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1907–1942 · Contemporary

Gerhard Hirschfelder (17 February 1907 – 1 August 1942) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He was a vocal critic of Nazism and used his sermons to condemn Nazi propaganda and other aspects of Nazism which drew suspicion on him from the authorities who monitored him and even inte…

1895–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Germán Garrigues Hernández, also known as Germán of Carcaixent (born Germán (Jorge María) Garrigues Hernández on February 12, 1895, in Carcaixent, Valencian Community; died August 9, 1936, in Carcaixent), was a Spanish Catholic blessed, martyr, priest, and Capuchin friar, who was…

1913–1936 · Contemporary

Germán Gozalbo Andreu (born August 30, 1913, died September 22, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest just a few weeks before his death.

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.

1922–1962 · Contemporary

Gianna Beretta Molla (4 October 1922 – 28 April 1962) was an Italian Catholic paediatrician. Although aware of possible fatal consequences, Molla refused both an abortion and a hysterectomy during her pregnancy with her fourth child in order to preserve the child's life.

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.

1841–1913 · Contemporary

Giovanni Battista Piamarta (26 November 1841 - 25 April 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator. Piamarta was also the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

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.

1839–1905 · Contemporary · Q29858947

Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, CS (8 July 1839 – 1 June 1905) was an Italian Catholic missionary who served as Bishop of Piacenza from 1876 until his death.

1873–1954 · Contemporary

Giovanni Calabria (8 October 1873 – 4 December 1954) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who dedicated his life to the plight of the poor and the ill.

1899–1946 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Giovanni Fausti, born on October 19, 1899, in Marcheno, in the province of Brescia (Italy), and died by firing squad on March 4, 1946, in Shkodër, Albania, was an Italian Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and a missionary in Albania who was killed in odium fidei during the…

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.

1848–1913 · Contemporary

Giovanni Maria Boccardo (20 November 1848 - 30 December 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan.

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.

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.

1903–1967 · Contemporary · Congregazione di San Giuseppe

Giovanni Schiavo, CSI (8 July 1903 – 27 January 1967) was an Italian Catholic priest in the Congregation of Saint Joseph, also known as the Murialdines. Schiavo entered the Murialdines during World War I in 1917, and was admitted by Eugenio Reffo.

1846–1929 · Contemporary

Giulia Salzano (13 October 1846 – 17 May 1929) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1905).

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…

1851–1926 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Allamano, IMC (21 January 1851 – 16 February 1926) was an Italian Catholic priest who established the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) for males and another for females, the Consolata Missionary Sisters.

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.

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.

1905–1945 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Giuseppe Girotti, OP (19 July 1905 – 1 April 1945) was an Italian Dominican priest who was a biblical scholar and a professor of theology. During World War II, he worked to aid Jewish people amid the Nazi Holocaust.

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.

1869–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Joseph Marie Gambaro, born Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, was an Italian Reformed Franciscan Catholic priest and missionary in China. He was born on August 7, 1869, in Galliate, a town in the province of Novara in Piedmont, Italy, and died on July 7, 1900, in Hengshawan in the Hunan pro…

1880–1927 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Moscati (25 July 1880 – 12 April 1927) was an Italian doctor, scientific researcher, and university professor noted both for his pioneering work in biochemistry and for his piety. Moscati was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1987; his feast day is 16 November.

1896–1948 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Giaccardo (13 June 1896 - 24 January 1948) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of Saint Paul that Giacomo Alberione established.

1845–1918 · Contemporary

Giuseppe Toniolo (7 March 1845 – 7 October 1918) was an Italian Catholic economist, sociologist, and pioneer of Christian democracy. A leading political and social economist, Toniolo condemned both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism, advocating instead for an economic system…

1843–1906 · Contemporary · Lay Carmelites

Giuseppina Gabriela Bonino (5 September 1843 – 8 February 1906), also known by her religious name Giuseppina Gabriella of Jesus, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Suore della Sacra Famiglia di Savigliano.

1863–1924 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Giuseppina Nicoli, DC (18 November 1863 – 31 December 1924) was an Italian Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul who served as a catechist in Sardinia. She held several positions of leadership in Turin and elsewhere.

1915–1950 · Contemporary

Giuseppina Suriano (18 February 1915 - 19 May 1950) was an Italian Roman Catholic member of the Catholic Action. Suriano was born to simple farmers near Palermo and became a noticeable and integral figure in Catholic Action during her life while also working alongside the Young C…

1859–1911 · Contemporary · Daughters of St. Camillus

Giuditta Vannini (7 July 1859 – 23 February 1911) – also known as Giuseppina – was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who became a Camillian. Together with Luigi Tezza she established the religious congregation known as the Daughters of Saint Camillus.

1907–1946 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Gjon Shllaku was a Catholic philosopher and member of the Order of Friars Minor born in Shkodër in 1907. He died in Shkodër in 1946 and is recognized as a blessed.

1883–1936 · Contemporary

Gonzalo Viñes Masip (born January 19, 1883, in Xàtiva, died December 10, 1936) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He completed secondary school and subsequently entered the seminary in Valencia. In 1906, at the age of 23, he was ordained a priest.

1879–1942 · Contemporary

Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík (26 May 1879 – 4 September 1942), was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia after World War I.

1929–2000 · Contemporary

Gordon Anthony Pantin was born in 1929 in Port of Spain and served as a Catholic priest, theologian, and bishop. He held the position of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain until his death in 2000. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

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…

1880–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Gregorio Chirivás Lacambra, C.M.F. (Siétamo, April 24, 1880 – Barbastro, August 12, 1936), was a Spanish religious who was martyred in Barbastro during the Spanish Civil War and is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1912–1936 · Contemporary

Gregorio Escobar García, OMI (born September 12, 1912, in Estella; died November 28, 1936, in Paracuellos de Jarama) was a Spanish Oblate of the Immaculate Mary. He made his first vows in the Oblate congregation on August 15, 1930.

1833–1900 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Gregory Mary Grassi, O.F.M., (in Italian language Gregorio Maria Grassi) (13 December 1833 – 9 July 1900) was an Italian Franciscan friar and bishop who is honored as a Catholic martyr and saint.

1883–1902 · Contemporary · Passionists

Grimoaldo of the Purification (4 May 1883 – 18 November 1902) – born Ferdinando Santamaria – was an Italian Roman Catholic clerical student from the Passionists.

1911–1943 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Grzegorz (Gregory) Bolesław Frąckowiak (July 18, 1911 – May 5, 1943) was a Society of the Divine Word (SVD) martyr. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999 as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

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.

1916–1975 · Contemporary

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia (12 December 1916 – 16 July 1975) was a Spanish Catholic professor and a member of Opus Dei. She was one of the first women to join Opus Dei, after meeting the founder Josemaría Escrivá in 1944.

1865–1931 · Contemporary · Xaverian Missionaries

Guido Maria Conforti (30 March 1865 – 5 November 1931) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who founded the Xaverian Missionaries (S.X.) on 3 December 1895.

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.

1908–1936 · Contemporary

Guillermo Plaza Hernández (born June 25, 1908, in Yuncos; died August 9, 1936, in Argés) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War.