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Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has authorized the beatification of 1,540 people, including three equipollent[ clarification needed ] beatifications. The names listed below are from the Holy See 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 | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cristobal of Saint Catherine | 7 April 2013 | Córdoba, Spain | 21 July |
| 2. | Luca Passi | 13 April 2013 | Venice, Italy | 18 April |
| 3. | Nicolò Rusca | 21 April 2013 | Sondrio, Italy | 4 September |
| 4. | Francisca de Paula de Jesus | 4 May 2013 | Baependi, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 14 June |
| 5. | Luigi Novarese | 11 May 2013 | Rome, Italy | 20 July |
| 6. | Giuseppe Puglisi | 25 May 2013 | Palermo, Sicily, Italy | 21 October |
| 7. | Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska | 9 June 2013 | Kraków, Poland | 1 April |
| 8. | Małgorzata Szewczyk | 5 June | ||
| 9. | Odoardo Focherini | 15 June 2013 | Carpi, Modena, Italy | 6 June |
| 10. | Vladimir Ghika | 31 August 2013 | Bucharest, Romania | 16 May |
| 10. | Antonio Franco | 2 September 2013 | Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy | 2 September |
| 11. | Maria Bolognesi | 7 September 2013 | Rovigo, Italy | 30 January |
| 12. | José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero 1 | 14 September 2013 | Córdoba, Argentina | 26 January |
| 13. | Tommaso da Olera | 21 September 2013 | Bergamo, Italy | 3 May |
| 14. | Miroslav Bulešić | 28 September 2013 | Istria, Croatia | 24 August |
| 15. | Rolando Rivi | 5 October 2013 | Modena, Italy | 29 May |
| 16. | 522 Spanish Martyrs | 13 October 2013 | Tarragona, Spain | 6 November |
| 17. | István Sándor | 19 October 2013 | Budapest, Hungary | 8 June |
| 18. | Maria Theresia Bonzel | 10 November 2013 | Paderborn, Germany | 6 February |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maria Cristina of Savoy | 25 January 2014 | Naples, Italy | 31 January |
| 2. | Giuseppe Girotti | 26 April 2014 | Alba, Cuneo, Italy | 1 April |
| 3. | Anton Durcovici | 17 May 2014 | Iași, Romania | 20 December |
| 4. | Mario Vergara | 24 May 2014 | Aversa, Caserta, Italy | 24 May |
| 5. | Isidore Ngei Ko Lat | |||
| 6. | Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera | 31 May 2014 | Collevallenza, Perugia, Italy | 8 February |
| 7. | Paul Yun Ji-Chung & 123 Companions | 16 August 2014 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 May |
| 8. | Giovannina Franchi | 20 September 2014 | Como, Italy | 23 February |
| 9. | Álvaro del Portillo | 27 September 2014 | Madrid, Spain | 12 May |
| 10. | Teresa Demjanovich | 4 October 2014 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | 8 May |
| 11. | Francesco Zirano | 12 October 2014 | Sassari, Italy | 29 January |
| 12. | Pope Paul VI 2 | 19 October 2014 | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City | 29 May |
| 13. | Assunta Marchetti | 25 October 2014 | São Paulo, Brazil | 1 July |
| 14. | Pedro Asúa Mendía | 1 November 2014 | Vitoria, Spain | 29 August |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Teresio Olivelli | 3 February 2018 | Vigevano, Italy | 16 January |
| 2. | Lucien Botovasoa | 15 April 2018 | Vohipeno, Madagascar | 14 April |
| 3. | Hanna Helena Chrzanowska | 28 April 2018 | Kraków, Poland | 29 April |
| 4. | János Brenner | 1 May 2018 | Szombathely, Hungary | 15 December |
| 5. | Clara Fey | 5 May 2018 | Aachen, Germany | 8 May |
| 6. | Leonella Sgorbati | 26 May 2018 | Piacenza, Italy | 17 September |
| 7. | Maria Gargani | 2 June 2018 | Naples, Italy | 24 May |
| 8. | Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon | 10 June 2018 | Agen, France | 10 January |
