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1994–2015 · Contemporary

Akash Bashir (22 June 1994 – 15 March 2015) was a Pakistani layman and a former student of the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Lahore, Pakistan.

1881–1954 · Contemporary

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi was an Italian politician and statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.

1897–1983 · Contemporary

Bishop Alexander Chira was a bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. His immediate predecessor was Bishop Theodore G. Romzha. He is designated as a Confessor of the Faith. Chira was born January 17, 1897, in the village of Irhóc, Máramaros County .

1877–1954 · Contemporary

Alfredo Verzosa y Florentín (9 December 1877 – 27 June 1954) was the fourth native Filipino to be elevated as bishop of the Catholic Church and the first from Northern Luzon. He was also the first Ilocano bishop.

1901–1977 · Contemporary · Q108896108

Amalia of Jesus Flagellated MJC (22 July 1901 – 18 April 1977), born Amalia Aguirre Queija, was a Catholic religious sister and mystic. She was co-founder of the institute of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, best known for receiving, in the 1930s, the apparitions of Our…

1929–2008 · Contemporary

Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (15 May 1929 – 7 February 2008) was Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988 until his death in 2008. On 20 February 2015 a formal inquiry for the cause of his beatification and canonisation was opened in Rome.

1891–1953 · Contemporary

Archmandrite Andrei Tsikota MIC (/(t)sɪˈkoʊtə/; Chinese: 祁高德;Belarusian: Андрэй Цікота; Polish: Andrzej Cikoto), also anglicised as Andrew Cikoto (5 December 1891 – 11 February 1952), was a Belarusian Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic priest, Superior General of the Congregation…

1916–1944 · Contemporary

Angela Brecelj (7 October 1916 – 12 July 1944) was a Slovenian shop assistant. She was a devout Catholic who was abducted and later killed by communists during World War II. She is considered a martyr by some. Angela was born on 7 October 1916 into a Slovenian family in Žapuže.

1948–1961 · Contemporary

Angela Iacobellis (October 28, 1948 – March 27, 1961) was an Italian girl whose cause for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church has been initiated. She is therefore titled Servant of God.

1850–1920 · Contemporary

Anton Mahnič, also spelled Antun Mahnić in Croatian orthography (14 September 1850 – 30 December 1920), was a Croatian-Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church and a philosopher who established and led the Croatian Catholic Movement.

1915–2003 · Contemporary

Anton Strle (21 January 1915 – 20 October 2003) was a Slovenian professor of dogmatic theology and a Catholic priest. He was born in the village of Osredek in the parish of Sveti Vid nad Cerknico. He was ordained priest in 1941 and received his D.D.

1900–1963 · Contemporary

The Archbishop Anton Vovk (19 May 1900 – 7 July 1963) was a Roman Catholic priest. he served as auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Ljubljana from 1946 to 1961, as well as the first Archbishop of Ljubljana.

1852–1926 · Contemporary

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his main work, the Sagrada Família church.

1912–1949 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mary of the Miraculous Medal

Antonija Premrov, sister Karmela (2 June 1912 – disappeared 14 January 1949, died some days after) was a Slovenian nurse, organist, and choirmistress. She was martyred by Communists because of her successful work with youth in her parish.

1930–1993 · Contemporary

Baudouin was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire).

1832–1929 · Contemporary

Bernarda Morin (born Venerance Morin Rouleau; 1832–1929) was a Canadian Catholic religious sister who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence in Chile, an autonomous congregation of the Sisters of Providence (Montreal).

1922–2008 · Contemporary

Bernardin Gantin (8 May 1922 – 13 May 2008) was a Beninese Catholic prelate who held senior positions in the Roman Curia for twenty years and the highest position in the College of Cardinals for nine years.

1863–1950 · Contemporary

Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk (baptized Nicholas; December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man") and heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people.

1896–1985 · Contemporary

Catherine de Hueck Doherty (née Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkina; August 15, 1896 – December 14, 1985) was a Russian-born Catholic activist who founded the Madonna House Apostolate in 1947.

1984–2012 · Contemporary

Chiara Corbella Petrillo (9 January 1984 – 13 June 2012) was an Italian Catholic public speaker and a mother known for her faith amidst her battle with cancer. Chiara met her future husband Enrico Petrillo in 2002 when both were on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje.

1920–2008 · Contemporary

Chiara Lubich (born Silvia Lubich; 22 January 1920 – 14 March 2008) was an Italian teacher and author who founded the Focolare Movement, which aims to bring unity among people and promote universal family.

1994–2012 · Contemporary

Darwin Ramos (December 17, 1994 – September 23, 2012) was a Filipino street child and waste picker. His cause for canonization was opened in August 2019 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao in the Philippines. He is a Servant of God.

1914–2004 · Contemporary

Dora del Hoyo Alonso, (11 January 1914 – 10 January 2004; born Salvadora Honorata del Hoyo Alonso in Leon, Spain) was a Spanish Catholic laywoman who was one of the first female members of Opus Dei.: 9–11  A domestic worker by profession, del Hoyo was the first to join the Prela…

1897–1980 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Dorothy Day OblSB (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 activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.

1931–2005 · Contemporary · Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Dorothy Mae Stang, SNDdeN, (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian Catholic Religious Sister and missionary. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005.

