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1869–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Gumersindo Soto Barros was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of the Dominican Order. Born in 1869, he died in Calanda in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1883–1941 · Contemporary

Gvido Krisch was a Catholic priest born in 1883 in Kočevska Reka, a citizen of Austria–Hungary and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1941 at the Schloss Hartheim bei Linz concentration camp. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1902–1973 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Hanna Helena Chrzanowska (7 October 1902 – 29 April 1973), sometimes anglicized as Hannah Helen Chrzanowska, was a Polish Roman Catholic who served as a nurse and was also a Benedictine oblate.

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.

1900–1943 · Contemporary

Helena Cierpka, Sister Maria Gwidona of the Divine Mercy (born April 11, 1900, in Granowiec, died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

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.

1852–1900 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Helena Stollenwerk, SSpS (28 November 1852 - 3 February 1900) was a German Catholic religious sister who collaborated with Arnold Janssen and Hendrina Stenmanns and co-founded the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit.

1852–1903 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Hendrina Stenmanns, SSpS (Josefa in religion; 28 May 1852 - 20 May 1903) was a German Catholic religious sister who co-founded the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, which she founded alongside Arnold Janssen and Helena Stollenwerk.

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.

1882–1939 · Contemporary

Henryk Antoni Szuman was a Polish Catholic presbyter, parson, and dean born in Toruń in 1882. He died in 1939 in Fordon, Bydgoszcz, and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1904–1941 · Contemporary

Henryk Hlebowicz (1 July 1904 – 9 November 1941) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. Born in Grodno, he served as a parish priest and lecturer at Vilnius University between 1930 and 1935.

1888–1942 · Contemporary

The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs (Polish: 108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany. Their liturgical feast day is 12 June.

1908–1942 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Henryk Krzysztofik was a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin born in 1908 in Zachorzów, Second Polish Republic. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1942 at the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps. He is recognized as a blessed.

1889–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Enrique Sáiz Aparicio (born December 1, 1889, in Ubierna, Burgos; died October 2, 1936, in Madrid) was a Spanish priest, a Salesian of Don Bosco (SDB), a Christian martyr, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1912–1943 · Contemporary

Hermann Lange (16 April 1912 – 10 November 1943) was a Roman Catholic priest and martyr of the Nazi period in Germany. He was guillotined in a Hamburg prison by the Nazi authorities in November 1943, along with the three other Lübeck martyrs.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Ermenegildo dell'Assunta, born Hermenegildo Iza y Aregita (Mendata, April 13, 1879 – Alcázar de San Juan, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1877–1936 · Contemporary

Blessed Herminio Motos Torrecillas (born in María, Almería, December 9, 1877; died in María, Almería, October 13, 1936) was the archpriest and parish priest of María (1912–1936). He was killed at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War as a victim of religious persecution.

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

Hilario María Llorente Martín was a Spanish Catholic seminarian and a member of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1907–1945 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Hilary Paweł Januszewski, O.Carm (June 11, 1907, in Krajenki – March 25, 1945, in Dachau concentration camp), was a Polish priest, Carmelite friar of the Ancient Observance and Catholic priest.

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.

1883–1933 · Contemporary

Hildegard Lea Burjan (née Hildegard Freund; 30 January 1883 – 11 June 1933) was an Austrian politician and convert from Judaism to the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis.

1829–1916 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Honorat Koźmiński (16 October 1829 – 16 December 1916), born Florentyn Wacław Jan Stefan Koźmiński, was a Polish priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who went on to establish sixteen religious congregations.

1883–1950 · Contemporary

Hryhoriy Lakota, also known as Gregor Lakota (Ukrainian: Григорій Лакота, Polish: Grzegorz Łakota; 31 January 1883 – 12 November 1950), was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic auxiliary bishop who suffered religious persecution and was martyred by the Soviet Union.

1867–1947 · Contemporary

Hryhoriy Khomyshyn (also Hryhorij Khomyshyn, Ukrainian: Григорій Лукич Хомишин, Polish: Grzegorz Chomyszyn) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and hieromartyr. Khomyshyn was born on 25 March 1867 in the village of Hadynkivtsi, eastern Galicia, in what is now Ternopil Oblast.

