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1849–1914 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Venerable Francisco Simón y Ródenas was a Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who was born in 1849 in Orihuela. He served as the bishop of Santa Marta and later as a titular bishop before his death in 1914 in Massamagrell.

1908–1982 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux (23 September 1908 – 4 January 1982) - in religious Francisco - was a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who was a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and served as the first Bishop of Osorno from 1956 until his death.

1847–1910 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Francisco de Paula Tarín was a Spanish priest and member of the Society of Jesus, born in Godelleta in 1847. He died in Seville in 1910 and is buried at the Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in that city. He has been declared Venerable.

1882–1945 · Contemporary

Franz Zagermann (born July 28, 1882, in Zagern near Schillgehnen, Braunsberg district, Warmia; died February 26, 1945, in Glockstein (now Unikowo), Rößel district, now Bartoszyce district, Warmia) was a German-Polish Roman Catholic priest.

1942–1981 · Contemporary

Franz de Castro Holzwarth (Barra do Piraí, May 18, 1942 – Jacareí, February 14, 1981) was a Brazilian lawyer and human rights activist. He was declared venerable by the Catholic Church on December 17, 2022.

1844–1911 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Franziska Streitel (born Amalia Streitel, religious name Maria Franziska of the Cross, 24 November 1844 – 6 March 1911) was a German religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. Streitel founded the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother.

1898–1997 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Damião de Bozzano O.F.M. Cap., born as Pio Giannotti (5 November 1898 – 31 May 1997), was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served in the Brazilian missions for over six decades.

1895–1979 · Contemporary

Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen; May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1966 to 1969. He was known for his preaching, especially on television and radio.

1859–1938 · Contemporary

Felix of Jesus Rougier, M.Sp.S. (December 17, 1859, Meilhaud, France — January 10, 1938, Mexico City) was a Catholic priest and founder of several institutes of consecrated life who was declared venerable in 2000.

1929–1995 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Georgia (Georgian: წმიდა გაბრიელ ქართველი, romanized: ts'mida gabriel kartveli), born Goderdzi Urgebadze (გოდერძი ურგებაძე; 26 August 1929 – 2 November 1995) was a Georgian Orthodox monk venerated for his dedicated monastic life and piety.

1849–1901 · Contemporary

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete.

1880–1949 · Contemporary · Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

Gabriella Borgarino, born on September 2, 1880, in Boves, Italy, and died on January 1, 1949, in Luserna San Giovanni, Turin, was an Italian Catholic nun.

1881–1966 · Contemporary · Passionists

Généreux of the Most Holy Crucifix, born Angelo Fontanarosa on November 6, 1881, in Vetralla (Viterbo, Italy) and died on January 9, 1966, in Mascalucia (Catania, Sicily), was an Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.

1900–1948 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Beniamino Filon (2 August 1900 - 21 July 1948) - in religious Giacomo da Balduina - was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

1896–1962 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Giacomo Gaglione, TOSF (July 20, 1896 – May 28, 1962) was an Italian member of the Third Order of St. Francis, and a lifelong invalid, who became the founder of the Apostolate of Suffering.

1921–2004 · Contemporary

Gianfranco Chiti (Gignese, May 6, 1921 – Rome, November 20, 2004) was an Italian general and a Franciscan Catholic priest. He has been recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church since the introduction of his cause for beatification.

1904–1977 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Giorgio La Pira, TOSD (Raimondo in religious life; 9 January 1904 – 5 November 1977) was an Italian Catholic politician who served as the mayor of Florence.

1880–1962 · Contemporary

Giovanni Battista Pinardi (15 August 1880 - 2 August 1962) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a bishop in Turin serving under three archbishops for the archdiocese.

1901–1992 · Contemporary · Somaschi Fathers

Giovanni Ferro (13 November 1901 – 18 April 1992) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Somascans, who served as the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria from 1950 until his resignation in 1977.

1954–2016 · Contemporary

Giovanni Nadiani was an Italian translator and teacher born in Cotignola in 1954. He died in Reda in 2016 and is recognized as a Venerable within the Catholic Church.

1884–1958 · Contemporary

Giulio Facibeni (Galeata, July 29, 1884 – Florence, June 2, 1958) was an Italian priest and anti-fascist, founder of the Opera della Divina Provvidenza Madonnina del Grappa, recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his efforts on behalf of Jews in Florence during…

1923–1987 · Contemporary · Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus

Giuseppe Ambrosoli (25 July 1923 – 27 March 1987) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member from the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus. He served as a doctor and surgeon as well as being a philanthropist and educator in the missions in Uganda.

1912–1944 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Beotti (26 August 1912 – 20 July 1944), was an Italian Catholic priest murdered by Nazi soldiers for his charitable works. Don Beotti, as he is known to Italian Catholics, was confirmed as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church on May 20, 2023.

1880–1952 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Ignazio Beschin (born Giuseppe Beschin; 26 August 1880 - 29 October 1952) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.

1899–1980 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Carraro (26 June 1899 – 30 December 1980) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Verona from 1958 until his retirement in 1978. He also served as the Bishop of Vittorio Veneto until his transferral to the see of Verona.

1901–1952 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Giuseppe Di Donna (23 August 1901 – 2 January 1952) - in religious Giuseppe della Vergine - was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Trinitarian Order who served as the Bishop of Andria from 1940 until his death.

1909–1986 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Lazzati (22 June 1909 – 18 May 1986) was an Italian Roman Catholic rector of the Sacred Heart college in Milan and a former parliamentarian. He was also the founder of the Secular Institute of Christ the King.

