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1868–1947 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Johann Baptist Reus or João Batista Reus (10 July 1868 – 21 July 1947) was a Jesuit priest and a German-Brazilian religious leader. John Baptist Reus was born to John and Ana Margarida Reus on 10 July 1868 in Pottenstein, Bavaria, the eighth child of 11 children.

1921–1979 · Contemporary · Franciscans

John Randal Bradburne, OFS (14 June 1921 – 5 September 1979) was an English lay member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, a poet, and warden of the Mutemwa leper colony at Mutoko, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

1914–2000 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

John Anthony Hardon (June 18, 1914 – December 30, 2000) was an American Jesuit priest, writer, teacher and theologian. As a beatification process was opened for him in 2005, he is recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1874–1942 · Contemporary

Josef Eppich (born February 20, 1874, in Malgern near Gottschee; died June 2, 1942, in Mitterdorf near Gottschee) was a Catholic priest, publicist, and politician.

1815–1900 · Contemporary

Josefa Leopoldine Brandis was a Catholic nun born in Graz in 1815. She died in Graz in 1900 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1912–1983 · Contemporary

Joseph Muzquiz (boen José Luis Múzquiz y de Miguel; 1912-1983) was a Spanish Catholic priest who was an early member of Opus Dei. He worked to establish the movement around the world. The cause for his canonization was opened by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2011.

1909–1979 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

José Vandor Puchner (29 October 1909 – 8 October 1979) – born as József Wech – was a Hungarian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1917–1988 · Contemporary

Joseph Wresinski (12 February 1917 – 14 February 1988) was a French priest and humanitarian activist who was born in Angers and died in Suresnes. Born to immigrant parents, Wresinski grew up in poverty and experienced social exclusion.

1843–1918 · Contemporary

Josip Stadler (24 January 1843 – 8 December 1918) was a Bosnian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first archbishop of Vrhbosna, from 1881 to his death in 1918.

1866–1952 · Contemporary

José Gálvez Ginachero (29 September 1866 - 29 April 1952) was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor. Gálvez Ginachero studied in Granada and Madrid in medicine where he obtained excellent results before doing additional studies in Berlin and Paris.

1913–1972 · Contemporary

José María Hernández Garnica, born on November 17, 1913, in Madrid and died on December 7, 1972, in Barcelona, was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of Opus Dei. In 2005, he was declared a Servant of God.

1885–1944 · Contemporary

Jože Brecelj (1885–1944) was a joiner and cultural worker born and deceased in Žapuže. He is recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1911–1942 · Contemporary

Jože Geoheli was a Catholic priest born in 1911 in Notranje Gorice. He held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1918–1945 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jože Šerjak (June 8, 1918 – 1945) was a Slovene writer and poet and a member of the Salesian order. Šerjak was born as the last of four children into a family of the farmer Janez Šerjak and farmer Katarina (née Maček) in Trata pri Velesovem.

1874–1940 · Contemporary

Jožef Pollak was a Catholic priest born in 1874 and died in 1940. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1887–1945 · Contemporary

Jožefa Sumper was a Catholic cook and cookbook writer born in 1887 in Latschach. She died in 1945 at the Ravensbrück concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1824–1907 · Contemporary

Jules Chevalier, MSC (15 March 1824 – 21 October 1907) was a French Catholic priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, along with their lay associates, known collectively…

1922–1999 · Contemporary

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as president from 1964 to 198…

1884–1950 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Kanut Graf des Enffans d’Avernas, OSB (born March 11, 1884, in Schirmdorf, Slovenia; died November 6, 1950, in Manp’o, North Korea), was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, religious, missionary, and martyr.

1838–1922 · Contemporary

Karmni Grima (2 February 1838 – 25 May 1922) was a Maltese peasant whose mystical religious experience led to the constructions and services as an apostle of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu. Karmni Grima was born in the village of Għarb in Gozo, the sister island of Malta.

1886–1941 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Lach (born February 27, 1886, in Strzelczyska, died April 5, 1941, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Przemyśl, a victim of German terror during World War II, a Servant of God, and a martyr.

1886–1944 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Kornelija Horvat (Koprivnica, December 22, 1886 – Hvar, January 3, 1944) was a Croatian Catholic nun, a Sister of Charity, and a victim of the Yugoslav communist regime.

1878–1942 · Contemporary

Lambert Ehrlich (18 September 1878 – 26 May 1942) was a Carinthian Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist. Ehrlich was born in the hamlet of Seifnitz in the Canal Valley (Slovene: Žabnice) in the town of Tarvisio, then part of the Duchy of Carinthia (no…

1936–2011 · Contemporary

Laureana Franco (4 July 1936 – 17 October 2011), also known as "Ka Luring Franco", was a Filipino Catholic catechist and member of the Legion of Mary who devoted her life to serving her local diocese and its poor.

1910–1999 · Contemporary

Lojze Kozar Sr. (born Kozár Alajos, November 11, 1910 – April 29, 1999), was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, writer, and translator. He was the uncle of the priest, writer, and poet Lojze Kozar Jr.

