This list of venerated Americans includes saints of the Catholic Church and beati, venerabili, servants of God who are significantly associated with what was at the time or subsequently became the United States.
Catholicism in the United States began with the first European explorations and colonization of the Americas. Indeed, Columbus's expedition of 1492 included Catholic priests among the crew. Catholic missionaries were some of the first Europeans to reach many parts of French North America and British North America in the east, and Spanish North America in the Southwestern United States.
Several American Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past 50 years. Catholics continue to contribute to American religious life. Most of these Americans were born after 1850, though the majority of those who have been canonized so far were not.
Image | Servants of God | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
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Francesca Saverio Cabrini | 15 July 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi, Italy | 22 December 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
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Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton | 28 August 1774 in New York City, New York, United States | 4 January 1821 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States | Widow; Founder, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (in the United States), the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Halifax, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey | Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
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John Nepomuk Neumann | 28 March 1811 in Prachatice, Czechia | 5 January 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed Priest, Redemptorists; Archbishop of Philadelphia; Founder, Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia | Philadelphia and České Budějovice | Heroic Virtues | |
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Rose-Philippine Duchesne | 29 August 1769 in Grenoble, Isère, France | 18 November 1852 in St. Charles, Missouri, United States | Professed Religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | Rome and Saint Louis | Heroic Virtues | |
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Katharine Mary Drexel | 26 November 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 3 March 1955 in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, United States | Founder, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People | Philadelphia | Heroic Virtues | |
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Anne-Thérèse Guérin (rel. name: Mother Théodore) | 2 October 1798 in Étables-sur-Mer, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 14 Mat 1856 in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States | Founder, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods | Indianapolis | Heroic Virtues | |
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Jozef De Veuster (rel. name: Damien) | 3 January 1840 in Tremelo, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | 15 April 1889 in Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi, United States | Professed Priest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) | Mechelen–Brussels and Honolulu | Heroic Virtues | |
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Pedro Calungsod | c. 1650 in one of the Visayan Islands, Philippines | 2 April 1672 in Tumon, Guam (U.S. Territory) | Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu | Cebu | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
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Barbara Cope (rel. name: Marianne) | 23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany | 9 August 1918 in Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi, United States | Professed Religious, Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse | Honolulu | Heroic Virtues | |
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Kateri Tekakwitha | c. 1656 in Ossernenon near Auriesville, New York, United States | 17 April 1680 in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada | Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal | Montréal | Heroic Virtues | |
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Miguel José Serra Ferrer (rel. name: Fra Junípero) | 24 November 1713 in Petra, Mallorca, Spain | 28 August 1784 in Monterey, California, United States | Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor | Monterey | Heroic Virtues | |
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Maria Franziska Schervier | 2 January 1819 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 14 December 1876 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Founder, Poor Sisters of Saint Francis and Franciscan Sisters of the Poor | Aachen | Heroic Virtues | |
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Diego Luis de San Vitores | 13 November 1627 in Burgos, Spain | 2 April 1972 in Tumon, Guam | Professed Priest, Jesuits | Manila and Agaña | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
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Franz Xaver Seelos | 11 January 1819 in Füssen, Bavaria, Germany | 4 October 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Professed Priest, Redemptorists | New Orleans and Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
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Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago | 22 November 1918 in Caguas, Puerto Rico | 13 July 1963 in Caguas, Puerto Rico | Layperson of the Diocese of Caguas | Caguas | Heroic Virtues | |
