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1899–1966 · Contemporary

Joaquim Alves Brás (March 19, 1899 – March 13, 1966) was a Portuguese Catholic priest. Faced with the dire economic and moral situation of a portion of the population, he dedicated himself to the education of disadvantaged young girls, the training of domestic workers, and the ap…

1833–1909 · Contemporary · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Joaquim Rosselló (born in Palma de Mallorca on June 28, 1833 – died in the same city on December 20, 1909) was a Spanish priest, founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1878–1936 · Contemporary · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Joaquín Piña Piazuelo was a Spanish religious of the Latin Church and a member of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. Born in Caspe in 1878, he died in Barcelona in 1936 from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Joaquín Vilanova Camallonga was a Catholic priest and vicar born in Ontinyent, Spain, in 1888. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

Jocund Bonet Mercadé (Tarragona, 1874 – Reus, August 14, 1936) was a Catalan priest who died at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He served as a soldier in the Cuban War, and after completing his studies at the Seminary of Tarragona, he was ordained a priest in 1900 by Arc…

1868–1947 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Johann Baptist Reus or João Batista Reus (10 July 1868 – 21 July 1947) was a Jesuit priest and a German-Brazilian religious leader. John Baptist Reus was born to John and Ana Margarida Reus on 10 July 1868 in Pottenstein, Bavaria, the eighth child of 11 children.

1911–1943 · Contemporary

Johannes Prassek (13 August 1911 – 10 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest, and one of the Lübeck martyrs, guillotined for opposing the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler in 1943. Prassek was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011.

1883–1900 · Contemporary

1844–1900 · Contemporary

1883–1900 · Contemporary

1840–1908 · Contemporary · Missionaries of the Holy Family

John Baptiste Berthier (February 24, 1840 – October 16, 1908) was a Catholic missionary and educator. He founded a Catholic religious institute, the Institute for Late Vocations in Grave, the Netherlands in 1895 - organized to meet the needs of men who desired to become priests l…

1914–2000 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

John Anthony Hardon (June 18, 1914 – December 30, 2000) was an American Jesuit priest, writer, teacher and theologian. As a beatification process was opened for him in 2005, he is recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1912–1978 · Contemporary

Pope John Paul I (born Albino Luciani; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.

1861–1933 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

John Sullivan (8 May 1861 – 19 February 1933) was an Irish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. Sullivan was known for his life of deep spiritual reflection and personal sacrifice; he is recognised for his dedicated work with the poor and spent much of his time…

1862–1943 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

John Vincent of Jesus and Mary (born Juan Vicente Zengotita-Bengoa Lasuen; 19 July 1862 – 27 February 1943) was a Spanish Carmelite priest, declared as venerable by the Catholic church. He was born in Berriz, Basque country on 19 July 1862.

1875–1900 · Contemporary

1885–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

John Wang Rui was a Franciscan friar born in 1885 in Shanxi. He died in 1900 in Taiyuan and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1881–1963 · Contemporary

Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963.

1917–1994 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Jorge Gottau (1917–1994) was an Argentine Redemptorist priest, ordained in 1942 and appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Añatuya by Pope John XXIII in 1961.

1884–1952 · Contemporary

Robert-Matthew Chichkov (9 February 1884 – 11 November 1952) was a Bulgarian priest, rector and teacher, executed by firing squad by the ruling communist government. He is venerated as blessed by the Catholic Church.

1876–1947 · Contemporary · Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky OSBM (Ukrainian: Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський; 3 March 1876 – 17 November 1947) was a bishop and martyr of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 1917 to 1947.

1869–1919 · Contemporary

Josaphata (née Michaelina Hordashevska; Ukrainian: Михайлина Гордашевська; 20 November 1869 – 7 April 1919) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic religious sister in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was the first member and co-founder of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.

1861–1936 · Contemporary

Józef Rada, O.A.R. (born November 17, 1861, in Zaragoza; died July 25, 1936, in Motril) was a blessed of the Catholic Church and a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. At the age of 16, he entered the Augustinian novitiate in Monteagudo.

1909–1936 · Contemporary

Jose Richard Diez OAR was born in 1909 in León and died in 1936 in Motril. He is a Catholic saint recognized by the Catholic Church.

1913–1928 · Contemporary

José Luis "Joselito" Sánchez del Río (March 28, 1913 – February 10, 1928) was a Mexican Cristero put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith.

1874–1942 · Contemporary

Josef Eppich (born February 20, 1874, in Malgern near Gottschee; died June 2, 1942, in Mitterdorf near Gottschee) was a Catholic priest, publicist, and politician.

