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1606–1673 · Reformation

Jeanne Mance was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1645.

1556–1640 · Reformation

Jeanne de Lestonnac, ODN (December 27, 1556 – February 2, 1640), also known as Joan of Lestonnac, was a French Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady in 1607.

1811–1854 · Modern

Émilie de Villeneuve (9 March 1811 – 2 October 1854) was a French Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres. After she died her cause of canonization was opened.

1773–1838 · Modern

Joan Elizabeth Lucy Bichier des Âges (French: Jeanne-Élisabeth-Lucie Bichier des Âges) (5 July 1773 – 26 August 1838) was a French religious sister, commonly referred to as Elizabeth Bichier. Together with Andrew Fournet, she founded the Sisters of the Cross, Sisters of St.

1864–1900 · Contemporary · Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Marie of Saint Natalie, born Jeanne-Marie Guerguin (sometimes spelt Kerguin; 4 May 1864 – 9 July 1900) was one of the 120 Martyrs of China. She was born in Belle-Isle-en-Terre, Cotes-du-Nord, on 4 May 1864 into a family of Breton farmers.

1331–1414 · Medieval

Jeanne-Marie de Maille (14 April 1331 − 28 March 1414) was a French Roman Catholic anchoress and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.

1760–1801 · Modern

Chŏng Yakchong (Korean: 정약종; Hanja: 丁若鍾; 1760 – April 8, 1801), also known as Augustine Chong, was a Korean Catholic martyr who contributed greatly to the spread of Catholicism in Korea. He was the older brother of Chŏng Yagyong and the father of Paul Chong Hasang.

1556–1625 · Reformation · Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Jeremiah of Wallachia (born 29 June 1556 - 26 February 1625) was a Romanian-born Capuchin lay brother who spent his entire adult life serving as an infirmarian of the Order in Italy.

1811–1858 · Modern

787 · Medieval

Jerome of Pavia, also known as Gerolamo, was Bishop of Pavia, from 778 until his death. He is recognised as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Jerome's cultus was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church on 20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII.

1929–1970 · Contemporary

Jerzy Ciesielski (12 February 1929 – 9 October 1970) was a Polish Roman Catholic from Kraków and a member from the Focolare Movement. Ciesielski was married and was also a close personal friend of Karol Józef Wojtyła – the future Pope John Paul II.

1904–1943 · Contemporary

Jury Kashyra (Polish: Jerzy Kaszyra; Belarusian: Юрый Кашыра; 4 April 1904 – 18 February 1943) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a Belarusian apostle of the unity between Catholic and Orthodox Christians.

1555–1630 · Reformation · Poor Clares

Jerónima de la Asunción, O.S.C. (Spanish: Jerónima de la Asunción García Yánez y De La Fuente; 9 May 1555 – 22 October 1630) was a Spanish Catholic nun and abbess who founded the Real Monasterio de Santa Clara (Royal Monastery of Saint Clare) in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.

1800–1861 · Modern · Dominican Order

Jérôme Hermosilla (Jerónimo Hermosilla y Aransay), born in Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja on September 30, 1800, and beheaded in Hải Dương (Tonkin) on November 1, 1861, All Saints' Day, was a Spanish missionary bishop and a member of the Order of Preachers.

1916–1989 · Contemporary

Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve (16 February 1916 – 2 October 1989) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who was a professed member of the Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal and served as the Bishop of Arauca from 1984 until his assassination.

1858–1954 · Contemporary · Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel

Jesús María Echavarría Aguirre (6 July 1858 – 5 April 1954) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saltillo from 1904 until his death. He was also the founder of the Guadalupan Catechists Sisters.

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.

1782–1839 · Modern

Joachim Hao Kaizhi was born in Guizhou in 1782 and died in Guiyang in 1839. A member of the Catholic Church, he is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1551–1597 · Reformation · Franciscans

Joachim Sakakibara (also Sakachibara or Saccachibara; born 1556 in Osaka, Japan – died executed February 5, 1597, in Tateyama, Nagasaki, Japan) was a Japanese physician, catechist, and Franciscan tertiary who was martyred for his faith in Nagasaki.