| 9. | Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez | 16 June 2018 | Caracas, Venezuela | 9 May |
| 10. | María Guggiari Echeverría | 23 June 2018 | Barrio Obrero, Asunción, Paraguay | 28 April |
| 11. | Anna Kolesárová | 1 September 2018 | Košice, Slovakia | 20 November (Archdiocese of Košice) 22 November |
| 12. | Alphonse-Marie Eppinger | 9 September 2018 | Strasbourg, France | 9 September |
| 13. | Veronica Antal | 22 September 2018 | Nisiporești, Romania | 24 August |
| 14. | Jean-Baptiste Fouque | 30 September 2018 | Marseille, France | 5 December |
| 15. | Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz | 20 October 2018 | Málaga, Spain | 18 July |
| 16. | Marcello Maruzzo | 27 October 2018 | Izabal, Guatemala | 1 July |
| 17. | Luis Navarro | |||
| 18. | Clelia Merloni | 3 November 2018 | Rome, Italy | 20 November |
| 19. | Michał Giedroyć | 7 November 2018 | Vatican City (equipollent beatification) | 4 May |
| 20. | Teodoro Illera del Olmo & 15 Companions | 10 November 2018 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 November |
| 21. | Pierre Claverie & 18 Companions | 8 December 2018 | Oran, Algeria | 1 August (Claverie) 8 May (18 other martyrs) |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maria Velotti | 26 September 2020 | Naples, Italy | 2 September |
| 2. | Olinto Marella | 4 October 2020 | Bologna, Italy | 6 September |
| 3. | Carlo Acutis 5 | 10 October 2020 | Assisi, Italy | 12 October |
| 4. | Michael Joseph McGivney | 31 October 2020 | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | 13 August |
| 5. | Joan Roig i Diggle | 7 November 2020 | Barcelona, Spain | 11 September |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Henri-Mathieu Planchat & 4 Companions | 22 April 2023 | Paris, France | 26 May |
| 2. | Maria Concepción Barrecheguren García | 6 May 2023 | Granada, Spain | 13 May |
| 3. | Jacinto Vera | Montevideo, Uruguay | 6 May | |
| 4. | Elisabetta Martinez | 25 June 2023 | Lecce, Italy | 8 February |
| 5. | Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children | 10 September 2023 | Markowa, Poland | 7 July |
| 6. | Giuseppe Beotti | 30 September 2023 | Piacenza, Italy | 20 July |
| 7. | Manuel González-Serna Rodríguez & 19 Companions | 18 November 2023 | Seville, Spain | 6 November |
| 8. | Eduardo Francisco Pironio | 16 December 2023 | Luján, Argentina | 4 February |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Guy de Montpellier | 18 May 2024 | Vatican City (equipollent beatification) | 7 February |
| 2. | Giuseppe Rossi | 26 May 2024 | Novara, Italy | 26 February |
| 3. | Michał Rapacz | 15 June 2024 | Kraków, Poland | 12 May |
| 4. | Esţfān al-Dwayhī | 2 August 2024 | Bkerké, Lebanon | 3 May |
| 5. | Luigi Carrara & 3 Companions | 18 August 2024 | Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28 November |
| 6. | Ján Havlík | 31 August 2024 | Šaštín-Stráže, Slovakia | 12 February |
| 7. | Moisés Lira Serafín | 14 September 2024 | Mexico City, Mexico | 25 June |
| 8. | Ana de Jesús | 29 September 2024 | Brussels, Belgium | 25 November |
| 9. | José Torres Padilla | 9 November 2024 | Seville, Spain | 23 April |
| 10. | Luigi Palić | 16 November 2024 | Shkodër, Albania | 20 February |
| 11. | John Gazulli | 5 March | ||
| 12. | Max Josef Metzger | 17 November 2024 | Freiburg, Germany | 17 April |
| 13. | Gaetano Clausellas Ballvé | 23 November 2024 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 November |
| 14. | Antonio Tort Reixachs | |||
| 15. | Juana Vázquez Gutiérrez | 25 November 2024 | Vatican City (equipollent beatification) | 3 May |
| No. | Name | Date of Beatification | Place of Beatification | Feast Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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