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1867–1936 · Contemporary · Order of Augustinian Recollects

Vicente Soler was a Spanish Catholic priest, friar, and missionary who served as the Prior General of the Order of Augustinian Recollects. Born in Malon in 1867, he died in Motril in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1876–1956 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Victor Lelièvre was a French missionary and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate who was born in Vitré in 1876. He died in Quebec City in 1956 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1908–1945 · Contemporary

Viktor Perkan was a Catholic priest born in 1908 in Ilirska Bistrica, a town then part of Austria–Hungary. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy before his death in 1945 in Jelšane.

1842–1924 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Venerable Viktrizius Weiß was a Catholic theologian and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Born in Eggenfelden in 1842, he died in Vilsbiburg in 1924.

1892–1945 · Contemporary

Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja (29 February 1892 – 2 April 1945) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor family, and served as a bishop during World War II.

1879–1965 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Vincent Cimatti, SDB was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus.

1921–1961 · Contemporary · Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Vincent L'Hénoret, known as Visant Enored in his native Breton, was born on March 12, 1921, in Pont-l'Abbé and was assassinated on May 11, 1961, in Ban Na Thoum, Laos.

1845–1917 · Contemporary

Vincenzo Grossi (9 March 1845 – 7 November 1917) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Daughters of the Oratory. Pope Paul VI beatified Grossi on 1 November 1975 and a second miracle that Pope Francis approved in 2015 paved the path for his eventual canoniz…

1885–1949 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Vinçenc Prennushi (born Nikoll Prendushi, 4 September 1885 – 19 March 1949) was an Albanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Order of Friars Minor and he served as the Archbishop of Durrës from 1940 until his death.

1829–1902 · Contemporary

Vital-Justin Grandin (8 February 1829 – 3 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, which has been considered an instrument of cultural genocide.

1907–1946 · Contemporary

Vitaliy Bayrak (Ukrainian: Віталій Байрак), sometimes referred to as Volodomyr Bayrak (Ukrainian: Володоир Байрак; February 24, 1907 – April 21, 1946), was a Ukrainian Catholic priest and martyr.

1873–1954 · Contemporary

Vladimir Ghika (or Ghica) (25 December 1873 – 16 May 1954) was a Romanian diplomat and essayist who, after his conversion from Romanian Orthodoxy became a priest of the Catholic Church.

1906–1941 · Contemporary

Volodymyr Pryjma (Ukrainian: Володимир Прийма; 17 July 1906 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic choir director and martyr. Pryjma was born on 17 July 1906 in the village of Stradch, Yavoriv District.

1902–1936 · Contemporary · Franciscans

Víctor Chumillas Fernández (Olmeda del Rey, Cuenca, Spain, July 28, 1902 – Fuente el Fresno, Ciudad Real, Spain, August 16, 1936) was a Spanish Franciscan friar, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church.

1899–1987 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Vítor Coelho de Almeida (Sacramento, Minas Gerais, 22 September 1899 – Aparecida, 21 July 1987), better known as Padre Vítor Coelho, was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist.

1907–2003 · Contemporary

Sister Wanda Boniszewska, born on May 20, 1907, in Nowa Kamionka near Nowogródek and died on March 2, 2003, in Chylice, often nicknamed Konwalia (Lily of the Valley), was a Polish stigmatized religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Angels of Vilnius.

1936–1976 · Contemporary

Wenceslao Pedernera (1936–1976) was a vineyard worker in Mendoza, Argentina, an organizer for the Catholic rural movement, and a collaborator of Bishop Enrique Angelelli. He was assassinated during the military dictatorship.

1916–1943 · Contemporary

Weronika Narmontowicz, CSFN, known as Sister Maria Boromea (born December 5/18, 1916, in Wiercieliszki; 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.

1912–1944 · Contemporary

Józef (Markowa, March 2, 1900 – Markowa, March 24, 1944) and Wiktoria Ulma (Markowa, December 10, 1912 – Markowa, March 24, 1944) were a Polish Catholic couple from Markowa, Poland, who attempted to save Jewish families during the German occupation in World War II by hiding them…

1859–1926 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Wilhelm Raphael Janauschek was an Austrian Catholic priest and a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Born in Vienna in 1859, he died in the same city in 1926. He is recognized as Venerable by the Catholic Church.

1882–1942 · Contemporary · Divine Word Missionaries

William (Wilhelm) Finnemann (December 18, 1882 – October 26, 1942) was a priest of the Society of the Divine Word, auxiliary bishop of Manila and apostolic vicar of Calapan, the Philippines.

1847–1917 · Contemporary

Wincenty Kluczyński (30 September 1847 – 10 February 1917) was a titular archbishop of Philippopolis from 1914 until his death in 1917. He previously served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev from 1910 to 1914.

1869–1940 · Contemporary

Wincenty Matuszewski (born March 3, 1869, in Wola Chruścińska, died May 24, 1940, in a forest near Witowo-Kolonia) was a Polish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was the son of Józef and Józefa, née Strużyńska.

1894–1936 · Contemporary

Vincent Queralt Lloret (born November 16 or 17, 1894, in Barcelona; died November 30, 1936, in Valencia) was a Spanish priest of the Congregation of the Mission, a martyr, a victim of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and a blessed of the Catholic Church.

1903–1942 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Wojciech Nierychlewski, CSMA (also known as Adalbert Nierychlewski), born on April 20, 1903, in Dąbrowice and died on February 7, 1942, in Auschwitz, was a Polish priest beatified in 1999. He is commemorated on February 7 according to the Roman Martyrology.

