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1828–1905 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Johannes Ludovicus Paquay (17 November 1828 - 1 January 1905), also known as Valentinus, was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor.

1876–1929 · Contemporary

Varghese Payyappilly was an Indian Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.

1831–1906 · Contemporary

Barnabas of Gethsemane (secular name Vasily Ilyich Merkulov; January 24, 1831, Prudishchi, Tula Governorate — February 17, 1906, Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Governorate) was a hieromonk of the Gethsemane Skete of the Trinity Lavra of St.

1861–1933 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Vendelin Vošnjak (Šenbric near Velenje, Slovenia, September 13, 1861 – Zagreb, March 18, 1933) was a Slovenian priest of Croatian descent, a Franciscan, the first provincial of the Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius, a general visitor, a member of the gene…

1894–1990 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Vicente López de Uralde Lazcano was a Spanish Marianist and Latin Catholic priest born in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 1894. A member of the Society of Mary, he died in Cádiz in 1990. He has been declared Venerable.

1885–1966 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Victorin-Nymphas Pagès, born in 1885 and died in 1966, was a French priest, a member of the De La Salle Brothers, and a missionary and teacher in Cuba, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Pope Francis declared him venerable in April 2019.

1842–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Venerable Viktrizius Weiß was a Catholic theologian and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Born in Eggenfelden in 1842, he died in Vilsbiburg in 1924.

1892–1945 · Contemporary

Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja (29 February 1892 – 2 April 1945) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor family, and served as a bishop during World War II.

1879–1965 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Vincent Cimatti, SDB was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus.

1829–1902 · Contemporary

Vital-Justin Grandin (8 February 1829 – 3 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, which has been considered an instrument of cultural genocide.

1943–1995 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Maria Rosa Zorza, known in religion as Sister Vitarosa, was an Italian nun and nurse born on October 9, 1943, in Bergamo, Italy, and died on May 28, 1995, in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1899–1987 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Vítor Coelho de Almeida (Sacramento, Minas Gerais, 22 September 1899 – Aparecida, 21 July 1987), better known as Padre Vítor Coelho, was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist.

1912–1944 · Contemporary

Józef (Markowa, March 2, 1900 – Markowa, March 24, 1944) and Wiktoria Ulma (Markowa, December 10, 1912 – Markowa, March 24, 1944) were a Polish Catholic couple from Markowa, Poland, who attempted to save Jewish families during the German occupation in World War II by hiding them…

1859–1926 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Wilhelm Raphael Janauschek was an Austrian Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Born in Vienna in 1859, he died in the same city in 1926. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1847–1917 · Contemporary

Wincenty Kluczyński (30 September 1847 – 10 February 1917) was a titular archbishop of Philippopolis from 1914 until his death in 1917. He previously served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev from 1910 to 1914.

1883–1942 · Contemporary

Włodzimierz Szembek, S.D.B. (born April 2, 1883, in Poręba Żegoty; died September 22, 1942, at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp), was a Polish Salesian priest and a victim of National Socialism, for which he is honored by the Roman Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1887–1957 · Contemporary

Zacarías of Saint Teresa (1887–1957), born as Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra, was a Discalced Carmelite priest. Salterain-Bizkarra was born on 5 November 1887 in Abadiño, Spain, to Bartholomew and Venancia Salterain-Bizkarra.

1892–1951 · Contemporary

Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi was a Hungarian Catholic bishop, born in Hatvan on 2 January 1892. He died in prison on 4 March 1951 at Kistarcsa, Hungary. His death is recognised as martyrdom by the Catholic Church. He was beatified on 31 October 2009.

1820–1935 · Contemporary

Zosima of Ennat (secular name Evdokia Yakovlevna Sukhanova; March 1, 1820, Sentsovka village, Orenburg Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate — March 1, 1935, Sentsovka village, Sharlyksky District, Orenburg Oblast) was a Russian Orthodox saint and venerable nun.

1870–1932 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Łoziński (5 June 1870 – 26 March 1932) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Minsk (1917–1925) and later as the first Bishop of Pinsk. Soviet authorities arrested him on two occasions during his episcopate.

1914–1994 · Contemporary

Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano (11 March 1914 – 23 March 1994) was a Spanish Catholic bishop and engineer who served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994.

1902–1972 · Contemporary

Ángel Riesco Carbajo (9 July 1902 – 2 July 1972) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as a bishop in the Pamplona archdiocese and was the founder of the Misioneras Apostólicas de la Caridad.

1927–1977 · Contemporary

Émile Biayenda (1927 – 23 March 1977) was the Archbishop of Brazzaville in Congo from 1971 to 1977 and was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was born in 1927 in Mpangala, Vindza. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958 and was consecrated as a bishop in 1970.