Pope Benedict XVI beatified 870 people.[ citation needed ] The names listed below are from the Vatican website and are listed by year, then date. The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marianne Cope 1 | May 14, 2005 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| 2. | Ascensión Nicol Goñi | ||
| 3. | Władysław Findysz | June 19, 2005 | Warsaw, Poland |
| 4. | Ignacy Kłopotowski | ||
| 5. | Bronisław Markiewicz | ||
| 6. | Clemens August Graf von Galen | October 9, 2005 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| 7. | Ángela Ginard Martí | October 29, 2005 | |
| 8. | Joseph Tàpies Sirvant & 6 Companions | ||
| 9. | Eurosia Fabris | November 6, 2005 | Vicenza, Italy |
| 10. | Charles de Foucauld 9 | November 13, 2005 | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| 11. | Maria Crocifissa Curcio | ||
| 12. | Maria Pia Mastena | ||
| 13. | Anacleto González Flores & 7 Companions | November 20, 2005 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| 14. | José Trinidad Rangel Montaño & 2 Companions | ||
| 15. | José Sánchez del Río 7 | ||
| 16. | Darío Acosta Zurita |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Teodora Fracasso | March 18, 2006 | Bari, Italy |
| 2. | Luigi Biraghi | April 30, 2006 | Milan, Italy |
| 3. | Luigi Monza | ||
| 4. | Thevarparampil Kunjachan | Ramapuram, Kerala, India | |
| 5. | Maria Teresa of St. Joseph | May 13, 2006 | Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands |
| 6. | Maria Grazia Tarallo | May 14, 2006 | Naples, Italy |
| 7. | Rita Lopes de Almeida | May 28, 2006 | Viseu, Portugal |
| 8. | Eustáquio van Lieshout | June 15, 2006 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| 9. | Mosè Tovini | September 17, 2006 | Brescia, Italy |
| 10. | Sára Salkaházi | Budapest, Hungary | |
| 11. | Maria Scrilli | October 8, 2006 | Fiesole, Italy |
| 12. | María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate | October 22, 2006 | Bilbao, Spain |
| 13. | Paul Joseph Nardini | Speyer, Germany | |
| 14. | Mariano de la Mata | November 5, 2006 | São Paulo, Brazil |
| 15. | Euphrasia Eluvathingal 3 | December 3, 2006 | Kerala, India |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Giuseppina Nicoli | February 3, 2008 | Cagliari, Italy |
| 2. | Maria Anna Donati | March 30, 2008 | Florence, Italy |
| 3. | Candlemas of San José | April 27, 2008 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 4. | Caterina Sordini | May 3, 2008 | Rome, Italy |
| 5. | Margaretha Flesch | May 4, 2008 | Trier, Germany |
| 6. | Marta Anna Wiecka | May 24, 2008 | Lviv, Ukraine |
| 7. | Giuseppina Catanea | June 1, 2008 | Naples, Italy |
| 8. | Khalīl al-Haddād | June 22, 2008 | Beirut, Lebanon |
| 9. | Hendrina Stenmanns | June 29, 2008 | Limburg, Netherlands |
| 9. | Luigia Poloni | September 21, 2008 | Verona, Italy |
| 10. | Michael Sopocko | September 28, 2008 | Białystok, Poland |
| 11. | Francesco Bonifacio | October 4, 2008 | Trieste, Italy |
| 12. | Francesco Pianzola | Vigevano, Pavia, Italy | |
| 13. | Louis Martin 5 | October 19, 2008 | Lisieux, France |
| 14. | Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin 5 | ||
| 15. | Petrus Kibe Kasui & 187 Companions | November 24, 2008 | Nagasaki, Japan |
| 16. | José Olallo Valdés | November 29, 2008 | Camagüey, Cuba |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raphaël Rafiringa | June 7, 2009 | Antananarivo, Madagascar |
| 2. | Émilie de Villeneuve 4 | July 5, 2009 | Castres, France |
| 3. | Joseph Kugler | October 4, 2009 | Regensburg, Germany |
| 4. | Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás | October 18, 2009 | Toledo, Spain |
| 5. | Carlo Gnocchi | October 25, 2009 | Milan, Italy |
| 6. | Zoltán Meszlényi | October 31, 2009 | Budapest, Hungary |
| 7. | Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas 4 | November 22, 2009 | Nazareth, Israel |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hildegard Burjan | January 29, 2012 | Vienna, Austria |
| 2. | Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa | April 21, 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 3. | Giuseppe Toniolo | April 29, 2012 | Rome, Italy |
| 4. | Pierre-Adrien Toulorge | Coutances, France | |
| 5. | Marie-Louise-Élisabeth de Lamoignon de Molé de Champlâtreux | May 27, 2012 | Vannes, Morbihan, France |
| 6. | Alcide-Vital Lataste | June 3, 2012 | Besançon, France |
| 7. | Cecilia Eusepi | June 17, 2012 | Nepi, Viterbo, Italy |
| 8. | Mariano Arciero | June 24, 2012 | Terme, Italy |
| 9. | Louis Brisson | September 22, 2012 | Troyes, France |
| 10. | Gabriele Allegra | September 29, 2012 | Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| 11. | Bedřich Bachstein & 13 Companions | October 13, 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 12. | Gertrude Prosperi | November 10, 2012 | Perugia, Italy |
| 13. | María Angélica Pérez | November 17, 2012 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 14. | Maria Troncatti | November 24, 2012 | Macas, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador |
| 15. | Devasahayam Pillai 9 | December 2, 2012 | Tamil Nadu, Nagercoil, India |
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