1576–1633 · Reformation · Society of Jesus

Joam Mattheus Adami, (Italian: Giovanni Matteo Adami) (17 May 1576 – 22 September 1633) was a Jesuit missionary born in Mazara del Vallo (Sicilian: Mazzara), in the south-west of Sicily.

1765–1826 · Modern · Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret

Jeanne-Antide Thouret, SCSJA (27 November 1765 - 24 August 1826; also called Joan Antide Thouret and Jane Antide) was a French Catholic nun who founded a branch of the Sisters of Charity.

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.

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.

1850–1900 · Contemporary

1464–1505 · Reformation · Third Order of Saint Francis

Joan of France (French: Jeanne de France, Jeanne de Valois; 23 April 1464 – 4 February 1505), sometimes called Joan the Lame (French: Jeanne la boiteuse), was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulm…

1452–1490 · Medieval · Dominican Order

Joanna of Portugal OP was a Portuguese regent princess of the House of Aviz, daughter of King Afonso V of Portugal and his first wife, Queen Isabel of Coimbra. She served as regent during the absence of her father in 1471.

1350–1450 · Medieval · Lay Carmelites

Jeanne of Toulouse is a Catholic blessed. While the details of her biography are subject to caution, it appears she lived between the 13th and 14th centuries in Toulouse, in the Kingdom of France. She is linked to the history of the Carmelite convent in the city.

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.

1783–1854 · Modern · Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, CCV (or Joaquina, and Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi in religion; 16 April 1783 – 28 August 1854) was a Spanish Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.

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.

1691–1748 · Modern · Dominican Order

Joachim Royo (Spanish: Joaquin Royo Pérez, Chinese name: 华雅敬; 1691 – October 28, 1748) was a Spanish Catholic missionary in China during the 18th century. He died as a martyr in 1748 and was later canonized by the church as a saint.

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.

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.

1807–1886 · Modern

Johann Evangelist Wagner, born on December 5, 1807, in Dattenhausen near Dillingen and died on October 10, 1886, in Dillingen, was a Bavarian Catholic priest, rector of the major seminary of Dillingen, and founder of the Regens-Wagner Foundation.

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.

1400–1427 · Medieval

Johannes Rimer (born in the 14th century; died May 16, 1427) was a priest in the then-Bohemian town of Lauban in Upper Lusatia. When the Hussites conquered the town in May 1427, he was murdered along with approximately 1,000 other Catholics.

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.

1577–1612 · Reformation

John Almond (alias Lathom or Molyneux, c. 1577 – 5 December 1612) was an English Catholic priest. He was ordained in 1598 and suffered martyrdom in 1612. Canonised in 1970, John Almond is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

1811–1866 · Modern

Saint John Baptist Chŏn Chang-un (1811–March 9, 1866) was a Korean martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. Born in 1811 in Seoul, he was baptized by his devout mother.

1750–1840 · Modern

Saint John the Baptist Cỏn (Vietnamese: Gioan Baotixita Cỏn) (born c. 1805 in Kẻ Báng, Nam Định Province, Vietnam – died November 8, 1840, in Bảy Mẫu, Vietnam) was a martyr and a saint of the Catholic Church. John the Baptist Cỏn was born around 1805.

1825–1861 · Modern

John Baptist Luo Tingying was born in 1825 in Guizhou and was a member of the Catholic Church. He died by decapitation in Guizhou in 1861. He is recognized as a Catholic saint and blessed.

1812–1866 · Modern

Saint John Baptist Nam Chong-sam (1812–March 7, 1866) was a Korean Catholic martyr and saint. Born in Cheongju, he was the nephew of the high-ranking government official Augustine Nam Sang-gyo, who adopted him. At the age of 39, Nam Chong-sam became a governor.

1883–1900 · Contemporary

1795–1839 · Modern

John Baptist Yi Kwang-nyol (c. 1800 – July 20, 1839) was one of the 103 Korean Martyrs. His feast day is July 20, and he is also venerated along with the rest of The Korean martyrs on September 20. John embraced Roman Catholicism with his elder brother when he was 28 years old.

1844–1900 · Contemporary