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Teresa Demjanovich (rel. name: Miriam Teresa) | 26 March 1901 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States | 8 May 1927 in Convent Station, New Jersey, United States | Professed Religious, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth | Paterson | Heroic Virtues | |
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Stanley Francis Rother | 27 March 1935 in Okarche, Oklahoma, United States | 28 July 1981 in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala | Priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
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Bernard Casey (rel. name: Francis Solanus) | 25 November 1870 in Oak Grove, Wisconsin, United States | 31 July 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States | Professed Priest, Capuchin Franciscans | Detroit | Heroic Virtues | |
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James Alfred Miller (rel. name: Leo William [Santiago]) | 21 September 1944 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States | 13 February 1982 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala | Professed Religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) | Huehuetenango | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
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Michael Joseph McGivney | 12 August 1852 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States | 14 August 1890 in Thomaston, Connecticut, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford; Founder, Knights of Columbus | Hartford | Heroic Virtues | |
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Antonio Margil Ros (rel. name: Antonio of Jesus) | 18 August 1657 in Valencia, Spain | 6 August 1726 in Mexico City, Mexico | Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor | Mexico | Heroic Virtues | |
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Cornelia Peacock Connelly | 15 January 1809 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 18 April 1879 in Saint Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England | Founder, Society of the Holy Child Jesus | Southwark | Heroic Virtues | |
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Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli | 4 November 1806 in Milan, Italy | 23 February 1864 in Benton, Wisconsin, United States | Professed Priest, Dominicans; Founder, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Sinsinawa | Madison | Heroic Virtues | |
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Józefina Dudzik (rel. name: Mary Theresa) | 30 August 1860 in Płocicz, Kamień Krajeński, Sępólno, Poland | 20 September 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Founder, Franciscan Sisters of Chicago | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
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Pierre Toussaint | prob. 27 June 1766 (or 1780) in Saint-Marc, Artibonite, Haiti | 30 June 1853 in New York City, New York, United States | Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York | New York | Heroic Virtues | |
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Henriette DeLille | 11 March 1813 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 17 November 1862 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Founder, Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans | New Orleans | Heroic Virtues | |
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Kasimira Kaupas (rel. name: Maria) | 6 January 1880 in Ramygala, Panevėžys, Lithuania | 17 April 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Founder, Sisters of Saint Casimir | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
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Nelson Baker | 16 February 1842 in Buffalo, New York, United States | 29 July 1936 in Lackawanna, New York, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Buffalo | Buffalo | Heroic Virtues | |
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Félix Varela Morales | 20 November 1788 in Havana, Cuba | 25 February 1853 in St. Augustine, Florida, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La Habana | San Cristóbal de La Habana | Heroic Virtues | |
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Friderik Irene Baraga | 28 June 1797 in Knežja Vas, Trebnje, Slovenia | 19 January 1868 in Marquette, Michigan, United States | Bishop of Marquette | Marquette | Heroic Virtues | |
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Bridget Teresa McCrory (rel. name: Mary Angeline Teresa) | 21 January 1893 in Mountjoy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 21 January 1984 in Germantown, New York, United States | Founder, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm | Albany | Heroic Virtues | |
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Fulton John Sheen | 8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States | 9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States | Bishop of Rochester; Titular Archbishop of Newport | Peoria | Heroic Virtues | |
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Celestina Bottego | 20 December 1895 in Glendale, Ohio, United States | 20 August 1980 in Parma, Italy | Founder, Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary | Parma | Heroic Virtues | |
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Rafael Cordero Molina | 24 October 1790 in San Juan, Puerto Rico | 5 July 1868 in San Juan, Puerto Rico | Layperson of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Heroic Virtues | |
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Aloysius Schwartz | 18 September 1930 in Washington, D.C., United States | 16 March 1992 in Manila, Philippines | Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila; Founder, Sisters of Mary of Banneux and Brothers of Christ | Manila | Heroic Virtues | |
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William Gagnon | 16 May 1905 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States | 28 February 1972 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Professed Religious, Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God | Montréal | Heroic Virtues | |