1832–1916 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier (8 December 1832 – 17 December 1916) was a French Dominican friar and religious priest, who served as the 76th Master of the Order of Preachers from 1904 until 1916. Cormier was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 20 November 1994.

1839–1904 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mary Reparatrix

Hélène Marie Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville (Nantes, 21 May 1839 – Sanremo, 15 November 1904), known as Mary of the Passion (French: Mère Marie de la Passion), was a French religious sister and missionary, who founded the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in British India in 1…

1866–1931 · Contemporary

Ignacy Kłopotowski (20 July 1866 – 7 September 1931) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto (1920); he founded this congregation with the assistance of the Polish nuncio Achille Ratti - the future Pope Pius XI.

1893–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

Ignacy Casanovas Perramón, SchP (born Ignasi Casanovas Perramón on June 15, 1893, in Igualada; died September 16, 1936, in Òdena) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order.

1869–1915 · Contemporary

Ignatius Maloyan, ICPB (Armenian: Իգնատիոս Մալոյան, April 8, 1869 – June 11, 1915), born as Shukrallah Maloyan, was an Armenian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mardin from 1911 to 1915.

1897–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Ildefonso Fernández Muñiz was a Benedictine Catholic priest born in 1897 in Muros de Nalón, Spain. He died in 1936 in Barbastro from a gunshot wound and is recognized as a blessed of the Latin Church.

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.

1887–1934 · Contemporary · Passionists

Inocencio of Mary Immaculate, CP (10 March 1887–9 October 1934), born Manuel Canoura Arnau, was a Catholic priest and member of the Passionists who was killed during the Asturias revolt. He and his companions are known collectively as the Martyrs of Turon.

1880–1959 · Contemporary

Ioan Bălan (11 February 1880 – 4 August 1959) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Teiuș, Alba County, the son of Ștefan Bălan and Ana, née Muntean.

1907–1953 · Contemporary

Ioan Suciu (December 4, 1907 – June 27, 1953) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek Catholic Church, born into a clerical family in Blaj. Suciu studied in Rome, Italy first at Sant'Atanasio and then at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical Unive…

1891–1930 · Contemporary

Irene Stefani, IMC (born Aurelia Mercede Stefani; 22 August 1891 – 31 October 1930) was an Italian religious sister of the Consolata Missionaries.

1914–1992 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes, SMIC, widely known as Irmã Dulce ("Sister Dulce") and also as Saint Dulce of the Poor (born Maria Rita de Souza Pontes; 26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992), was a Brazilian Missionary Sister of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God.

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.

1887–1909 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Isidore Bakanja (c. 1880–1890 – 15 August 1909) was a Congolese Catechist who was killed by a plantation agent. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1994. Isidore Bakanja, a member of the Boangi tribe, was born in Bokendela, Congo Free State, between 1880 and 1890.

1881–1916 · Contemporary · Passionists

Isidore De Loor (18 April 1881 – 6 October 1916), also known by his religious name Isidore of Saint Joseph, was a Belgian professed religious from the Passionists.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Isidoro Bover Oliver (born May 2, 1890, in Vinaròs, died October 2, 1936, in Castellón de la Plana) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) and recognized by the Catholic Church as a m…

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.

1904–1957 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Itala Mela (28 August 1904 – 29 April 1957) was an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and mystic who was a lapsed Christian until a sudden conversion of faith in the 1920s and as a Benedictine oblate virgin assumed the name of "Maria della Trinità".

1885–1970 · Contemporary

Iuliu Hossu (30 January 1885 – 28 May 1970) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Cluj-Gherla. Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to the rank of cardinal in pectore, that is, secretly, in 1969 but did not publish his appointment until after Hossu's death.

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…

1914–1943 · Contemporary

Ivan Salmič was a Catholic priest born in Raka in 1914 and died in Vinica in 1943. A citizen of Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1896–1973 · Contemporary

Ivan Slezyuk (Ukrainian: Іван Слезюк, Polish: Iwan Słeziuk; 14 January 1896 – 2 December 1973) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and hieromartyr.

1899–1952 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Ivan Ziatyk CSsR (Ukrainian: Іван Зятик, pronounced [iˈwɑn ˈzʲɑtɪk]; December 26, 1899 – May 17, 1952) was a Ukrainian Catholic priest, Redemptorist, and lecturer, considered to be a martyr by the Catholic Church.

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.