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1926–1940 · Contemporary

Maria Phon (born January 6, 1926; died December 26, 1940) was a Thai blessed of the Catholic Church. She was baptized when she was one month old. Between 1940 and 1944, Thailand was at war with French Indochina.

1881–1951 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Holy Face

Blessed Maria Pia Mastena (7 December 1881 - 28 June 1951) - born Teresa Maria - was an Italian religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She was the founder of the Religious Sisters of the Holy Face.

1847–1919 · Contemporary · Sisters Crucified Adorers of the Eucharist

Marie Pie de la Croix (Pellezzano, December 12, 1847 – San Giorgio a Cremano, July 1, 1919) was an Italian religious sister, founder of the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist, and recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1890–1945 · Contemporary

Maria Pierina De Micheli (11 September 1890 – 26 July 1945) was a Roman Catholic religious sister who was born near Milan in Italy. She is best known for her association with devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and for introducing a medal bearing an image from the Shroud of Turin…

1861–1945 · Contemporary · Sisters Hospitallers of Mercy

Maria Raffaella Cimatti (7 June 1861 – 23 June 1945) was an Italian member of the Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy, a religious institute dedicated to medical care. She was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1996.

1894–1943 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Maria Restituta Kafka (1 May 1894 – 30 March 1943) was an Austrian nurse of Czech descent and religious sister of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana).

1909–1954 · Contemporary

Maria Ripamonti (26 May 1909 – 4 July 1954), also known by her religious name Lucia dell'Immacolata, was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed religious from the Ancelle della carità.

1902–1977 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

María Romero Meneses, FMA (13 January 1902 – 7 July 1977) was a Nicaraguan Catholic religious sister and a professed member from the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco dubbed the "Social Apostle of Costa Rica".

1844–1910 · Contemporary

Maria Schininà (10 April 1844 – 11 June 1910), also known by her religious name Maria of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was an Italian Roman Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1889).

1855–1938 · Contemporary · Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

Blessed Maria Teresa of Saint Joseph, DCJ (born Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch; 19 June 1855 – 20 September 1938), was a German religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus.

1830–1905 · Contemporary · Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration

Maria Theresia Bonzel (17 September 1830 – 6 February 1905), born Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel, was a German religious sister. She was the founder of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration.

1864–1937 · Contemporary

Maria Teresa Casini (27 October 1864 – 3 April 1937) was an Italian nun and was the founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

1837–1908 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Maria Teresa Gabrieli was an Italian schoolteacher and religious sister, an educator of the poor, and co-founder of the congregation and work of the Sisters of the Poor – Palazzolo Institute.

1930–1950 · Contemporary

Marie-Thérèse of Jesus (1930–1950), born María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso, was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church.

1849–1903 · Contemporary · Comboni Missionary Sisters

Maria Giuseppa Scandola, MSV, (26 January 1849 – 1 September 1903) was an Italian member of the Missionary Sisters of Verona, also known as the Comboni Missionary Sisters. She served in what is now South Sudan, where she offered up her life in 1903.

1863–1922 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, SSPC; 29 April 1863 – 6 July 1922), was a Polish Catholic religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa. She was beatified in 1975. Mary Theresa was the eldest of seven children.

1883–1969 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Maria Troncatti, FMA (16 February 1883 – 25 August 1969) was an Italian Catholic member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. Troncatti was from a farming family and entered that congregation in 1907; she worked as a nurse during World War I and became part of the missions in Ecu…

1942–1944 · Contemporary

Blessed Maria Ulma was born in 1942 in Markowa, Poland, to parents Józef and Wiktoria Ulma. A member of the Latin Church, she died in Markowa in 1944 from a gunshot wound.

1871–1949 · Contemporary · Carmelites

Joséphine Marguerite Operti (1871–1949), better known by her religious name Mary of the Angels, was an Italian nun who founded the congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa in 1894.

1954–1995 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Rani Maria Vattalil, FCC (29 January 1954 – 25 February 1995) was an Indian Catholic religious sister and social worker of the Franciscan Clarists who worked in the Diocese of Indore.

1903–1940 · Contemporary

Marian Górecki (born May 2, 1903, in Poznań; died March 22, 1940, at Stutthof concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, venerated as a martyr and blessed by the Catholic Church. His feast day is March 22.

1907–1943 · Contemporary

Marian Konopiński (Przemęt, September 10, 1907 – Dachau, January 1, 1943) was a Polish priest who died in captivity at the Dachau concentration camp, where he had been imprisoned for his opposition to the Nazi regime.

1909–1939 · Contemporary

Marian Skrzypczak (born April 15, 1909, in Janowiec Wielkopolski, died October 5, 1939, in Płonkowo) was a Polish Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Gniezno and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church.

1888–1943 · Contemporary

Marianna Biernacka, née Czokało (1888 – 13 July 1943) was a Roman Catholic citizen of Poland, and a victim of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

1838–1918 · Contemporary · Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order

Marianne Cope, OSF, also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi (born Barbara Koob; January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918), was a German-born American member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse. She was founding director of St.