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Alphonse Gallegos | 20 February 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | 6 October 1991 in Yuba City, California, United States | Professed Priest, Augustinian Recollects; Titular Bishop of Sasabe; Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento | Sacramento | Heroic Virtues | |
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Teresa Fardella di Blasi | 24 May 1867 in New York City, New York, United States | 26 August 1957 in Trapani, Italy | Widow; Founder, Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin | Trapani | Heroic Virtues | |
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Patrick Peyton | 9 January 1909 in Carracastle, County Mayo, Ireland | 3 June 1992 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, United States | Professed Priest, Congregation of Holy Cross; Founder, Family Rosary Crusade | Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
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Norbert McAuliffe | 30 September 1886 in Manhattan, New York, United States | 3 July 1959 in Alokolum, Gulu, Uganda | Professed Religious, Brothers of the Sacred Heart | Gulu | Heroic Virtues | |
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Antonietta Giugliano | 11 July 1909 in New York City, New York, United States | 8 June 1960 in Portici, Naples, Italy | Cofounder, Little Servants of Christ the King | Naples | Heroic Virtues | |
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María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos (rel. name: María Soledad) | 15 November 1892 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico | 23 April 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico | Professed Religious, Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Heroic Virtues | |
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Augustin Arnaud Pagès (rel. name: Nymphas Victorin) | 7 September 1885 in Chadron, Haute-Loire, France | 16 April 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico | Professed Religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Heroic Virtues | |
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Augustus Tolton | 1 April 1854 in Brush Creek, Missouri, United States | 9 July 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago | Heroic Virtues | |
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Mario Hiriart Pulido | 23 July 1931 in Santiago, Chile | 15 July 1964 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile; Member, Secular Institute of the Schöenstatt Brothers of Mary | Santiago de Chile | Heroic Virtues | |
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Eusebio Francesco Chini | 10 August 1645 in Segno, Trentino, Italy | 15 May 1711 in Santa María Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico | Professed Priest, Jesuits | Hermosillo | Heroic Virtues | |
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Mary Elizabeth Lange | c. 1794 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | 3 February 1882 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Founder, Oblate Sisters of Providence | Baltimore | Heroic Virtues | |
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Rose Hawthorne (rel. name: Mary Alphonsa) | 20 May 1851 in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States | 9 July 1926 in Hawthorne, New York, United States | Founder, Dominican Sisters of Saint Rose of Lima (Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne) | New York | Heroic Virtues | |
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The following list is based according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints:
Image | Servants of God | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause | |
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1820 | Felice de Andreis | 12 December 1778 in Demonte, Cuneo, Italy | 15 October 1820 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Priest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) | Saint Louis and Turin | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 25 June 1918 | |||||||
1830 | Magí Catalá Guasch | 30 January 1761 in Montblanc, Tarragona, Spain | 22 November 1830 in Santa Clara, California, United States | Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor | San Francisco | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: August 1884 | |||||||
1839 | Simon-Guillaume-Gabriel Bruté de Rémur | 20 March 1779 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | 26 June 1839 in Vincennes, Indiana, United States | Bishop of Vincennes (now Indianapolis) | Indianapolis [1] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2 December 2005 | |||||||
1840 | Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin | 22 December 1770 in The Hague, Netherlands | 6 May 1840 in Loretto, Pennsylvania, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown | Altoona–Johnstown [2] [3] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 16 May 2005 | |||||||
1843 | Giuseppe Rosati | 12 January 1789 in Sora, Lazio, Frosinone, Italy | 25 September 1843 in Rome, Italy | Priest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); Bishop of Saint Louis | Saint Louis [4] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1851 | Juliette Noel Toussaint | c. 1786 in Haiti | 14 May 1851 in New York City, New York, United States | Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York | New York [4] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1858 | Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras | 30 August 1792 in Lyon, Rhône, France | 19 February 1858 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States | Bishop of Dubuque | Dubuque [4] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1878 | Patrick Ryan | c. 1845 near Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland | 28 September 1878 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Knoxville | Knoxville [5] [6] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 14 November 2016 | |||||||
