Pope Benedict XVI beatified 870 people. 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 | Presided by | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raphaël Rafiringa | 7 June 2009 | Antananarivo, Madagascar | Archbishop Angelo Amato | May 19 |
| 2. | Émilie de Villeneuve 4 | 5 July 2009 | Castres, France | October 2 | |
| 3. | Joseph Kugler | 4 October 2009 | Regensburg, Germany | June 10 | |
| 4. | Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás | 18 October 2009 | Toledo, Spain | February 25 | |
| 5. | Carlo Gnocchi | 25 October 2009 | Milan, Italy | October 25 | |
| 6. | Zoltán Meszlényi | 31 October 2009 | Budapest, Hungary | March 4 | |
| 7. | Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas 4 | 22 November 2009 | Nazareth, Israel | March 25 |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Presided by | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Josep Samsó Elías | 23 January 2010 | Barcelona, Spain | Archbishop Angelo Amato | September 1 |
| 2. | Bernardo de Hoyos | 18 April 2010 | Valladolid, Spain | November 29 | |
| 3. | Angelo Paoli | 25 April 2010 | Rome, Italy | January 20 | |
| 4. | Josep Tous Soler | Barcelona, Spain | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone | May 27 | |
| 5. | Teresa Manganiello | 22 May 2010 | Benevento, Italy | Archbishop Angelo Amato | November 4 |
| 6. | Maria Pierina | 30 May 2010 | Rome, Italy | July 26 | |
| 7. | Jerzy Popiełuszko | 6 June 2010 | Warsaw, Poland | October 19 | |
| 8. | Manuel Lozano Garrido | 12 June 2010 | Linares, Jaén, Spain | November 3 | |
| 9. | Lojze Grozde | 13 June 2010 | Celje, Slovenia | Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone | May 27 |
| 10. | Stephen Nehmé | 27 June 2010 | Kfifan, Lebanon | Archbishop Angelo Amato | August 30 |
| 11. | Leopold of Alpandeire | 12 September 2010 | Armilla, Spain | February 9 | |
| 12. | María de la Purísima Salvat Romero 5 | 18 September 2010 | Seville, Spain | September 18 | |
| 13. | John Henry Newman 8 | 19 September 2010 | Birmingham, England | Pope Benedict XVI | October 9 |
| 14. | Gerhard Hirschfelder | Münster, Germany | Cardinal Joachim Meisner | August 2 | |
| 15. | Chiara Badano | 25 September 2010 | Rome, Italy | Archbishop Angelo Amato | October 29 |
| 16. | Anna Maria Adorni Botti | 3 October 2010 | Parma, Italy | February 7 | |
| 17. | Alfonsa Clerici | 23 October 2010 | Vercelli, Italy | January 14 | |
| 18. | Szilárd Bogdánffy | 30 October 2010 | Oradea, Romania | October 3 | |
| 19. | Barbara Maix | 6 November 2010 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri | March 17 |
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