1924–1944 · Contemporary

Elena Spirgevičiūtė (22 December 1924 – 4 January 1944) was a Lithuanian student. She was shot and killed by Soviet partisans for resisting rape. One of the four men, Alfonsas Čeponis was posthumously recognized as the Hero of the Soviet Union.

1873–1952 · Contemporary

Elena of Montenegro (Serbian: Јелена Петровић Његош / Jelena Petrović Njegoš; 8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952) was Queen of Italy from 29 July 1900 until 9 May 1946 as the wife of King Victor Emmanuel III.

1866–1914 · Contemporary

Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur (16 October 1866 – 3 May 1914), born Pauline Élisabeth Arrighi, was a French mystic best known for her spiritual diary and the conversion of her husband, Félix Leseur (1861–1950), a medical doctor and well known leader of the French anti-clerical, atheist…

1884–1946 · Contemporary · Congregation of Marian Fathers

Fabian Ivanovich Abrantovich (Fabijan Abrantovič; Chinese: 龐懷德, Belarusian: Фабія́н Я́навіч Абранто́віч, Russian: Фабиа́н Ива́нович Абранто́вич, Polish: Fabian Abrantowicz; September 14, 1884 – January 2, 1946) was a prominent religious and civic leader from Belarus.

1913–1999 · Contemporary

Floripes Dornellas de Jesus (9 June 1913 – 9 April 1999), popularly known as Lola, was a Brazilian Roman Catholic mystic. She is recognized as a Servant of God by the Holy See, following the opening of her cause for beatification in 2005.

1914–1945 · Contemporary

France Kunstelj (November 22, 1914 – June 1945) was a Slovene Roman-Catholic priest, author, playwright, and editor. Kunstelj was born in Vrhnika. He started studying theology in Ljubljana in 1935, and he was ordained in 1941.

1892–1952 · Contemporary

Francis Xavier Ford, MM (January 11, 1892 - February 21, 1952) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kaying from 1946 until his death in 1952. He was a member of the Maryknoll Missionaries in China.

1889–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco "Fran" Martínez García (born 9 September 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Crevillente. After spending time in Spain with Valencia B and Real Murcia, Martínez trialled with MLS side New York City FC.

1911–1939 · Contemporary

Franciszek Nogalski (16 January 1911 – 24 October 1939) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and parochial vicar in Raciąż. He was executed by Nazi German occupants during the Rudzki Most massacre.

1919–2002 · Contemporary

Franjo Kuharić (15 April 1919 – 11 March 2002) was a Croatian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1970 until his resignation in 1997.

1889–1980 · Contemporary

Francis Michael Duff (7 June 1889 – 7 November 1980), was an Irish lay Catholic and author known for bringing attention to the role of the Catholic laity during the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church.

1904–1948 · Contemporary

Franz Stock (21 September 1904, Neheim – 24 February 1948, Paris) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He is known for ministering to prisoners in France during World War II, and to German prisoners of war in the years following.

1877–1940 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Father Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (Chinese name: Lei Mingyuan 雷鳴遠;: 1  19 August 1877 — 24 June 1940) was a Roman Catholic missionary to China whose advocacy led Pope Pius XI to appoint the first native Chinese bishops.

1882–1953 · Contemporary

Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese (21 September 1882 – 15 July 1953), known formally as Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, was a prominent Indian bishop and the first metropolitan archbishop and the founder of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.

1909–1945 · Contemporary

Giovanni Palatucci (31 May 1909 – 10 February 1945) was an Italian police official who was long believed to have saved thousands of Jews in Fiume between 1939 and 1944 (current Rijeka in Croatia) from being deported to Nazi extermination camps.

1895–1971 · Contemporary

Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (ah-gah-JAHN-yan; anglicized: Gregory Peter; Western Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան, Krikor Bedros ŽĒ. Aghajanian; born Ghazaros Aghajanian, 15 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

1913–1925 · Contemporary

Guy de Fontgalland (November 30, 1913 – January 24, 1925, in Paris) a French Catholic child who was regarded in the inter-war period as the youngest potential Catholic saint who was not a martyr.

1991–2017 · Contemporary

Helena Agnieszka Kmieć (9 February 1991 – 24 January 2017) was a Polish Catholic missionary who was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit. In May 2024, her sainthood cause was opened and she was named a Servant of God.

1928–1991 · Contemporary

Ivan Burik (8 November 1928 – 8 October 1991) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek killed during the Croatian War of Independence, murdered by Serb rebels, in the aftermath of the Tovarnik massacre.

1915–1942 · Contemporary

Ivanka Škrabec Novak (17 March 1915 – 4 June 1942) was a Slovenian teacher. She was martyred by Communists while six months pregnant because of her devout Catholic faith and opposition to Communism.

1930–1957 · Contemporary

Jacques Fesch (6 April 1930 – 1 October 1957) was a French criminal who was convicted of the murder of police officer Jean Vergne in February 1954.

1930–2016 · Contemporary

Jacques Hamel was a French Catholic priest who served in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while Hamel celebrated Mass in his churc…

1857–1926 · Contemporary

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

1880–1939 · Contemporary

Jan Wincenty Hamerski (born 15 September 1951) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Nowy Sącz. He was also elected to the 9th term (2015–2019) of the Senate of Poland.

1877–1941 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jan Świerc (29 April 1877 – 27 June 1941) was a Polish Catholic priest who was affiliated with the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was the parish priest for Przemyśl-Zasanie and St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Cracow before being murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp.