List of Servants of God

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In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonisation as a saint. [1]

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The term is used in the first of the four steps in the canonization process. The next step is being declared Venerable , upon a decree of heroism or martyrdom by the honored. That is followed by beatification, with the title of Blessed . After the confirmation of miracles resulting from the intercession of the honored, the final step is canonization, where the honored would receive the title of Saint .

List

The following is an incomplete list of people currently declared to be a Servant of God. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the place or attribute part of the name.

Servant of GodYear of deathYear declared Servant of God Notes / References
Adrienne von Speyr 19672018Swiss theologian and physician
Alcide De Gasperi 19541993 Prime Minister of Italy
Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque 13291723Portuguese noble
Ángel Herrera Oria 19681996Spanish cardinal
Angela Iacobellis 19611991
Antoni Gaudí 19262000
Anita Moreno19772018Panamanian laywoman [2]
Akash Bashir 20152022Pakistani security guard and martyr
Antony Thachuparambil 19632009
Baudouin of Belgium 19932024 King of the Belgians
Barbora Žagarietė 16482015
Bartolomé de las Casas 15662002Spanish priest
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas 19642006founder of the Rosarians Order
Pope Benedict XIII 17301755
Bernardin Gantin 20082025Dean of the College of Cardinals
Black Elk 19502017 [3] Catechist
Blandina Segale 19412015
Simon Bruté 18392005First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana and spiritual director to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas 18571978Spanish bishop
Carlo Braga 19712013Italian Missionary
Giuseppe Castagnetti 19652009Roman Catholic politician
Catherine Doherty 19852000Russian writer and founder of the Madonna House Apostolate
Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz 17311999
Charles Journet 1975Swiss theologian and cardinal
Chiara Corbella Petrillo 20122018
Cícero Romão Batista 19342022Professed priest
Clare Crockett 20162024Irish religious sister and former actress
Dalisay Lazaga19712012
Darwin Ramos 20122019 Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin 18402005 Russian aristocrat, founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania
Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz 17321999Filipino nun
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura 19402002Japanese priest and missionary
Dorothy Day 19802000American social activist
Edward J. Flanagan 19482012
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor 19212018Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor
Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy 19522001
Elisabeth Leseur 19141934French mystic
Élisabeth of France 17941953martyred during French Revolution
Eliswa Vakayil 18312008Indian nun
Emil Kapaun 19511993 U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War
Emilia Anne Wojtyła 19292020mother of Pope John Paul II [4]
Emiliano Tardif 19992010
Eugenio Borg 19671997First Superior General of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.)
Euzebiusz Huchracki 19422003 martyred in Schloss Hartheim [5]
Ezechiele Ramin 19852017Italian missionary priest martyred in Brazil
Ferdinando Casagrande19441998martyred in Marzabotto
Fidelis Thaliath 20082021Indian nun
Floripes Dornellas de Jesus 19992005Brazilian mystic
Francis II of the Two Sicilies 18942020King of the Two Sicilies
Francis Xavier Ford 1952Bishop of Kaying
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz 19481951Portuguese priest
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard 1908 Archbishop of Paris
Frank Duff 19801996Founder of the Legion of Mary
Geevarghese Ivanios 19532007Archbishop of Trivandrum
George Vakayil19312013Indian priest [6] [7]
Gerard Raymond19321968French-Canadian seminarian
Gordon Anthony Pantin20002013 Archbishop of Port of Spain [8]
Helena Kmieć 20172024Polish missionary [9]
Xu Guangqi 16331933 (redeclared 2011)
Hans Urs von Balthasar 19882018Swiss theologian and priest
Hélder Pessoa Câmara 19992015Archbishop of Olinda e Recife and cofounder of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil
Henry II the Pious 12412015Polish monarch
Henryk Szuman19392003 martyred in Bydgoszcz [10]
Ida Mari1981
Isaac Hecker 18882008Founder of the Paulist Fathers
Isabella I of Castile 15041974Queen of Castille and Leon
Jacques Hamel 20162017French Catholic priest, killed in an attack, qualified as a martyr by Christians including Pope Francis.
James II of England 17011734 Jacobite claimant to the throne of England
Johann Baptist Reus 19851994German priest
John Pozzobon 19471953Brazilian Permanent deacon
John Hardon 20002002American priest
John Peter Savarinayagam19792019 Capuchin Priest
Józef Cyrek 19401994Polish writer
Jules Chevalier 19072012Professed priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the DOLSH Congregation
Julius Nyerere 19992005First President of Tanzania
Karol Józef Wojtyła Sr. 19412020father of Pope John Paul II [4]
Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira 20072020Brazilian Dehonian priest
Luciano Mendes de Almeida 20062014Bishop of Mariana
Luigi Giussani 20052012Founder of Communion and Liberation
Luis Chávez 19872001predecessor to Oscar Romero
Luis Cáncer 15492015 [11] Spanish missionary
Luisa Piccarreta 19472006
Madeleine Delbrêl 19642018
Maria Clotilde of Savoy 19111942
Marcel Van 19591997
Maria Esperanza de Bianchini 20042010
Marie Gertrude Gros19052012
Marta Obregón Rodríguez 19692011Martyred for defending her chastity [12]
Mathew Kavukattu 19691994Archbishop of Changanassery
Mathew Makil 19142009
Áron Márton 19801998Bishop of Alba Iulia; declared Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1999.
Matilde Salem 19611961Syrian laywoman
Matteo Ricci 16101984 (redeclared 2010)
Maurice Michael Otunga 20032010The first cardinal of Kenya
Michelle Duppong 20152022FOCUS Missionary [13]
Moises Crespo Gonzalez19802015Panamanian Augustinian Priest [14]
Leonia Nastał 19402016Polish nun [15]
Patrick Ryan18782016
Pedro Arrupe 19912018Spanish Basque Jesuit priest and first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Piotr Szarek 19391994martyred during Occupation of Poland
Pope Pius VII 18232007
Prosper Guéranger 18752005
Rafael Merry del Val 19301953Spanish cardinal
Raymond FC Mascarenhas19602008
Reynolds Purackal19882010
Romano Guardini 19682017Italian priest and philosopher
Rubén Isidro Alonso 19922014Uruguayan Streetwise Priest
Stefano Gobbi 20112024Priest and Founder of the Marian Movement of Priests
Stephen Kim Sou-hwan 20092024 Archbishop of Seoul
Salvo D'Acquisto 19432001Italian policeman.
Santa Scorese 19911998Martyred for defending her chastity [16]
Sepé Tiaraju 17562017Guarani Leader [17]
Shahbaz Bhatti 20112016Pakistani politician
Stanisław Wiórek 19391994Martyred during the German Occupation of Poland
Terence Cooke 19831992Archbishop of New York and Cardinal
Theodore Foley 19742008Superior general of the Passionists.
Thea Bowman 19901990nun
Therese Neumann 19622005German mystic
Thomas Cooray 19882011Sri Lankan cardinal
Toni Zweifel 19892018Swiss engineer and founder of the Limmat Foundation
Trương Bửu Diệp 19462014Vietnamese priest
Ubaldo Marchioni19441998Martyred in Marzabotto
Vincent R. Capodanno 19672006A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty
Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira 18781994Bishop of Olinda
Vivian Uchechi Ogu 19952009Martyred for defending her chastity [18]
Walter Ciszek 19841990Polish-American priest and missionary
Willi Graf 19432017member of the German Resistance
William Finnemann 19421999
Zilda Arns Neumann 20102015Brazilian physician and philanthropist
Zita of Bourbon-Parma 19892009Last Empress Consort of Austria

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pressing Sainthood for a Beloved Archbishop. (December 12, 2004). Fuchs, Marek. The New York Times. Accessed February 28, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Biografia Ana María Moreno". www.diocesischitre.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  3. ↑ "Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause". 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Karol and Emilia Wojtyła: The Saint-Makers". Crisis Magazine. November 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Męczennik z Katowic - Prowincja Wniebowzięcia NMP Zakonu Braci Mniejszych w Polsce" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Canonisation [sic] of Fr George Vakayil". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Death anniversary observed". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Helena Kmieć już oficjalnie kandydatką na ołtarze". vaticannews.va. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Parafia p.w. Św.Wojciecha Starogard Gdański :: Ks. Henryk Szuman" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ↑ ""La Florida"" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "La Diócesis inicia la causa de beatificación de Marta Obregón" [The Diocese initiates the cause of beatification of Marta Obregón]. elcorreodeburgos.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Former FOCUS Missionary Michelle Duppong, Now 'Servant of God,' Continues to Inspire With Her Holy Life". NCR. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  14. ↑ "1980". newsaints.faithweb.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  15. ↑ Śmigiel, Adriana. "Maria Leonia Nastał - Służebnica Boża (1)". niedziela.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  16. ↑ "Santa Scorese prima di essere uccisa: qualunque cosa mi succeda ho scelto Dio" [Santa Scorese before being killed: whatever happens to me I have chosen God]. it.aleteia.org (in Italian). 25 November 2021.
  17. ↑ "COMISSÃO CAUSA DO SERVO DE DEUS SEPÉ TIARAJU" (in Portuguese). National Conference of Bishops of Brazil. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Catholic archbishop move for beatification, canonization of late teenager". October 6, 2023.
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