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1878–1936 · Contemporary · Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God

Joaquín Piña Piazuelo was a Spanish religious of the Latin Church and a member of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. Born in Caspe in 1878, he died in Barcelona in 1936 from a gunshot wound. He is recognized as a blessed.

1888–1936 · Contemporary

Joaquín Vilanova Camallonga was a Catholic priest and vicar born in Ontinyent, Spain, in 1888. He died in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

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…

1400–1414 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jofré de Blanes was a Catholic priest born in Barcelona in the Crown of Aragon in 1400. A member of the Dominican Order, he died in 1414. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1777–1860 · Modern

Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim (15 April 1777 - 3 December 1860) was an Austrian-Italian Roman Catholic prelate and the Bishop of Trent from 1834 until his death.

1911–1943 · Contemporary

Johannes Prassek (13 August 1911 – 10 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest, and one of the Lübeck martyrs, guillotined for opposing the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler in 1943. Prassek was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011.

1394–1471 · Medieval · Carmelites

John Soreth (1394 – 1471) was a French Carmelite friar and became a Prior General of the Order of Carmelites. John Soreth was born near Caen in Normandy, France in 1394 and entered the Carmelite house there.

1543–1586 · Reformation

John Adams (ca. 1543 – 8 October 1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Winterborne St Martin in Dorset at an unknown date (ca. 1543?) and became a Protestant minister.

1549–1583 · Reformation

John Bodey (1549 – 2 November 1583) was an English Catholic academic jurist and lay theologian. He was martyred in 1583, and beatified in 1929. John Bodey was born in Wells, Somerset, in 1549. His father was a wealthy merchant.

1759–1801 · Modern

John Choe Chang-hyeon was born in Seoul in 1759 and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Seoul in 1801. He is recognized as a blessed.

1557–1594 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

John Cornelius (Irish: Seán Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna; 1557 – 4 July 1594) also called Mohun, was an Irish Catholic priest and Jesuit born in Cornwall. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1356–1419 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giovanni Dominici, OP (English: John Dominic c. 1355 – 10 June 1419) was an Italian Catholic prelate and Dominican who became a cardinal. His ideas had a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico, who entered the Dominicans through him.

1603–1644 · Reformation

John Duckett (1613 – 7 September 1644) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. John Duckett was born at Underwinder, in the parish of Sedbergh, in Yorkshire, in 1613, the son of James and Francis Duckett.

1570 · Reformation

John Felton (fl. before 1566 - died 8 August 1570) was an English Catholic martyr, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Felton was arrested for fixing a copy of Pope Pius V's bull Regnans in Excelsis excommunicating Queen Elizabeth, to the gates of the Bishop of London's pal…

1628–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

John Fenwick, real surname Caldwell (1628 – 20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit, executed at the time of the fabricated Popish Plot. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

1586 · Reformation

John Finglow, also known as John Fingley (circa 1550 - 8 August 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. Born at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire, John Finglow was matriculated sizar from Caius College, Cambridge in December 1573.

1471–1538 · Reformation · Ordo Fratrum Minorum de Regularis Observantia

John Forest (1471 – 22 May 1538) was an English Franciscan friar and martyr. Confessor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, Forest was burned to death at Smithfield for "heresy", in that he refused to acknowledge the King as head of the church.

1640–1679 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

John Gavan (1640–20 June 1679) was an English Jesuit. He was a victim of the fabricated Popish Plot, and was wrongfully executed for conspiracy to murder King Charles II. He was beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

1535 · Reformation

John Haile was an elderly secular priest who was vicar of Isleworth Middlesex in the early 16th century; his significance in history, like that of many of the English martyrs, begins only with the events which led to his death.

1801–1890 · Modern · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

John Henry Newman C.O. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet. He was previously an Anglican priest, and after his conversion to Catholicism, became a cardinal.

1588 · Reformation

John Hewitt or Hewett (alias Weldon, alias Savell) (date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 5 October 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. His father was William Hewett, a draper of York.

1545–1604 · Reformation · Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (19 October 1545 – 30 August 1604) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saluzzo and was a professed member from the Oratorians. The bishop was also a scholar and music composer and was also known for being a noted orator.

1401–1544 · Reformation

John Larke (fl. c. 1500 – died 7 March 1544) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Henry VIII. Larke was a notable personal friend of Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England. Larke was beatified in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII.

