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1919–1942 · Contemporary

Jaroslav Kikelj was born in 1919 in Villa Opicina and was a student who held citizenship in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A member of the Catholic Church, he died in 1942 in Ljubljana. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

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.

1350–1417 · Medieval · Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy

Joan Gilabert Jofré (1364–1417), also known as Padre Jofré or Pare Jofré, was a member of the Christian religious Order of Mercy and the founder of what is claimed to be the first psychiatric care institution in Europe, in Valencia, Crown of Aragon, in medieval Spain.

1868–1947 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Johann Baptist Reus or João Batista Reus (10 July 1868 – 21 July 1947) was a Jesuit priest and a German-Brazilian religious leader. John Baptist Reus was born to John and Ana Margarida Reus on 10 July 1868 in Pottenstein, Bavaria, the eighth child of 11 children.

1914–2000 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

John Anthony Hardon (June 18, 1914 – December 30, 2000) was an American Jesuit priest, writer, teacher and theologian. As a beatification process was opened for him in 2005, he is recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1615–1687 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor

John of Jesus Hernández y Delgado (Spanish: fray Juan de Jesús; December 1615 – 6 February 1687) was a Spanish Friar Minor and mystic. The cause for his canonization has been submitted to the Holy See.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1823–1891 · Modern

Joseph-Marie Timon-David, SCJ (1823–1891) was a French Catholic priest and founder of the eponymous Timon David Fathers. Joseph-Marie Timon-David was born on 29 January 1823 in Marseille, into a wealthy and deeply Christian family, which had experienced the trials of the French…

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.

1913–1972 · Contemporary

José María Hernández Garnica, born on November 17, 1913, in Madrid and died on December 7, 1972, in Barcelona, was a Spanish Catholic priest and a member of Opus Dei. In 2005, he was declared a Servant of God.

1885–1944 · Contemporary

Jože Brecelj (1885–1944) was a joiner and cultural worker born and deceased in Žapuže. He is recognized as a Servant of God within the Catholic Church.

1911–1942 · Contemporary

Jože Geoheli was a Catholic priest born in 1911 in Notranje Gorice. He held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1918–1945 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jože Šerjak (June 8, 1918 – 1945) was a Slovene writer and poet and a member of the Salesian order. Šerjak was born as the last of four children into a family of the farmer Janez Šerjak and farmer Katarina (née Maček) in Trata pri Velesovem.

1874–1940 · Contemporary

Jožef Pollak was a Catholic priest born in 1874 and died in 1940. He held citizenship in both Austria–Hungary and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He is currently recognized by the Catholic Church as a Servant of God.

1887–1945 · Contemporary

Jožefa Sumper was a Catholic cook and cookbook writer born in 1887 in Latschach. She died in 1945 at the Ravensbrück concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1824–1907 · Contemporary

Jules Chevalier, MSC (15 March 1824 – 21 October 1907) was a French Catholic priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, along with their lay associates, known collectively…

1922–1999 · Contemporary

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as president from 1964 to 198…

1886–1941 · Contemporary

Kazimierz Lach (born February 27, 1886, in Strzelczyska, died April 5, 1941, in Dachau concentration camp) was a Polish Catholic priest, a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Przemyśl, a victim of German terror during World War II, a Servant of God, and a martyr.

1878–1942 · Contemporary

Lambert Ehrlich (18 September 1878 – 26 May 1942) was a Carinthian Slovene Roman Catholic priest, political figure, and ethnologist. Ehrlich was born in the hamlet of Seifnitz in the Canal Valley (Slovene: Žabnice) in the town of Tarvisio, then part of the Duchy of Carinthia (no…

1936–2011 · Contemporary

Laureana Franco (4 July 1936 – 17 October 2011), also known as "Ka Luring Franco", was a Filipino Catholic catechist and member of the Legion of Mary who devoted her life to serving her local diocese and its poor.

1910–1999 · Contemporary

Lojze Kozar Sr. (born Kozár Alajos, November 11, 1910 – April 29, 1999), was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, writer, and translator. He was the uncle of the priest, writer, and poet Lojze Kozar Jr.

1806–1874 · Modern

Louis-Savinien Dupuis, M.E.P., born on August 18, 1806, in Sens (Yonne) and died on June 4, 1874, in Pondicherry, was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in French India and founded a local women's congregation, the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Ma…

1900–1976 · Contemporary

Lucia Eleonora Schiavinato, better known as Lucia Schiavinato (Musile di Piave, October 31, 1900 – Verona, November 17, 1976), was an Italian religious figure; a consecrated laywoman of great spirituality, she was the founder of the "Piccoli Rifugi" (recognized as a secular insti…

1500–1549 · Reformation · Dominican Order

Luis Cáncer de Barbastro or Luis de Cáncer (1500 – 26 June 1549) was a Spanish Dominican priest and pioneer missionary to the New World. He undertook a non-violent approach to converting the American Indians to Christianity, and had significant success in this regard in the Carib…

1894–1942 · Contemporary

Marcin Tomaka was a Catholic priest and a citizen of the Second Polish Republic, born in 1894 in Krasne. He died in 1942 at the Dachau concentration camp and is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1734–1801 · Modern · Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity (Rome)

Maria Teresa Cucchiari (1734–1801), in religion Mother Maria Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity, was an Italian religious sister and educator, and the founder of the Congregation of the Trinitarian Sisters of Rome.

