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1770–1840 · Modern

Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (Russian: Дими́трий Дими́триевич Голи́цын, romanized: Dimitry Dimitrievich Golitsyn, December 22, 1770 – May 6, 1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest known as "The Apostle of the Alleghenies" and also in the United States as Prin…

1559–1630 · Reformation · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Dominic of Jesus and Mary (1559–1630) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite and high-ranking official of the order who participated in certain episodes of the Thirty Years' War, as well as the founding of the Discalced Carmelite convent in Ghent.

1897–1980 · Contemporary · Benedictines

Dorothy Day OblSB (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.

1931–2005 · Contemporary · Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Dorothy Mae Stang, SNDdeN, (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian Catholic Religious Sister and missionary. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005.

1924–1944 · Contemporary

Elena Spirgevičiūtė (22 December 1924 – 4 January 1944) was a Lithuanian student. She was shot and killed by Soviet partisans for resisting rape. One of the four men, Alfonsas Čeponis was posthumously recognized as the Hero of the Soviet Union.

1873–1952 · Contemporary

Elena of Montenegro (Serbian: Јелена Петровић Његош / Jelena Petrović Njegoš; 8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952) was Queen of Italy from 29 July 1900 until 9 May 1946 as the wife of King Victor Emmanuel III.

1866–1914 · Contemporary

Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur (16 October 1866 – 3 May 1914), born Pauline Élisabeth Arrighi, was a French mystic best known for her spiritual diary and the conversion of her husband, Félix Leseur (1861–1950), a medical doctor and well known leader of the French anti-clerical, atheist…

1863–1903 · Contemporary · Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Thérèse Rodon i Asencio (Barcelona, February 26, 1863 – Madrid, December 28, 1903) was a Spanish nun and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Her potential beatification is under study by the Catholic Church, which recognizes her as a Servant of God.

1866–1936 · Contemporary

Eustaquio Nieto y Martín (Zamora, March 12, 1866 – Estriégana, July 27, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic bishop. He is one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, a victim of religious persecution.

1884–1946 · Contemporary · Congregation of Marian Fathers

Fabian Ivanovich Abrantovich (Fabijan Abrantovič; Chinese: 龐懷德, Belarusian: Фабія́н Я́навіч Абранто́віч, Russian: Фабиа́н Ива́нович Абранто́вич, Polish: Fabian Abrantowicz; September 14, 1884 – January 2, 1946) was a prominent religious and civic leader from Belarus.

1892–1946 · Contemporary

Filip Terčelj Grivški, known by the pseudonyms Čavenski and Pelikan, was a Slovene Catholic priest, poet, writer, editor, educator, Servant of God, and a victim of both the Italian Fascist and Yugoslav Communist regimes.

1911–1942 · Contemporary

Franc Cvar was a Catholic priest born in Sodražica in 1911 and a citizen of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in Roženberk in 1942 and is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1872–1943 · Contemporary

Franc Gomilšek was a Catholic priest born in 1872 in Krčevina pri Vurbergu and a citizen of Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1943 in Knežja Vas and is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1895–1943 · Contemporary

This is an article about a priest. For the director, producer, and politician of the same name, see Franci Kek. Franc Kek, Slovenian priest, born August 20, 1895, Studenec pri Trebnjem, died October 21, 1943, Padež forest, Birčna vas.

1914–1945 · Contemporary

France Kunstelj (November 22, 1914 – June 1945) was a Slovene Roman-Catholic priest, author, playwright, and editor. Kunstelj was born in Vrhnika. He started studying theology in Ljubljana in 1935, and he was ordained in 1941.

1901–1940 · Contemporary · Piarists

Francisco Sagrera y Riera (Breda, November 8, 1901 – Moyá, February 22, 1940) was a Piarist priest and educator in Moyá. He has been proclaimed a Servant of God by the Catholic Church and is currently in the process of beatification.

1836–1894 · Modern

Francis II (Neapolitan and Italian: Francesco II, Sicilian: Francischieddu; christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo; 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894) was the last king of the Two Sicilies before the Italian unification, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of…

1892–1952 · Contemporary

Francis Xavier Ford, MM (January 11, 1892 - February 21, 1952) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kaying from 1946 until his death in 1952. He was a member of the Maryknoll Missionaries in China.

1889–1936 · Contemporary

Francisco "Fran" Martínez García (born 9 September 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Crevillente. After spending time in Spain with Valencia B and Real Murcia, Martínez trialled with MLS side New York City FC.

1552–1608 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Francisco da Costa Pinto, born in 1552 in Angra, in the Azores, Portugal, and died (assassinated) on January 11, 1608, in the province of Ibiapaba in present-day Brazil (then a Portuguese possession), was a Portuguese Jesuit priest.

1895–1941 · Contemporary · Pallottines

Franciszek Kilian, SAC (born October 10, 1895, in Zawada, died November 10, 1941, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in the Death Block) was a Polish Pallottine, a martyr for the faith, and a Servant of God, who served as rector of the Major Seminary in Ołtarzew from 19…

1911–1939 · Contemporary

Franciszek Nogalski (16 January 1911 – 24 October 1939) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and parochial vicar in Raciąż. He was executed by Nazi German occupants during the Rudzki Most massacre.

1919–2002 · Contemporary

Franjo Kuharić (15 April 1919 – 11 March 2002) was a Croatian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1970 until his resignation in 1997.

