 in Haymarsh, North Dakota, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Bismarck; member, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students | Bismarck[136][137] | Heroic Virtues | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
| 2019 | Kendrick Castillo | 14 March 2001 in Denver, Colorado, United States | 7 May 2019 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States | Young layperson of the Diocese of Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs[138][139] | Offer of Life | |
| Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
Group martyrs
| Image | Saints and Servants of God | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyrs of "La Florida" Missions (1549–1715) | ||||||
| Luis de Cáncer | ca. 1500 in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain | 26 June 1549 in present-day Safety Harbor, Florida, United States | Professed priest, the Dominicans | Pensacola-Tallahassee[140][141][142] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| 56 Martyrs of "La Florida" Missions | Died: early June 1549 to July 1715 in La Florida, New Spain | Professed priests and religious, the Dominicans, the Jesuits, the Franciscan Friars Minor and the Hospitallers of Saint John of God; married and young laypersons of the Dioceses of Pensacola–Tallahassee, Saint Augustine, Orlando and Venice | ||||
| Introduction of Cause: 18 July 2015; Declared "Venerable":; Beatified: | ||||||
| Shreveport Martyrs of Charity (1873) | ||||||
| Isidore Quémerais | 9 September 1847 in Pleine-Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | 15 September 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | Shreveport[143][144] | Offer of Life | |
| Jean Pierre | 29 September 1831 in Lanloup, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 16 September 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
| Jean-Marie Biler | 18 November 1849 in Plourivo, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 26 September 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
| Louis-Marie Gergaud | 22 March 1832 in Héric, Loire-Atlantique, France | 1 October 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
| François Le Vézouët | 10 August 1833 in Brélidy, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 8 October 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
| Introduction of Cause: 20 October 2020; Declared "Venerable":; Beatified: | ||||||
| Modern Martyrs of Korea (1901–1974) | ||||||
| James Maginn | 15 November 1911 in Butte, Montana, United States | 4 July 1950 in Samcheok, Gangwon, South Korea | Priest, the Missionary Society of Saint Columban | Seoul | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Patrick Thomas Brennan | 13 March 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | 24 September 1950 in Daejeon, South Korea | Priest, the Missionary Society of Saint Columban; apostolic prefect of Gwangju | |||
| Patrick James Byrne | 26 October 1888 in Washington, D.C., United States | 25 November 1950 in Chunggang, Chagang, North Korea | Priest, the Maryknoll Missionary Society; titular bishop of Gazera; apostolic delegate to Korea | |||
| Introduction of Cause: 26 April 2013; Declared "Venerable":; Beatified: | ||||||
| Martyrs of El Salvador (1980) | ||||||
| Mary Elizabeth Clarke (rel. name: Maura) | 13 January 1931 in Queens, New York, United States | 2 December 1980 in Santa Teresa, San Juan Nonualco, La Paz, El Salvador | Professed religious, the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic | San Salvador[145][146] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
| Ita Catherine Ford | 23 April 1940 in Bronx, New York, United States | Professed religious, the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic | ||||
| Dorothea Lu [Dorothy] Kazel | 30 June 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Professed religious, the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union | ||||
| Jean Marie Donovan | 10 April 1953 in Westport, Connecticut, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Cleveland | ||||
| Introduction of Cause:; Declared "Venerable":; Beatified: | ||||||
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