1888 | Isaac Thomas Hecker | 18 December 1819 in Manhattan, New York, United States | 28 December 1888 in Manhattan, New York, United States | Priest and Founder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) | New York [7] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 27 January 2008 | |||||||
1893 | Joan Adelaide O'Sullivan (rel. name: María Adelaida of Saint Teresa) | 8 October 1817 in New York City, New York, United States | 15 April 1893 in Grajal de Campos, León, Spain | Professed Religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns | León (Spain) [8] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 23 November 1984 | |||||||
1896 | Marie Adele Joseph Brise | 30 January 1831 in Dion-le-Val, Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium | 5 July 1896 in Champion, Wisconsin, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Green Bay | Green Bay [9] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1899 | Louis de Goesbriand | 4 August 1816 in Saint-Urbain, Finistère, France | 3 November 1899 in Burlington, Vermont, United States | Bishop of Burlington | Burlington [10] [11] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1905 | Anna Bentivoglio (rel. name: Maria Maddalena of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) | 29 July 1824 in Fiano Romano, Rome, Italy | 18 August 1905 in Evansville, Indiana, United States | Professed Religious, Poor Clare Nuns | Evansville | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 30 November 1940 | |||||||
1907 | Margaret Mary Healy Murphy | 4 May 1833 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland | 25 August 1907 in San Antonio, Texas, United States | Widow; Founder, Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate | San Antonio [12] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1908 | Joseph Heinrichs (rel. name: Leo) | 15 August 1867 in Oestrich, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 23 February 1908 in Denver, Colorado, United States | Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor | Newark and Denver [13] [14] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Introduction of Cause: 1 March 1927 | |||||||
1918 | Julia Greeley | c. 1833–48 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States | 7 June 1918 in Denver, Colorado, United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Denver; Member, Secular Franciscans | Denver [15] [16] [17] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 22 October 2016 | |||||||
1919 | Thomas Frederick Price | 19 April 1860 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States | 12 September 1919 in Hong Kong, China | Priest of the Diocese of Raleigh; Cofounder, Maryknoll Missionary Society | Raleigh [18] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2 October 1992 | |||||||
1920 | Francis Joseph Parater | 10 October 1897 in Richmond, Virginia, United States | 7 February 1920 in Rome, Italy | Seminarian of the Diocese of Richmond | Richmond [19] [20] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 4 May 2001 | |||||||
1923 | Jožef Frančišek Buh | 17 March 1833 in Zadobje, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, Slovenia | 3 February 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Duluth | Duluth [21] [22] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
John Eckert (rel. name: Stephen of Dublin) | 28 April 1869 in Dublin, Ontario, Canada | 16 February 1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | Professed Priest, Capuchin Franciscans | Milwaukee [23] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 26 April 1985 | |||||||
John O'Neill (rel. name: Columba) | 5 November 1848 in McKeansburg, Pennsylvania, United States | 20 November 1923 in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States | Professed Religious, Congregation of Holy Cross | Fort Wayne–South Bend [24] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1926 | Jan Cieplak | 17 August 1857 in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland | 16 February 1926 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States | Apostolic Administrator of Mohilev; Archbishop of Vilnius | Rome and Vilnius [25] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 23 June 1952 | |||||||
Theresia Ijsseldijk (rel. name: Theresia of the Holy Trinity) | 13 November 1897 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands | 7 March 1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States | Professed Religious, Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus | Roermond | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 15 April 2010 | |||||||
Anna Cordelia Zervas (rel. name: Mary Annella) | 7 April 1900 in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States | 14 August 1926 in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States | Professed Religious, Benedictine Nuns | Saint Cloud and Crookston [26] [27] [28] | Heroic Virtues | ||
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1927 | Maria Grazia Bellotti LaPercha | 9 November 1882 in Laurenzana, Potenza, Italy | 10 November 1927 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, United States | Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Newark [29] | Newark [4] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
Augustin Alfred Etlin (rel. name: Lukas) | 25 February 1864 Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland | 16 December 1927 Stanberry, Missouri | Professed Priest, Benedictines (Swiss-American Congregation) | Kansas City-Saint Joseph [30] [31] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 13 August 1960 | |||||||