1906–1946 · Contemporary

Josef Marxen (born August 2, 1906, in Worringen near Cologne; died November 16, 1946, near Tirana) was a German Roman Catholic priest. In 1936, he was sent as a missionary to Albania, where he was shot in 1946. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of Albania.

1910–1945 · Contemporary

Josef Mayr-Nusser (27 December 1910 – 24 February 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic who served as the President of the Saint Vincent de Paul Conference of the Bolzano division as well as a member of Catholic Action.

1815–1900 · Contemporary

Josefa Leopoldine Brandis was a Catholic nun born in Graz in 1815. She died in Graz in 1900 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1902–1975 · Contemporary

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

1916–1936 · Contemporary

Josep Casas Ros (Ordal, Alt Penedès, August 19, 1916 – Moja, Alt Penedès, September 29, 1936) was a Catalan seminarian murdered during the religious persecution at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He was born in Ordal on August 19, 1916.

1877–1936 · Contemporary

Josep Joan Perot i Juanmartí was a Catholic priest born in Toulouse in 1877 and a citizen of Spain. He died in La Pobla de Segur in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1833–1901 · Contemporary · Sons of the Holy Family

Josep Manyanet i Vives, SF (7 January 1833 – 17 December 1901) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sons of the Holy Family and the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family.

1945–1980 · Contemporary · Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

José María Gran Cirera (born 27 April 1945 in Barcelona, died 4 June 1980 in Xeixojbitz, Quiché Department) was a Spanish Catholic priest serving in Guatemala, a missionary, member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, martyr, victim of the Guatemalan Civil War, and a Blessed…

1887–1936 · Contemporary

Josep Samsó Elías (17 January 1887 – 1 September 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. Samsó was known for being a brilliant student who excelled in his studies and later in his pastoral duties; he served as a parish priest in seve…

1909–1969 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Joseph Boissel, born on December 20, 1909, near Pontmain, in the hamlet of La Tiolais in the commune of Le Loroux in the Archdiocese of Rennes, Brittany, and murdered on July 5, 1969, near Hat Lêt, Laos, was a French and Breton Catholic missionary considered a blessed and martyr…

1852–1908 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

Joseph Freinademetz SVD (simplified Chinese: 圣福若瑟; traditional Chinese: 聖福若瑟; pinyin: Shèng Fú Ruòsè; April 15, 1852 – January 28, 1908), was a Ladin Catholic priest and missionary in China. He was a member of the Society of the Divine Word.

1831–1914 · Contemporary

Joseph Gérard, OMI (12 March 1831 – 29 May 1914) was a French Catholic priest and a professed member from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; he worked in the missions among the Basotho people in Lesotho and the Free State province of South Africa.

1840–1900 · Contemporary

1912–1983 · Contemporary

Joseph Muzquiz (boen José Luis Múzquiz y de Miguel; 1912-1983) was a Spanish Catholic priest who was an early member of Opus Dei. He worked to establish the movement around the world. The cause for his canonization was opened by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2011.

1894–1944 · Contemporary

Joseph Müller (19 August 1894 – 11 September 1944) was a German Catholic priest and critic of the Nazi regime. He was tried by the People's Court and executed at Brandenburg-Görden Prison.

1918–1954 · Contemporary

Joseph Thao Tiên (born December 5, 1918, in Houaphanh Province, Laos (Indochina); died June 2, 1954) was a Laotian Catholic priest assassinated in odium fidei during the persecution of Catholics by communist authorities.

1909–1979 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

José Vandor Puchner (29 October 1909 – 8 October 1979) – born as József Wech – was a Hungarian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1865–1964 · Contemporary

Joseph Vithayathil was a priest from India who has been declared as Venerable by the Catholic Church. He was born in Puthenpally, Varapuzha, Ernakulam District of Kerala State of India to Catholic parents of the Vithayathil family on 23 July 1865.

1863–1900 · Contemporary

1823–1900 · Contemporary

1917–1988 · Contemporary

Joseph Wresinski (12 February 1917 – 14 February 1988) was a French priest and humanitarian activist who was born in Angers and died in Suresnes. Born to immigrant parents, Wresinski grew up in poverty and experienced social exclusion.

1853–1900 · Contemporary

1869–1947 · Contemporary

Josephine Margaret Bakhita, FDCC (Arabic: جوزفين بخيتة; c. 1869 – 8 February 1947) was a Sudanese Catholic religious sister who joined the Canossians after winning her freedom from slavery. She served in Italy for 50 years until her death in 1947.

1857–1924 · Contemporary

Josip Lang (25 January 1857 – 1 November 1924) was a Croatian Catholic prelate, titular bishop of Alabanda, and auxiliary bishop of Zagreb (both since 1915). He is widely known for his charitable work, which earned him the title "friend of the poor".