1900–1976 · Contemporary

Lucia Eleonora Schiavinato, better known as Lucia Schiavinato (Musile di Piave, October 31, 1900 – Verona, November 17, 1976), was an Italian religious figure; a consecrated laywoman of great spirituality, she was the founder of the "Piccoli Rifugi" (recognized as a secular insti…

1905–1944 · Contemporary

Luís Gonzaga do Monte (Vitória de Santo Antão, January 3, 1905 — Natal, February 28, 1944), known as Father Monte or Canon Monte, was a Brazilian Catholic priest, a presbyter of the clergy of Natal, and a founding member of the North-Riograndense Academy of Letters.

1864–1927 · Contemporary

Lukas Etlin was a Swiss monk born in Sarnen in 1864. He died in 1927 and is buried in Clyde. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1888–1974 · Contemporary

Léontine Dolivet, born in Betton near Rennes in Brittany on December 28, 1888, and died in Betton on November 14, 1974, was a Christian laywoman who dedicated her life to the catechism of children. Her cause for beatification has been open in the Diocese of Rennes since 2017.

1894–1942 · Contemporary

Marcin Tomaka was a Catholic priest and a citizen of the Second Polish Republic, born in 1894 in Krasne. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Marica Nartnik was a teacher born in 1905 in Kozaršče and died in 1942 in Kleč. A member of the Catholic Church, she held citizenship in Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1855–1938 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Marie-Joseph Lagrange (born Albert Marie-Henri Lagrange; 7 March 1855 – 10 March 1938) was a Dominican priest and founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem. His cause for beatification has been initiated in 1991.

1926–1942 · Contemporary

Marija Mavsar was born in 1926 in Šentrupert and died in the same location in 1942. She is recognized as a Servant of God.

1921–1945 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Marijan Kostelec was a Cistercian monk born in 1921 in Šentrupert. He died in 1945 in Kočevski Rog and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1914–1945 · Contemporary · Teutonic Order

Marjan Ogrinc was a monk of the Teutonic Order born in 1914 in Št. Jurij. He died in 1945 in Viktring and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1880–1942 · Contemporary

Marjana Zdešar Bastič was a farmer born in 1880 in Ljubgojna. She died in 1942 in Horjul and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1930–1944 · Contemporary

Martin Brecelj was born in 1930 in Žapuže to his father, Jože Brecelj. A Catholic herder, he died in 1944 in Kodreti. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1841–1907 · Contemporary · Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary

Marie-Marthe Chambon, born Françoise Chambon (Chambéry, March 6, 1841 – March 21, 1907, Chambéry), was a French nun of the Order of the Visitation, known for her mystical experiences and for introducing the devotion of the Chaplet of the Holy Wounds.

1893–1940 · Contemporary

Marzell Leeb was a Catholic priest born in 1893. He died in 1940 at the Mauthausen concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1916–1950 · Contemporary

Matej Krof was a Catholic priest born in 1916 in Mežica. He died in 1950 in Podpeca and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1935–2004 · Contemporary · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Mercedes de Jesús Egido y Izquierdo, (29 March 1935 – 3 August 2004) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception who undertook a major reform of the Order's way of life. The cause for her beatification is being investigated by the Holy See.

1912–1976 · Contemporary

Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite (29 September 1912 – 30 September 1976), better known as "Padre Miguel do Cajuru", was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest.  He was the son of Francisco Afonso de Andrade Leite and Afonsina Batista de Carvalho.

1843–1915 · Contemporary

Miquel Maura i Muntaner (Palma, September 6, 1843 – September 9, 1915) was a Majorcan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Zelator Sisters of the Eucharistic Cult. He has been proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church and is currently in the process of beatification.

1920–1942 · Contemporary

Miha Turk was born in 1920 in Škrjanče pri Novem Mestu and died in 1942 in Novo Mesto. He is recognized as a Servant of God.

1921–1942 · Contemporary

Milko Cankar was born in 1921 in Ljubljana and died in 1942 in the same city. He is recognized as a Servant of God.

1891–1945 · Contemporary

Lenart "Narte" Velikonja (June 8, 1891 – June 25, 1945) was a Slovene writer and cultural figure. Narte Velikonja was born in Predmeja, the son of Ignatius Velikonja and Maria (née Beuk) Velikonja, and he was baptized Leonardus Velikonja at the parish church in Otlica.

1887–1944 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Neža Pantagata Vadnov was a nun of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, born in 1887 in Postojna. She died in 1944 in Šibenik and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1979–1993 · Contemporary

Niña Ruiz Abad (October 31, 1979 – August 16, 1993) was a Filipino Catholic girl widely known as "the girl who always wore a rosary". She is in the process of being canonized, and is currently a Servant of God.

1910–1942 · Contemporary · Teutonic Order

Norbert Klement was a Catholic priest and monk of the Teutonic Order, born in 1910 in Trutnov. He died in 1942 in Drage and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1897–1942 · Contemporary

Oton Schuster was a Catholic priest born in 1897 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. He died in 1942 at Schloss Hartheim and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.