1905–1942 · Contemporary

Marica Nartnik was a teacher born in 1905 in Kozaršče and died in 1942 in Kleč. A member of the Catholic Church, she held citizenship in Cisleithania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1817–1887 · Modern

Mother Marie-Louise Angélique Clarac, born on April 6, 1817, in Auch, France, and died on June 21, 1887, in Moncalieri, in the province of Turin, Italy, was a French religious sister, founder of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary, and has been recognized as a Servant of God by…

1855–1938 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Marie-Joseph Lagrange (born Albert Marie-Henri Lagrange; 7 March 1855 – 10 March 1938) was a Dominican priest and founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem. His cause for beatification has been initiated in 1991.

1700–1640 · Reformation

Martha de San Bernardo, P.C.C., was a 17th-century Colettine Poor Clare who was first Filipino woman to become a Roman Catholic nun; she served on Macao. The cause for her canonization has been submitted.

1930–1944 · Contemporary

Martin Brecelj was born in 1930 in Žapuže to his father, Jože Brecelj. A Catholic herder, he died in 1944 in Kodreti. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1643–1731 · Modern · Dominican Order

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (Spanish: Sor María de Jesús), was a 17th-century Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary. She was widely known as La Siervita ("the little servant") in the Canary Islands. She lived a life that was austere and simple.

1935–2004 · Contemporary · Order of the Immaculate Conception

Mercedes de Jesús Egido y Izquierdo, (29 March 1935 – 3 August 2004) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception who undertook a major reform of the Order's way of life. The cause for her beatification is being investigated by the Holy See.

1801–1872 · Modern

Michel Guérin, known as Abbé Guérin (born June 8, 1801; died May 29, 1872), was a 19th-century French priest, the first parish priest and founder of the parish of the village of Pontmain, and a witness to the apparition of Our Lady of Pontmain.

1912–1976 · Contemporary

Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite (29 September 1912 – 30 September 1976), better known as "Padre Miguel do Cajuru", was a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest.  He was the son of Francisco Afonso de Andrade Leite and Afonsina Batista de Carvalho.

1891–1945 · Contemporary

Lenart "Narte" Velikonja (June 8, 1891 – June 25, 1945) was a Slovene writer and cultural figure. Narte Velikonja was born in Predmeja, the son of Ignatius Velikonja and Maria (née Beuk) Velikonja, and he was baptized Leonardus Velikonja at the parish church in Otlica.

1792–1864 · Modern

Nicolò Giovanni Battista Olivieri was a Catholic priest and missionary born in Voltaggio in 1792. A citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, he died in Marseille in 1864. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1979–1993 · Contemporary

Niña Ruiz Abad (October 31, 1979 – August 16, 1993) was a Filipino Catholic girl widely known as "the girl who always wore a rosary". She is in the process of being canonized, and is currently a Servant of God.

1907–1991 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.

1996–2018 · Contemporary

Pedro Ballester Arenas (1996–2018) was a chemical engineer, student, and numerary member of Opus Dei who held citizenship in Spain and the United Kingdom. Born and raised in Manchester, he died there from bone cancer and is buried in the same city.

1768–1836 · Modern · Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Pierre Coudrin, SSCC (1 March 1768 – 1837) was a French religious priest. He was the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute in the Roman Catholic Church known for its missionary work in Hawaii, Africa, Europe, Central America and…

1825–1882 · Modern

The Servant of God, Abbé Pierre-Victor Braun, (5 June 1825 – 18 May 1882) was a French Catholic priest who ministered to the poor of Paris. His work laid the foundations for the establishment of several different congregations of Religious Sisters who now serve worldwide.

1829–1905 · Contemporary

Philibert Vrau was a French businessman, lay Roman Catholic activist, and Christian socialist. Vrau's father was a manufacturer of sewing thread; his mother, Sophie Aubineau, was a Parisian. He attended the municipal college of Lille.

1914–1991 · Contemporary · Emmanuel Community

Pierre Goursat was born in Paris in 1914 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1991. A French Catholic, he served as a moderator and secretary within the Emmanuel Community. He is currently recognized as a Servant of God.

1624–1679 · Reformation

Pierre Lambert de la Motte, MEP was a French bishop. He was a founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and became a missionary in Asia. Lambert de la Motte was born 16 January 1624 in La Boissière, Calvados.

1877–1965 · Contemporary · Third Order of Saint Francis

Pierre Louis Marie Galibert was born in 1877 in Angles and served as a Catholic priest and bishop. A member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, he held positions as both a diocesan and titular bishop before his death in 1965.