1931 | Federico Salvador Ramón | 9 March 1867 in Almería, Spain | 13 March 1931 in San Diego, California, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Almería; Founder, Servants of the Immaculate Child Mary | Almería | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 29 November 1997 | |||||||
Ira Barnes Dutton (rel. name: Joseph) | 27 April 1843 in Stowe, Vermont, United States | 26 March 1931 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Honolulu; Member, Secular Franciscans | Honolulu [32] [33] [34] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 10 May 2022 | |||||||
1936 | James Anthony Walsh | 30 April 1891 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 14 April 1936 in Maryknoll, New York, United States | Priest and Cofounder, Maryknoll Missionary Society; Titular Bishop of Siene-Assuan | New York [35] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2010 | |||||||
Ángel Baraibar Moreno | 7 September 1891 in San Juan, Puerto Rico | 11 August 1936 in Illescas, Toledo, Spain | Priest of the Archdocese of Toledo | Toledo | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1939 | Anna Marie Lindenberg (rel. name: Theresa of Jesus) | 20 May 1887 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 11 April 1939 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed Religious, Carmelite Nuns of the Ancient Observance | Allentown [36] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2014 | |||||||
1940 | Lewis Thomas Wattson (rel. name: Paul James) | 16 January 1863 in Millington, Maryland, United States | 8 February 1940 in Graymoor, Garrison, New York, United States | Founder and Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | New York [37] [38] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 22 September 2015 | |||||||
Bernard John Quinn | 15 January 1888 in Newark, New Jersey, United States | 7 April 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn | Brooklyn [39] [40] [41] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 15 June 2010 | |||||||
1941 | Rosa Maria Segale (rel. name: Blandina) | 23 January 1850 in Cicagna, Genoa, Italy | 23 February 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | Professed Religious, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati | Santa Fe and Cincinnati [42] [43] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 25 June 2014 | |||||||
1944 | Joseph Verbis Lafleur | 24 January 1912 in Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States | 7 September 1944 off Sindangan Point, Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines | Priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States | Lafayette [44] [45] | Heroic Virtues | |
5 September 2020 | |||||||
1948 | Edward Joseph Flanagan | 13 July 1886 in Leabeg, County Roscommon, Ireland | 15 May 1948 in Berlin, Germany | Priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha | Omaha [46] [47] [48] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 17 March 2012 | |||||||
Rhoda Greer Wise | 22 February 1888 in Cadiz, Ohio, United States | 7 July 1948 in Canton, Ohio, United States | Married Layperson of the Diocese of Youngstown | Youngstown [49] [50] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 7 October 2016 | |||||||
1950 | Nicholas Black Elk | October 1865 in Little Powder River, Wyoming, United States | 17 August 1950 in Manderson, South Dakota, United States | Married Layperson of the Diocese of Rapid City | Rapid City [51] [52] [53] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 17 May 2018 | |||||||
1951 | Emil Joseph Kapaun | 20 April 1916 in Pilsen, Kansas, United States | 23 May 1951 in Pyŏktong, North Pyongan, North Korea | Priest of the Diocese of Wichita | Wichita [54] [55] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 26 October 2007 | |||||||
Francis Xavier Ford | 11 January 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | 21 February 1952 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society; Bishop of Kaiying | Brooklyn [56] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | ||
Introduction of Cause: 30 November 2004 | |||||||
1954 | Julia Teresa Tallon (rel. name: Mary Teresa) | 6 May 1867 in Hanover, Oneida, New York, United States | 10 March 1954 in Monroe, New York, United States | Founder, Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate | New York [57] [58] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 28 February 2013 | |||||||
1955 | Mary Virginia Merrick | 2 November 1866 in Washington, D.C., United States | 10 January 1955 in Washington, D.C., United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.; Founder, Christ Child Society | Washington, D.C. [59] [60] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2 April 2003 | |||||||
1957 | Cora Louise Yorgason Evans | 9 July 1904 in Midvale, Utah, United States | 30 March 1957 in Boulder Creek, California, United States | Married Layperson of the Diocese of Monterey | Monterey [61] [62] [63] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 29 March 2012 | |||||||
Teresa Kearney (rel. name: Mary Kevin) | 28 April 1875 in Knockenrahan, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland | 17 October 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Founder, Little Sisters of Saint Francis and the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa | Lugazi and Boston [64] [65] | Heroic Virtues | ||
6 May 2016 | |||||||
1959 | Charlene Marie Richard | 13 January 1947 in Richard, Louisiana, United States | 11 August 1959 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States | Child of the Diocese of Lafayette | Lafayette [66] [67] [68] | Heroic Virtues | |
11 January 2020 | |||||||
