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1901–1936 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Jacinto Serrano López was a Spanish Catholic priest, teacher, and philosopher who belonged to the Dominican Order. Born in Urrea de Gaén in 1901, he died in 1936. He is recognized as a blessed by the Catholic Church.

1813–1881 · Modern

Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán (Atlantic Ocean, 3 July 1813 – Pan de Azúcar, Uruguay, 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo.

1541–1572 · Reformation

Jakob Lacoupe (*ca. 1542, Oudenaarde; +09. July 1572, Gorinchem), also known in English as James Lacoupe, was a Norbertine priest who died as a martyr as one of the Martyrs of Gorkum and a Roman-Catholic Saint. We don't know a lot about his early life.

767 · Medieval

Jacob was a Catholic priest who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Toul. He died in 767 and is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church.

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.

1228–1298 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Jacobus de Voragine, OP (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the mo…

1838–1896 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jacques Berthieu, SJ (also James; 27 November 1838 – 8 June 1896) was a French Jesuit priest and missionary in Madagascar. He was murdered during the Menalamba rebellion of 1896. He is the first martyr of Madagascar to be beatified. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

1803–1839 · Modern

Jacques Chastan was a French Catholic priest and missionary born in 1803 in Marcoux. He died by decapitation in 1839 in Saenamteo. He is a canonized saint of the Catholic Church.

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.

1725–1792 · Modern · Society of Jesus

Jakub Friteyre-Durvé (1725–1792) was a French Jesuit. He was born in Marsac-en-Livradois, a town in Puy-de-Dôme.

1753–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Gagnot, born on February 9, 1753, was a priest of the Discalced Carmelites of the Nancy house. During the French Revolution, he was arrested and sentenced to deportation to French Guiana.

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…

1746–1794 · Modern · Carmelites

Jacques Retouret was born in Limoges on September 15, 1746. He was educated by the Jesuits, who sought to keep him. He entered the Carmelite Order on July 3, 1763, continued his studies, and was ordained a priest in Limoges.

1882–1951 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Jacques Sevin SJ (7 December 1882 - 19 July 1951), was a French Jesuit known for his role in the introduction of Scouting to France. Sevin was born in Lille on 7 December 1882.

1803–1864 · Modern · Holy Ghost Fathers

Jacques-Désiré Laval (18 September 1803 – 9 September 1864) was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the "Apostle of Mauritius" due to his tireless work in aiding the poor and ill.

1370–1399 · Medieval

Jadwiga , also known as Hedwig (from German, Hungarian: Hedvig), was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death.

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.

1884–1936 · Contemporary · Salesians of Don Bosco

Jaime Bonet Nadal was a Spanish member of the Salesians of Don Bosco born in 1884. He died in Tàrrega in 1936 and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1889–1937 · Contemporary · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Jaime Hilario Barbal, FSC (born Manuel Barbal i Cosán; 2 January 1898 – 18 January 1937) was a Spanish Catholic and professed Brother of the Christian Schools.

1897–1924 · Contemporary · Premonstratensians

Franz Alexander Kern (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians.

1897–1943 · Contemporary

Jakob Gapp (26 July 1897 – 13 August 1943) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Marianists. Gapp first served as a soldier on the Italian front during World War I at a point in his life where his religious convictions were not of high importance,…

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.

1875–1954 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jacques Ghazir Haddad, OFM Cap., born Khalil al-Haddad, was a Lebanese Catholic priest and Capuchin friar. He was the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross, and a noted preacher and founder of various orphanages and schools across Lebanon.

1400–1496 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

James of Sclavonia (Croatian: Jakov Zadranin; c. 1400 – 27 April 1485 or 1496), also known as Giacomo Illirico, Giacomo of Bitetto or Jakov Varingez, was a Croatian friar of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). He assumed the religious name "Giacomo".

1754–1792 · Modern

Jakub Gabriel Galais was a Catholic presbyter born in 1754 in Longué-Jumelles. He died in Paris in 1792 and has received beatification.

1340–1409 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into that of the Archdiocese of Lviv.

1884–1971 · Contemporary

James Alberione, SSP (Italian: Giacomo) (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St.

1250–1332 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giacomo Benefatti (died 19 November 1332) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Preachers who ascended to the position of Bishop of Mantua.

1533–1597 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

James Kisai, SJ, also known as Diego Kisai (ディエゴ喜斎) or Jacobo Kisai, was a Japanese Jesuit lay brother and saint, one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan. Out of the 26, Kisai, Paul Miki, and John Soan de Goto were the only Jesuits to be executed in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597.

