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1871–1937 · Contemporary

Hieromonk Hilarion (secular name Ilarion Pavlovich Pisarets; 1871, Sobichevo village, Glukhov Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate — December 3, 1937, Butovo firing range, Moscow Oblast) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2000.

1897–1977 · Contemporary

Ilia Corsaro (October 4, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was an Italian Catholic nun and founder of the Eucharistic Missionary Sisters, an order dedicated to catechetical, educational, and charitable work for youth, the poor, and families.

1869–1937 · Contemporary

Ilya Mikhailovich Gromoglasov (July 20 [August 1], 1869, Yermish — December 4, 1937, Kalinin) was a Russian theologian, archpriest, scholar, and specialist in the fields of canon law and the history of Old Belief.

1875–1937 · Contemporary

Ioanniky (born Ivan Alexeyevich Dmitriev in 1875 in the village of Redkie Dvory, Moscow Governorate; died November 23, 1937, in Tula Oblast) was an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church who was canonized in August 2000.

1890–1936 · Contemporary

Isidoro Bover Oliver (born May 2, 1890, in Vinaròs, died October 2, 1936, in Castellón de la Plana) was a blessed priest, a victim of anti-Catholic persecution during the Spanish Civil War, murdered in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) and recognized by the Catholic Church as a m…

1807–1903 · Contemporary

Iulitta Borisovna Zubova, also known as Iulitta of Ufa (1807–1903), was a Russian Orthodox nun and Fool for Christ, venerated as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church, which commemorates her on April 3.

1874–1937 · Contemporary

Ivan Georgievich Skadovsky (Ioann Skadovsky, May 30, 1874, Kherson — November 23, 1937, Turtkul) was a Russian Orthodox priest. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

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

Jaime Falgarona Vilanova, C.M.F. (Argelaguer, June 6, 1912 – Barbastro, August 18, 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.

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.

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.

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).

1923–1979 · 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.

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.

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.

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.

1900–1936 · Contemporary · Society of Mary

Jesús Hita Miranda, born on April 17, 1900, in Calahorra, in the province of Logroño, and died on September 25, 1936, in Carrión de Calatrava, province of Ciudad Real, was a Marianist religious.

1906–1918 · Contemporary

Gildas Irwa, born around 1906 in Kitgum, Uganda, and killed in Paimol around October 19, 1918, was a young Ugandan convert to Christianity who was killed for his faith and his work as a catechist.

1874–1936 · Contemporary · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Joan Mercer i Soler, also known as Joan Mercé i Soler (Albinyana, October 14, 1874 – Sallent, July 25, 1936), was a Catholic clergyman of the Claretians who was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War and beatified in 2016 by Pope Francis.

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.

1912–1999 · Contemporary · Piarists

Joaquín Erviti Lazcano (Estella, October 12, 1912 – Pamplona, March 21, 1999) was a Spanish Catholic priest and member of the Piarist Fathers who spent much of his life working as a preschool teacher at the Piarist school in Pamplona.

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…

1802–1902 · Contemporary

Iona of Kyiv, born Ivan Pavlovich Miroshnichenko in 1802 in Kremenchuk and died on January 9, 1902, in Kyiv, was an Orthodox saint, venerable, and wonderworker. He was respected as a starets during his lifetime. Saint Iona founded the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kyiv in the 1860s.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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

José Amorós Hernández, C.M.F. (La Pobla Llarga, January 14, 1913 – 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.

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

José María Badía Mateu, C.M.F. (Puigpelat, September 30, 1912 – 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.