1889–1980 · Contemporary

Francis Michael Duff (7 June 1889 – 7 November 1980), was an Irish lay Catholic and author known for bringing attention to the role of the Catholic laity during the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church.

1904–1948 · Contemporary

Franz Stock (21 September 1904, Neheim – 24 February 1948, Paris) was a German Roman Catholic priest. He is known for ministering to prisoners in France during World War II, and to German prisoners of war in the years following.

1833–1894 · Modern

The Venerable Franziska Lechner, born on January 1, 1833, in Edling (Kingdom of Bavaria) and died on April 14, 1894, in Breitenfurt, was a Catholic religious sister and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity. She was declared venerable in 2005.

1764–1793 · Modern

François Filiol was a French Catholic priest born in 1764 in Barriac-les-Bosquets. He died in 1793 in Mauriac and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1626–1684 · Reformation

François Pallu, MEP (1626–1684) was a French bishop. He was a founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and became a missionary in Asia.

1877–1940 · Contemporary · Congregation of the Mission

Father Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (Chinese name: Lei Mingyuan 雷鳴遠;: 1  19 August 1877 — 24 June 1940) was a Roman Catholic missionary to China whose advocacy led Pope Pius XI to appoint the first native Chinese bishops.

1848–1927 · Contemporary · Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena (Bogotá)

Gabriela Durán Párraga (Firavitoba, May 22, 1848 – Bogotá, July 19, 1927), also known by her religious name Gabriela of Saint Martin, was a Colombian Catholic nun, educator, and co-founder of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena, the first Catholic re…

1882–1953 · Contemporary

Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese (21 September 1882 – 15 July 1953), known formally as Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, was a prominent Indian bishop and the first metropolitan archbishop and the founder of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.

1909–1945 · Contemporary

Giovanni Palatucci (31 May 1909 – 10 February 1945) was an Italian police official who was long believed to have saved thousands of Jews in Fiume between 1939 and 1944 (current Rijeka in Croatia) from being deported to Nazi extermination camps.

1929–2000 · Contemporary

Gordon Anthony Pantin was born in 1929 in Port of Spain and served as a Catholic priest, theologian, and bishop. He held the position of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain until his death in 2000. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1895–1971 · Contemporary

Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (ah-gah-JAHN-yan; anglicized: Gregory Peter; Western Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան, Krikor Bedros ŽĒ. Aghajanian; born Ghazaros Aghajanian, 15 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

1883–1941 · Contemporary

Gvido Krisch was a Catholic priest born in 1883 in Kočevska Reka, a citizen of Austria–Hungary and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1941 at the Schloss Hartheim bei Linz concentration camp. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1991–2017 · Contemporary

Helena Agnieszka Kmieć (9 February 1991 – 24 January 2017) was a Polish Catholic missionary who was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit. In May 2024, her sainthood cause was opened and she was named a Servant of God.

1767–1834 · Modern

Henriette Aymer de La Chevalerie (8 November 1767 – 23 November 1834) was a French religious sister, who along with Peter Coudrin founded the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

1882–1939 · Contemporary

Henryk Antoni Szuman was a Polish Catholic presbyter, parson, and dean born in Toruń in 1882. He died in 1939 in Fordon, Bydgoszcz, and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1819–1888 · Modern · Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

Isaac Thomas Hecker (December 18, 1819 – December 22, 1888) was an American Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a North American religious society of men. Hecker was originally ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1849.

1451–1504 · Reformation

Isabella I (Spanish: Isabel I; also known as Isabella the Catholic Spanish: Isabel la Católica; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504) was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504.

1914–1943 · Contemporary

Ivan Salmič was a Catholic priest born in Raka in 1914 and died in Vinica in 1943. A citizen of Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.

1915–1942 · Contemporary

Ivanka Škrabec Novak (17 March 1915 – 4 June 1942) was a Slovenian teacher. She was martyred by Communists while six months pregnant because of her devout Catholic faith and opposition to Communism.

1930–1957 · Contemporary

Jacques Fesch (6 April 1930 – 1 October 1957) was a French criminal who was convicted of the murder of police officer Jean Vergne in February 1954.

1930–2016 · Contemporary

Jacques Hamel was a French Catholic priest who served in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while Hamel celebrated Mass in his churc…

1878–1971 · Contemporary

Jakob Ukmar was a Catholic priest, religious writer, and editor born in 1878 in Villa Opicina and died in 1971 in Trieste. Throughout his life, he held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, the Kingdom of Italy, the Free Territory of Trieste, and Italy.

1857–1926 · Contemporary

Jan Cieplak (17 August 1857 – 17 February 1926) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and archbishop. Jan Cieplak was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Congress Poland, in 1857 to an impoverished family of the Polish nobility.

1877–1941 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jan Świerc (29 April 1877 – 27 June 1941) was a Polish Catholic priest who was affiliated with the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was the parish priest for Przemyśl-Zasanie and St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Cracow before being murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

1871–1944 · Contemporary

Janez Gnjezda was a Catholic priest born in 1871 in Gore and a citizen of Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1944 in Müncheberg and is currently recognized as a Servant of God by 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).

1892–1942 · Contemporary

Janko Komljanec was a Catholic priest born in 1892 in Bučka and a citizen of Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He died in 1942 at Hmeljnik Castle and is currently recognized as a Servant of God by the Catholic Church.