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1930–1957 · Contemporary

Jacques Fesch (6 April 1930 – 1 October 1957) was a French criminal who was convicted of the murder of police officer Jean Vergne in February 1954.

1930–2016 · Contemporary

Jacques Hamel was a French Catholic priest who served in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while Hamel celebrated Mass in his churc…

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.

1892–1943 · Contemporary

Jadwiga Karolina Żak, CSFN, Sister Maria Imelda of the Host of Jesus (born December 29, 1892, in Oświęcim; died August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister, a Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jaime Bonet Nadal was a Spanish member of the Salesians of Don Bosco born in 1884. He died in Tàrrega in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

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.

1897–1924 · Contemporary · Premonstratensians

Franz Alexander Kern (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians.

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,…

1884–1942 · Contemporary

Jakob Omahna was a priest born in 1884 in Zgornji Log. He died in 1942 in Dragatuš and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1908–1942 · Contemporary

Jakob Sem was a Catholic priest born in 1908 in Radmirje. He died in 1942 in Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1878–1971 · Contemporary

Jakob Ukmar was a Catholic priest, religious writer, and editor born in 1878 in Villa Opicina and died in 1971 in Trieste. Throughout his life, he held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, the Kingdom of Italy, the Free Territory of Trieste, and Italy.

1875–1954 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jacques Ghazir Haddad, OFM Cap., born Khalil al-Haddad, was a Lebanese Catholic priest and Capuchin friar. He was the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, and a noted preacher and founder of various orphanages and schools across Lebanon.

1884–1971 · Contemporary

James Alberione, SSP (Italian: Giacomo) (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St.

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.

1853–1900 · Contemporary

James Yan Guodong was born in 1853 in Jianhe County and died in 1900 in Taiyuan. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1856–1900 · Contemporary

James Zhao Quanxin was born in 1856 in Shanxi and died in 1900 in Taiyuan. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1869–1948 · Contemporary

Jan Wojciech Balicki (25 January 1869 – 15 March 1948) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who served as a confessor and spiritual director to seminarians in Poland around the time of World War II; he also acted in various leadership positions in the education of new priests and w…

1850–1912 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Jan Beyzym, SJ (15 May 1850 – 2 October 1912) was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. He served as an educator in Jesuit boarding schools for a while after his ordination though later left Poland to work alongside lepers in Madagascar where he remained…

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.

1857–1926 · Contemporary

Jan Cieplak (17 August 1857 – 17 February 1926) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and archbishop. Jan Cieplak was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Congress Poland, in 1857 to an impoverished family of the Polish nobility.

1897–1944 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Prince Jan Franciszek Czartoryski or Blessed Michał (19 February 1897–6 September 1944) was a Polish noble and a Dominican friar. John Czartoryski was born in Pelkinie (Jaroslaw) on 19 February 1897.

1880–1939 · Contemporary

Jan Wincenty Hamerski (born 15 September 1951) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Senate of Poland (10th term) representing the constituency of Nowy Sącz. He was also elected to the 9th term (2015–2019) of the Senate of Poland.

1914–1942 · Contemporary

Jan Franciszek Macha (18 January 1914 – 3 December 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was once rejected for ecclesial studies so studied law for some months before being accepted as a seminarian.

1885–1942 · Contemporary

Jan Nepomucen Chrzan was a Catholic priest, preacher, confessor, and dean who held citizenship in the Kingdom of Prussia and the Second Polish Republic. Born in 1885 in Gostyczyna, he died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp.

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.

1889–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Jan Rafał Marian Alcocer Martínez was a Spanish Catholic priest, Benedictine monk, and author born in Madrid in 1889. He died in Madrid in 1936 and is buried in the Church of Nuestra Señora de Montserrat. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1877–1941 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jan Świerc (29 April 1877 – 27 June 1941) was a Polish Catholic priest who was affiliated with the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was the parish priest for Przemyśl-Zasanie and St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Cracow before being murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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…

1882–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

John Zhang Huan OFS (Chinese: 張煥若望) (born August 18, 1882, in Nanshe, Yangqu County, Shanxi Province, China – died July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan) was a seminarian, Franciscan tertiary, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1878–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Jan Zhang Jingguang was a Franciscan friar born in Shanxi in 1878. He died in Taiyuan in 1900 and is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed within the Catholic Church.