1908–1966 · Contemporary · Missionary Sisters Catechists of the Poor

Gloria Maria Elizondo García, born on August 26, 1908, in Durango, Mexico, and died on December 8, 1966, in Monterrey, was a Mexican business executive who became a religious sister and served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechist Sisters of the Poor…

1860–1940 · Contemporary

Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayán (Latin: Gregorius Aglipay Cruz; Filipino: Gregorio Labayan Aglipay Cruz; pronounced uhg-LEE-pahy; May 5, 1860 – September 1, 1940) was a Filipino former Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–America…

1974–2009 · Contemporary

Guido Vidal França Schäffer (22 May 1974 – 1 May 2009) was a Brazilian doctor, surfer, and seminarian. He died in a surfing accident in 2009. The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro has begun his beatification process and he was proclaimed Venerable in 2023.

1863–1906 · Contemporary

Hedwig Borzęcka, sometimes written as Jadwiga Borzęcka, (1 February 1863 – 27 September 1906) was a religious sister and the co-foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection along with her natural mother, Celine Borzecka. She was born in the Russian Empire.

1903–1996 · Contemporary

Henri Caffarel, born on July 30, 1903, in Lyon and died on September 18, 1996, in Beauvais (Oise), was a French Catholic priest, founder of the Teams of Our Lady and the magazine L'Anneau d'Or. He was declared venerable on March 23, 2026, by a decree of Leo XIV.

1881–1961 · Contemporary

Venerable Hermelinda Simón Prieto was a Spanish religious figure born in 1881 in Baños de Molgas. She died in Madrid in 1961.

1841–1919 · Contemporary

Jérôme (Hieronymus) Jaegen, born in Trier on August 23, 1841, and died in the same city on February 26, 1919, was a figure of social Catholicism in Germany, recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1894–1985 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Hildebrand Gregori, O.S.B. Silv., (8 May 1894 – 12 November 1985), was an Italian Benedictine monk, who served as the Abbot General of the Sylvestrine congregation of the Order.

1897–1937 · Contemporary

Igor Alexandrovich Akulov (Epiphany, Epiphanius; 13 April 1897, Novo-Nikitskaya, Korchevsky County, province of Tver — 27 August 1937, Leningrad) originally a Russian Orthodox monk, later a priest of the Russian Catholic Church and victim of Joseph Stalin's Great Purge.

1897–1977 · Contemporary

Ilia Corsaro (October 4, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was an Italian Catholic nun and founder of the Eucharistic Missionary Sisters, an order dedicated to catechetical, educational, and charitable work for youth, the poor, and families.

1842–1911 · Contemporary

Madre Isabella de Rosis (1842–1911) was an Italian religious sister and foundress of the congregation of the Reparatrix Sisters of the Sacred Heart. In December 2005, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed her as a Venerable Servant of God, the first step on the road to canonization.

1902–1943 · Contemporary

Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (13 September 1902 – 15 July 1943) was a Spanish Catholic layman who was a member of Opus Dei. Zorzano was a naturalized Argentine due to being born in Buenos Aires, though upon his relocating to Spain he met and befriended Fr Josemaría Escrivá and soon j…

1872–1950 · Contemporary

Ismael Perdomo Borrero (22 February 1872 - 3 June 1950) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bogotá from 1928 until his death.

1914–1953 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

István Sándor (26 October 1914 – 8 June 1953) was a Hungarian Salesian and labourer, martyr and Blessed. István Sándor was born in Szolnok in 1914, the first year of the First World War.

1896–1928 · Contemporary

Ivan Merz (16 December 1896 − 10 May 1928) was a Catholic layman from Bosnia and important supporter of the Catholic Church in Croatia. Merz promoted the Liturgical Movement in Croatia and together with Ivo Protulipac, he established a movement for the young people, Hrvatski orlo…

1874–1930 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Jacint Alegre i Pujals was a Spanish Catholic priest, theologian, and member of the Society of Jesus who was born in Terrassa in 1874 and died in Barcelona in 1930. He has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1882–1951 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Jacques Sevin SJ (7 December 1882 - 19 July 1951), was a French Jesuit known for his role in the introduction of Scouting to France. Sevin was born in Lille on 7 December 1882.

1889–1937 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jaime Hilario Barbal, FSC (born Manuel Barbal i Cosán; 2 January 1898 – 18 January 1937) was a Spanish Catholic and professed Brother of the Christian Schools.

1897–1943 · Contemporary

Jakob Gapp (26 July 1897 – 13 August 1943) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Marianists. Gapp first served as a soldier on the Italian front during World War I at a point in his life where his religious convictions were not of high importance,…

1944–1982 · Contemporary

James Alfred Miller, FSC (September 21, 1944 – February 13, 1982), also known as Brother Leo William or Santiago, was an American Catholic member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who served in Guatemala until his murder in 1982.

1920–1952 · Contemporary

Jan Bula (24 July 1920 Lukov – 20 May 1952 Jihlava) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest and victim of the Czechoslovak Communist regime. He was sentenced to death in one of the show trials of the Babice case and hanged. In 1990 he was posthumously rehabilitated.

1911–1988 · Contemporary

Jan Pietraszko (7 August 1911 - 2 March 1988) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as one of the auxiliaries for the Kraków archdiocese and Titular Bishop of Turrisblanda from 1962 until his death.

1900–1947 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jan Leopold Tyranowski (9 February 1901 – 15 March 1947) was a Polish Roman Catholic. He was an ardent admirer and follower of the Discalced Carmelite charism – but was not of their order – and was a central figure in the spiritual formation of Karol Józef Wojtyła who became Pope…