1751–1791 · Modern

Jacob Kwon Sang-yeon (1751–December 8, 1791) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Born in Jinsan, in the province of Jeolla, in 1751, he was introduced to the Catholic faith by his cousin, Paul Yun Ji-chung, around 1787.

1944–1982 · Contemporary

James Alfred Miller, FSC (September 21, 1944 – February 13, 1982), also known as Brother Leo William or Santiago, was an American Catholic member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who served in Guatemala until his murder in 1982.

1781–1838 · Modern

Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, collectively Martyrs of Annam or formerly Martyrs of Indochina, are saints of the Catholic Church who died between 1745 and 1862, and were canonized by Pope John Paul…

1231–1314 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Giacomo Salomoni, OP (1231 – 31 May 1314) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers. He was a noted ascetic known for being prone to ecstatic states on a frequent basis; he served as a prior of several convents until he settled in Forlì, wher…

1582 · Reformation

James Thompson, also known as James Hudson, was a Catholic priest and martyr of York, hanged during the reign of Elizabeth I. A native of Yorkshire, Thompson arrived at the college at Reims 19 September 1580, and in May of the next year, by virtue of a dispensation, was admitted…

1730–1799 · Modern

Jakob Won Si-bo (Korean: 원시보 야고보; born 1730 in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju, in the then-province of Chungcheong, Korea; died April 17, 1799, in Cheongju) was a Korean martyr and a blessed of the Catholic Church. Won Si-bo was born in Eungjeong-ri, Hongju.

1853–1900 · Contemporary

James Yan Guodong was born in 1853 in Jianhe County and died in 1900 in Taiyuan. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1801 · Modern

James Yun Yu-o was a member of the Catholic Church. He died in 1801 and is recognized as a blessed.

1856–1900 · Contemporary

James Zhao Quanxin was born in 1856 in Shanxi and died in 1900 in Taiyuan. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1752–1801 · Modern

Jakub Zhou Wenmo (1752–May 31, 1801) was a Chinese Catholic priest, missionary, martyr, and blessed of the Catholic Church. Orphaned in childhood, he was raised by his grandmother.

1285–1366 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Cerqueto was a Latin Catholic priest and member of the Augustinian order born in 1285 in Cerqueto. He died in 1366 in Perugia and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church.

1255–1308 · Medieval · Augustinians

James of Viterbo OSA (Italian: Giacomo da Viterbo; c. 1255 – c. 1307), born Giacomo Capocci (nicknamed Doctor speculativus), was an Italian Roman Catholic Augustinian friar and Scholastic theologian, who later became Archbishop of Naples.

1393–1476 · Medieval · Order of Friars Minor

Jacob de Marchia (Latin: Jacobus de Marchia, Italian: Giacomo della Marca; c. 1391 – 28 November 1476), commonly known in English as Saint James of the Marches, was an Italian Friar Minor, preacher and writer. He was a Papal legate and Inquisitor.

671 · Medieval

James the Deacon (died after 671) was a Roman deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission, which went to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism.

1869–1948 · Contemporary

Jan Wojciech Balicki (25 January 1869 – 15 March 1948) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who served as a confessor and spiritual director to seminarians in Poland around the time of World War II; he also acted in various leadership positions in the education of new priests and w…

1850–1912 · Contemporary · Society of Jesus

Jan Beyzym, SJ (15 May 1850 – 2 October 1912) was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Jesuits. He served as an educator in Jesuit boarding schools for a while after his ordination though later left Poland to work alongside lepers in Madagascar where he remained…

1920–1952 · Contemporary

Jan Bula (24 July 1920 Lukov – 20 May 1952 Jihlava) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest and victim of the Czechoslovak Communist regime. He was sentenced to death in one of the show trials of the Babice case and hanged. In 1990 he was posthumously rehabilitated.

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.

1765–1798 · Modern

Saint John Đạt (Vietnamese: Gioan Đạt) (born c. 1765 in Khê Câu, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam – died October 28, 1798, in Chợ Rạ, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church. John Đạt was born in Khê Câu, Thanh Hóa Province.

1798–1861 · Modern

John Đoàn Trinh Hoan (born c. 1798 in Kim Long, Thừa Thiên-Huế province, Vietnam – died May 26, 1861, near Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam) was a priest, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church.

1897–1944 · Contemporary · Dominican Order

Prince Jan Franciszek Czartoryski or Blessed Michał (19 February 1897–6 September 1944) was a Polish noble and a Dominican friar. John Czartoryski was born in Pelkinie (Jaroslaw) on 19 February 1897.