1845–1926 · Contemporary

Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos (14 October 1845 - 13 July 1926) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest ordained in 1872 for the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos.

1905–1983 · Contemporary · Augustinians

Mariano de la Mata Aparício, OSA (31 December 1905 - 5 April 1983) was a Spanish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine. He joined the missions in Brazil where he served until his death and was known for his educational work with the poor.

1857–1936 · Contemporary · Trinitarian Order

Mariano of Saint Joseph, born Santiago Altolaguirre Altolaguirre (Igorre, December 30, 1857 – Villanueva del Arzobispo, July 26, 1936), was a Spanish priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

1875–1953 · Contemporary

Mariantonia Samà (2 March 1875 - 27 May 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic. Samà lived alone with her mother until 1920 aiding her in domestic duties while coping with their poor state due to her father's death before Samà was born.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Marica Nartnik was a teacher born in 1905 in Kozaršče and died in 1942 in Kleč. A member of the Catholic Church, she held citizenship in Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1890–1943 · Contemporary

Maria Clemenza of Jesus Crucified, born Helena Staszewska (Złoczew, July 30, 1890 – Oświęcim, July 27, 1943), was a Polish religious sister, venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1914–1988 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo

Adalberta Vojtěcha Hasmandová (March 25, 1914 – January 21, 1988) was a Czechoslovak Catholic nun of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Charles Borromeo.

1875–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie de la Paix Giuliani (1875–1900, born Marianna Giuliani) was an Italian religious sister who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.

1866–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Saint Marie-Adolphine Dierkx (1866–1900, born Anna Catharina or Kaatje Dierkx) was a Dutch nun who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.

1843–1927 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP (4 October 1843 – 25 March 1927) was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem (the Rosary Sisters), the first Palestinian religious congregation.

1876–1936 · Contemporary · Assumptionists

Venerable Marie-Clement Staub was a Catholic priest and member of the Assumptionists born in 1876 in Kaysersberg. A citizen of France and Canada, he died in 1936 in Bergerville.

1939–1964 · Contemporary

Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (29 December 1939 – 1 December 1964), born Anuarite Nengapeta, was a Congolese Catholic martyr and member of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Her mother had all her children along with her baptized in 1945.

1894–1967 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Marie-Eugene de L'Enfant-Jésus, OCD (born Henri Grialou; 2 December 1894 – 27 March 1967) was a French Catholic priest and a Discalced Carmelite. He joined the Carmelites just after his ordination.

1855–1938 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Marie-Joseph Lagrange (born Albert Marie-Henri Lagrange; 7 March 1855 – 10 March 1938) was a Dominican priest and founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem. His cause for beatification has been initiated in 1991.

1840–1912 · Contemporary · Little Sisters of the Holy Family (Sherbrooke)

Marie-Léonie Paradis, PSSF (born Virginie-Alodie Paradis but raised as Élodie Paradis; 12 May 1840 – 3 May 1912) was a French-Canadian Catholic religious sister from Quebec who established the Little Sisters of the Holy Family in 1880, dedicated to the domestic needs in the field…

1865–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Berchmana Leidenix (born November 28, 1865, in Vienna; died December 23, 1941, in Pale) was an Austrian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, one of the Drina Martyrs, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1912–1941 · Contemporary

Maria Bernadeta Banja (born July 18, 1912, in Veliki Grđevac, died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Croatian-Hungarian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, one of the Drina Martyrs, and a Blessed of the Catholic Church.

1893–1941 · Contemporary

Julia Ivanisević (born November 25, 1893, in Godinjak; died December 15, 1941, in Goražde) was a Croatian nun of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Love, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and one of the Drina Martyrs.

1892–1966 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Marija Petković, also known as The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković; (Croatian: Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković, Italian: Maria Di Gesù Crocifisso), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy.

1933–1969 · Contemporary

Marin Shkurti (born October 1, 1933, in Samrisht near Shkodër; died April 1, 1969) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and executed by firing squad for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime.

1932–1960 · Contemporary

Mario Borzaga, born on August 27, 1932, in Trento, Italy, and murdered on April 25, 1960, in Laos, was an Italian Catholic missionary of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Having died a martyr in odium fidei, he is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1931–1964 · Contemporary

Mario Mariano Hiriart Pulido (Santiago, Chile, July 23, 1931 – Milwaukee, United States, July 15, 1964) was a Chilean Schoenstatt lay religious, engineer, and professor. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable by Pope Francis.

1910–1950 · Contemporary

Mario Vergara (16 November 1910 – 24 May 1950) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions who was killed in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1950. He was beatified in 2014 after the recognition of his martyrdom.

1834–1900 · Contemporary

Mark Ji Tianxiang was a Chinese lay Catholic and doctor. He was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion and had been an opium addict. He was canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Ji was born in Jizhou District, Hengshui, Zhili (now Hebei), China in 1834.

1874–1904 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Marta Anna Wiecka (12 January 1874 - 30 May 1904) was a Polish Roman Catholic nun of the Vincentian Sisters. She assumed the name of "Maria" upon taking her vows. Wiecka worked throughout her life as a nurse in various hospitals in both Poland and Ukraine.