1904–1974 · Contemporary

Władysław Bukowiński (also known as Ladislao Bukowinski; 22 December 1904 – 3 December 1974), was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who served in the diocese of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.

1908–1944 · Contemporary

Władysław Błądziński, CSMA (born July 6, 1908, in Myślatycze, died c. September 8, 1944, in Gross-Rosen) was a Polish Catholic priest, a member of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel, a blessed of the Catholic Church, and a martyr of Gross-Rosen.

1884–1940 · Contemporary

Władysław Demski was born in 1884 in Straszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, and served as a Catholic priest, vicar, and presbyter. A citizen of Poland, he died in 1940 at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1907–1964 · Contemporary

Władysław Findysz (13 December 1907 - 21 August 1964) was a Polish priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was imprisoned under the Communist regime in 1963 until not too long before his death on the charges of sending religious newsletters to his parishioners.

1898–1945 · Contemporary

Władysław Goral, born on May 1, 1898, in Stoczek and died in February 1945 in Oranienburg, was a Polish Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lublin, and titular bishop of Meloë in Isauria from 1938 to 1945.

1910–1942 · Contemporary

Władysław Maćkowiak was a Polish Catholic presbyter born in 1910 in Sytki. He died in 1942 in Hlybokaye and is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1892–1942 · Contemporary

Władysław Miegoń (born September 30, 1892, in Samborzec; died October 15, 1942, in Dachau concentration camp) was a military chaplain of the Polish Navy of the Second Polish Republic, ultimately holding the rank of senior chaplain.

1911–1942 · Contemporary

Władysław Mączkowski (born June 24, 1911, in Ociąż; died August 20, 1942, in Dachau) was a Polish Catholic priest and a blessed of the Catholic Church. The son of Szczepan, he passed his secondary school final examinations in 1931 at the Boys' Gymnasium in Ostrów Wielkopolski.

1938–1944 · Contemporary

Władysław Ulma was born in 1938 in Markowa, Poland, to parents Józef and Wiktoria Ulma. A member of the Latin Church, he died in 1944 in Markowa from a gunshot wound. He has been beatified as a blessed.

1880–1940 · Contemporary

Władysław Wójcik was a Polish Catholic presbyter, vicar, and parson born in 1880 in Golcowa. He died in 1940 at Auschwitz and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1886–1940 · Contemporary

Włodzimierz Laskowski was a Polish Catholic presbyter and vicar born in 1886 in Rogoźno. He died in 1940 at the Mauthausen concentration camp. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1883–1942 · Contemporary

Włodzimierz Szembek, S.D.B. (born April 2, 1883, in Poręba Żegoty; died September 22, 1942, at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp), was a Polish Salesian priest and a victim of National Socialism, for which he is honored by the Roman Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1914–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Xavier Bordas i Piferrer was a Spanish Catholic religious figure and a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, born in 1914 in Sant Pol de Mar to Marià Bordas i Flaquer. He died in 1936 in Barcelona from a gunshot wound and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.

1896–1941 · Contemporary

Yakym Senkivskyi (Ukrainian: Яким Сеньківський; 2 May 1896 – 29 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr. Senkivskyi was born in the village of Velyki Hayi in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (present-day Velyki Hayi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine).

1887–1957 · Contemporary

Zacarías of Saint Teresa (1887–1957), born as Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra, was a Discalced Carmelite priest. Salterain-Bizkarra was born on 5 November 1887 in Abadiño, Spain, to Bartholomew and Venancia Salterain-Bizkarra.

1958–1991 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Zbigniew Strzałkowski (July 3, 1958 – August 9, 1991) was a Polish priest and missionary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual who was martyred in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) in Peru. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1916–1955 · Contemporary · Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross

Cecília Schelingová (24 December 1916 – 31 July 1955), also known as Zdenka Schelingová, was a Slovak Roman Catholic religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross and a victim of communist persecution in the former Czechoslovakia.

1900–1981 · Contemporary

Zeno Saltini (30 August 1900 – 15 January 1981) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Nomadelfia movement. He also had set up a war orphans refuge at the old Fossoli di Carpi concentration camp in the Emilia-Romagna region but this was closed in 1952 after e…

1892–1989 · Contemporary

Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles.

1892–1951 · Contemporary

Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi was a Hungarian Catholic bishop, born in Hatvan on 2 January 1892. He died in prison on 4 March 1951 at Kistarcsa, Hungary. His death is recognised as martyrdom by the Catholic Church. He was beatified on 31 October 2009.

1845–1920 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1 November 1845 – 1 January 1920) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Gorazdowski suffered from tuberculosis during his childhood which impeded his studies for the priesthood and which required him to take time o…

1902–1943 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Pisarski was a Polish Catholic priest born in 1902 in Krasnystaw. He died in 1943 in Gdeszyn as a murder victim and is recognized as a Catholic saint.

1897–1940 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Sajna was a Catholic priest born in 1897 in Żurawlówka and a citizen of the Second Polish Republic. He died in 1940 in Palmiry and is buried at the Palmiry Cemetery. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1870–1932 · Contemporary

Zygmunt Łoziński (5 June 1870 – 26 March 1932) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Minsk (1917–1925) and later as the first Bishop of Pinsk. Soviet authorities arrested him on two occasions during his episcopate.

1903–1941 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Zynoviy Kovalyk (Ukrainian: Зиновій Ковалик – sometimes spelled Zenon or Zenobius; 18 August 1903 – 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Redemptorist priest and martyr.