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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.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Josef Quinke (born October 18, 1905, in Fretter; died December 16, 1942, in Sachsenhausen concentration camp) was a German master baker and a victim of National Socialism. He died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp and was later declared a martyr of the 20th century.

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.

1881–1936 · Contemporary

Josefa María Barrera Izaguirre, known as María del Carmen, was born in Ferrol on March 23, 1881, and died a martyr in Madrid on November 18, 1936. She was a Galician Catholic religious sister and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1854–1936 · Contemporary

Josefa María Ruano García (Berja, July 9, 1854 – Buñol, September 8, 1936), better known by her religious name Josefa of Saint John of God, was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged. She was killed during the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century.

1880–1936 · Contemporary

Josefina Moscardó Montalvá was a Catholic martyr who was killed during the Spanish Civil War. A single laywoman, she was martyred for publicly expressing her faith and participating in parochial activities. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.

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

1837–1911 · Contemporary

Joseph of Optina (secular name Ivan Yevfimovich Litovkin; November 2 [14], 1837, Gorodishche village, Kharkov Governorate — May 9 [22], 1911, Optina Monastery) was a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1897–1959 · Contemporary

Saint Joseph the Hesychast (Greek: Ιωσήφ ο Ησυχαστής; born Fragkiskos Kottis, Greek: Φραγκίσκος Κόττης; 12 February 1897 – 15 August 1959) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder who led a small group of monks at Mount Athos.

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".

1843–1918 · Contemporary

Josip Stadler (24 January 1843 – 8 December 1918) was a Bosnian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first archbishop of Vrhbosna, from 1881 to his death in 1918.

1892–1984 · Contemporary

Josyf Slipyi (Ukrainian: Йосиф Сліпий, born as Ukrainian: Йосиф Коберницький-Дичковський, romanized: Yosyf Kobernyts'kyy-Dychkovs'kyy; 17 February 1892 – 7 September 1984) was a Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Order of St. Augustine

José Agustín Fariña Castro, O.S.A. (born Alfredo Fernando; Valladolid, March 20, 1879 – Paracuellos de Jarama, November 30, 1936), was a Spanish Augustinian friar, writer, editor, preacher, and martyr.

1869–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Aurelius Ample Alcaide, also known as Aurelius of Vinalesa, born José Ample Alcaide (February 3, 1896, in Vinalesa – August 28, 1936, in Foyos), was a Spanish Capuchin priest, Catholic blessed, martyr, and victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the Spanish Civil War.

1878–1936 · Contemporary · Benedictines

José Antón Gómez was a Spanish Catholic priest, Benedictine monk, author, and prior born in Hacinas in 1878. He died in Madrid in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1893–1936 · Contemporary

José Aparicio Sanz (March 12, 1893, Enguera, Valencia, Spain – December 29, 1936, Picadero de Paterna, Spain) was a Spanish priest, archpriest of Enguera, and a victim and one of the Spanish Martyrs of the 20th century during the religious persecution against the Catholic Church…

1867–1932 · Contemporary

José Bau Burguet was a Spanish Catholic priest born in the province of Valencia in 1867. He died in Valencia in 1932 and has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1913–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

José Brengaret Pujol, C.M.F. (Sant Jordi Desvalls, January 18, 1913 – 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.

1872–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

José Calasanz Marqués, SDB—sometimes spelled Marquéz or Margués—(November 23, 1872, in Azanuy; July 29, 1936, in Valencia) was a Spanish religious priest. On July 17, 1936, a military coup against the Second Spanish Republic began, marking the start of the Spanish Civil War.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

José Canet Giner was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1903. He died in Gandia in 1936 and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1885–1936 · Contemporary

José Cecilio Rodríguez González was born in 1885 in La Molina de Ubierna and died in 1936 in Tahal. He is recognized as a blessed.

1903–1936 · Contemporary

José Fenollosa Alcayna was a Spanish Catholic presbyter born in 1903 in Rafelbunyol. He died in 1936 in Sagunto and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1879–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Joachim Ferrer Adell, OFMCap., also known as Joachim of Albocácer (born Joaquín José Ferrer Adell on April 23, 1879, in Albocácer, Castellón; died August 30, 1936, in Villafamés, Archdiocese of Valencia), was a Spanish Blessed of the Catholic Church, a martyr, a friar of the Orde…

1904–1936 · Contemporary · Piarists

José Ferrer Esteve, SchP (born February 17, 1904, in Algemesí; died December 9, 1936, in Llombai) was a Spanish priest of the Piarist Order, a victim of the anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei).

1911–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Giuseppe Figuero Beltrán, C.M.F., born José Figuero Beltrán (Gumiel de Mercado, August 14, 1911 – Barbastro, August 15, 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.

1840–1914 · Contemporary

Saint Joseph Gabriel of the Rosary (sometimes José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero; 16 March 1840 – 26 January 1914), also referred to as Priest Brochero (in Spanish:Cura Brochero), was a Catholic priest who suffered leprosy throughout his life.

1881–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

José Gafo Muñiz (Campomanes, Asturias, 1881 – Madrid, October 4, 1936) was a Spanish Dominican priest, politician, and trade unionist. He is a Christian martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on October 28, 2007, after being killed for his…

1896–1936 · Contemporary

José García Mas was a Spanish Catholic born in 1896 and died in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1874–1936 · Contemporary

José González Huguet was a Spanish presbyter born in Valencia in 1874. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1864–1919 · Contemporary · Secular Franciscan Order

José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, O.F.S. was a Venezuelan physician and active member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Born in Isnotú, Trujillo State, he became a highly renowned doctor, more so after his death.

1866–1952 · Contemporary

José Gálvez Ginachero (29 September 1866 - 29 April 1952) was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor. Gálvez Ginachero studied in Granada and Madrid in medicine where he obtained excellent results before doing additional studies in Berlin and Paris.