1555–1642 · Reformation

John Lockwood (born about 1555; executed at York, 13 April 1642) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1553–1586 · Reformation

John Lowe (1553–1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. John Lowe was born the youngest son of Simon Lowe and Margaret Lacy of London in 1553. His father was probably the Simon Low, a merchant-tailor and citizen of London.

1535–1578 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

John Nelson (1535 – 3 February 1578) was an English Jesuit martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Nelson was from Skelton, York. He was nearing 40 when he left for Douai in 1573 for training as a priest.

1501–1601 · Reformation

John Pibush (born at Thirsk, Yorkshire, England; died at St Thomas's Waterings, Camberwell, 18 February 1601) was an English Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.

1469–1539 · Reformation · Franciscans

Giovanni Battista Righi (1469 – 11 March 1539) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor. He was known for ascetic life and for his preaching and healing abilities.

1498–1537 · Reformation · Carthusian Order

John Rochester (c. 1498–1537) was an English Carthusian choir monk and martyr. He was hanged at York for refusing to concede King Henry VIII's supremacy over the church.

1586 · Reformation

John Sandys (1550 or 1555 in Lancashire – 11 August 1586 executed at Gloucester) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987, and is commemorated on 11 August.

1582 · Reformation

John Shert was an English Catholic priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. With the notable exceptions of the martyrdom of Cuthbert Mayne and several others the bloody persecution of Catholics under Queen Elizabeth I did not begin in earnest until mo…

1510–1571 · Reformation

John Story (or Storey) (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Member of Parliament. Story escaped to Flanders in 1563, but seven years later he was lured aboard a boat in Antwerp and abducted to England, where he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and s…

1558–1604 · Reformation

John Sugar or Suker (1558 – 16 July 1604) was an English Catholic priest killed by the English crown in 1604. He was beatified as a martyr in 1987. He matriculated at the University of Oxford from St.

1568–1616 · Reformation

John Thulis (also spelt Thules, Thewlis) (c. 1568 – 18 March 1616) was an English Roman Catholic priest. Beatified in 1987, he is one of the Douai Martyrs. Thulis was born at Up Holland, Lancashire, probably about 1568.

1801 · Modern

John Won Gyeong-do was a member of the Catholic Church who died in 1801. He was executed by decapitation and is recognized as a blessed.

1794–1868 · Modern

John Yi Jeong-sik was born in 1794 and died in 1868. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a blessed.

1200–1290 · Medieval

Blessed John dal Bastone or Bl. John of the Staff, born Giovanni Bonello Botegoni (24 March 1200 – 24 March 1290), is a Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. John was born in Paterno, Fabriano, Italy.

1500–1572 · Reformation · Dominican Order

John of Cologne (Joannes van Hoornaar), was a friar and priest of the Dominican Order, born in the Electorate of Cologne, part of modern Germany. He later became a parish priest of Hoornaar, in the Spanish Netherlands.

1259–1322 · Medieval · Franciscans

John of Fermo, more often called John of La Verna, from his time spent on that mountain (1259 – 10 August 1322) was an Italian Franciscan friar, who was a noted ascetic and preacher. John was born at Fermo in the March of Ancona.

1208–1289 · Medieval · Franciscans

Giovanni Buralli (5 March 1208 – 19 March 1289), known as John of Parma, was an Italian Franciscan friar, who served as one of the first Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor (1247–1257). He was also a noted theologian of the period.

1293–1381 · Medieval · Canons Regular of Saint Augustine

John of Ruusbroec or Jan van Ruusbroec , sometimes modernized Ruysbroeck, was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the medieval mystics of the Low Countries.

1205–1283 · Medieval · Dominican Order

John of Vercelli (Giovanni da Vercelli) (c. 1205 – 30 November 1283) was the sixth Master General of the Dominican Order (1264-1283). John was born in 1205 to the Garbella family in Mosso Santa Maria in the Province of Biella, in the Piedmont region of Italy.

1884–1952 · Contemporary

Robert-Matthew Chichkov (9 February 1884 – 11 November 1952) was a Bulgarian priest, rector and teacher, executed by firing squad by the ruling communist government. He is venerated as blessed by the Catholic Church.

1876–1947 · Contemporary · Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat

Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky OSBM (Ukrainian: Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський; 3 March 1876 – 17 November 1947) was a bishop and martyr of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 1917 to 1947.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1811–1871 · Modern · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Josep Tous Soler (31 March 1811 - 27 February 1871) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin - a branch of the Franciscan Order.