1873–1939 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Janez Frančišek Gnidovec, C.M. (29 September 1873 – 3 February 1939), was a Slovenian Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Skopje.

1871–1944 · Contemporary

Janez Gnjezda was a Catholic priest born in 1871 in Gore and a citizen of Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1944 in Müncheberg and is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1892–1942 · Contemporary

Janez Hornböck was a Catholic priest born in 1892 in Gansdorf. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1897–1942 · Contemporary

Janez Kodrič was a Slovenian priest, martyr, and candidate for sainthood, born on March 1, 1897, in Studenice, and died on October 17, 1942, in Gradina Donja, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then the Independent State of Croatia).

1923–1945 · Contemporary · Cistercians

Janez Kostelec was a Cistercian monk born in 1923 in Šentrupert. He died in 1945 in Kočevski Rog and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1907–1942 · Contemporary

Janez Kozina was born in 1907 in Zapotok and died in 1942 in the same location. He is recognized as a Servant of God.

1895–1942 · Contemporary

Janez Raztresen was a Catholic priest born in 1895 in Šentjošt nad Horjulom. He died in 1942 in Mavrlen and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1904–1949 · Contemporary

Janez Černoga was a Catholic priest born in 1904 in Zdole and died in 1949 in Vič. During his lifetime, he held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1923–1979 · Contemporary

Janina Woynarowska, born on May 10, 1923, in Piwniczna, Poland, and died on November 24, 1979, in Kraków, was a Polish nurse renowned for her holiness. She has been declared venerable by Pope Francis.

1892–1942 · Contemporary

Janko Komljanec was a Catholic priest born in 1892 in Bučka and a citizen of Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1942 at Hmeljnik Castle and is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1922–1942 · Contemporary

Jarogniew Wojciechowski (born November 5, 1922, in Poznań; died August 24, 1942, in Dresden) was a Polish youth and a student of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

1919–1942 · Contemporary

Jaroslav Kikelj was born in 1919 in Villa Opicina and was a student who held citizenship in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1942 in Ljubljana. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1877–1936 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Javier Gorosterratzu Jaunarena (Urroz de Santesteban, Navarre, August 28, 1877 – Cuenca, August 10, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic priest and historian. Born into a Basque-speaking farming family, he joined the Redemptorists at the age of 16.

1912–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Saverio Luigi Bandrés Jiménez, C.M.F., born Javier Luis Bandrés Jiménez (Sangüesa, December 1, 1912 – Barbastro, August 13, 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.

1939–1977 · Contemporary

Jayananda Dasa (IAST: Jayānanda Dāsa) was an influential religious figure in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in San Francisco between 1967–1977. ISKCON views Jayananda Dasa as a saint. Jayananda's guru, Srila A. C.

1895–1973 · Contemporary

Jean Cassaigne, born on January 30, 1895, in Grenade-sur-l'Adour (Landes) and died on October 31, 1973, in Di Linh, South Vietnam, was a French clergyman.

1925–1994 · Contemporary

Jean Chevillard, born in Angers on August 27, 1925, was a French missionary priest of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), who was assassinated in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, on December 27, 1994.

1895–1978 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jean Fromental Cayroche, in religion Brother Bernard Philippe (born Jean Prosper Fromental in Servières on June 27, 1895, and died on December 5, 1978, in Mexico City), was a French De La Salle Brother, a missionary in Central America, and the founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of…

1913–1960 · Contemporary

John Jacob (the New) of Choziba (Romanian: Ioan Iacob cel Nou de la Hozeva or Hozevitul), born July 23, 1913, in the village of Crăiniceni and died August 5, 1960, at the Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba, was a Romanian monk and a saint of the Orthodox Church.

1851–1926 · Contemporary

Jean-Baptiste Fouque (19 September 1851 – 5 December 1926) was a French Roman Catholic priest. He tended to the poor during his time as a parish priest in Marseille and was noted for his desire to create a large and free hospital for them.