1967 | Vincent Robert Capodanno | 13 February 1929 in Staten Island, New York, United States | 4 September 1967 in Châu Lâm, Thăng Bình, Quảng Nam, Vietnam | Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society; Priest of the Military Ordinariate of the United States | Military Ordinariate of the United States [69] [70] [71] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 17 September 2004 | |||||||
1968 | Jean Martin Eyraud | 11 November 1880 in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, Hautes-Alpes, France | 5 February 1968 in Reserve, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans | New Orleans | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 3 November 2001 | |||||||
1970 | Giancarlo Rastelli | 25 June 1933 in Pescara, Italy | 2 February 1970 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Married Layperson of the Diocese of Parma | Parma | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 30 September 2005 | |||||||
1971 | William Evans | 15 January 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 13 November 1971 in Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Professed Priest, Congregation of Holy Cross | Peoria [4] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1972 | Ernő Tindira | 1892 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States | 19 January 1972 in Barbovo, Mukachevo, Ukraine | Professed Priest, Conventual Franciscans | Mukachevo | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Introduction of Cause: 3 January 2006 | |||||||
1974 | Daniel Foley (rel. name: Theodore of Mary Immaculate) | 3 March 1913 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States | 9 October 1974 in Rome, Italy | Professed Priest, Passionists | Rome [72] [73] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 19 December 2007 | |||||||
1975 | Michael Jerome Cypher (rel. name: Casimir) | 2 January 1941 in Medford, Wisconsin, United States | 25 June 1975 in Los Horcones, Trinidad, Guarizama, Olancho, Honduras | Professed Priest, Conventual Franciscans | Juticalpa [74] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Introduction of Cause: | |||||||
1976 | Paul Michael Murphy | 24 April 1939 in Wilmette, Illinois, United States | 10 February 1976 in Mesa, Arizona, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Phoenix; Consecrated Member, Miles Jesu | Phoenix [75] [76] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 24 March 2006 | |||||||
1977 | Auguste [Nonco] Pelafigue | 10 January 1888 in Beaucens, Hautes-Pyrénées, United States | 6 June 1977 in Arnaudville, Louisiana, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Lafayette; Member, Apostleship of Prayer | Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette [77] [78] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 11 January 2020 | |||||||
George Willmann | 18 February 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | 14 September 1977 in The Bronx, New York, United States | Professed Priest, Jesuits | Manila [79] [80] [81] | Heroic Virtues | ||
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1980 | Dorothy Day | 8 November 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, United States | 29 November 1980 in New York City, New York, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of New York; Member, Catholic Worker Movement | New York [82] [83] [84] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 10 March 2000 | |||||||
1981 | Juan Luis Ellacuria Echevarría (rel. name: Aloysius) | 21 June 1905 in Yurre, Vizcaya, Spain | 6 April 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States | Professed Priest, Claretians | Los Angeles [85] [86] [87] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 11 April 2016 | |||||||
1982 | William Slattery | 7 May 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States | 10 August 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Priest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) | Philadelphia [4] | Heroic Virtues | |
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1982 | Vincent Joseph McCauley | 8 March 1906 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States | 1 November 1982 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Professed Priest, Congregation of Holy Cross; Bishop of Fort Portal | Fort Portal [88] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 31 August 2006 | |||||||
1983 | José Luis Múzquiz de Miguel | 14 October 1912 in Badajoz, Spain | 21 June 1983 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, United States | Priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei | Boston [89] [90] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2010 | |||||||
Terence James Cooke | 1 March 1921 in New York City, New York, United States | 6 October 1983 in New York City, New York, United States | Archbishop of New York; Cardinal | New York [91] [92] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 18 August 1992 | |||||||
1984 | Walter Ciszek | 4 November 1904 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States | 8 December 1984 in The Bronx, New York, United States | Professed Priest, Jesuits | Allentown [93] [94] [95] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 11 October 1990 | |||||||
1985 | John Maronic | 30 July 1922 in International Falls, Minnesota, United States | 14 December 1985 in Belleville, Illinois, United States | Professed Priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Founder, Victorious Missionaries | Belleville [4] [96] | Heroic Virtues | |
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1989 | Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek | 18 August 1913 in Belu, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia | 30 November 1989 in Lakewood, Colorado, United States | Professed Priest, Society of the Divine Word; Archbishop of Endeh; Founder, Daughters of Our Lady Queen of the Holy Rosary | Larantuka [97] | Heroic Virtues | |
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1990 | Bertha Bowman (rel. name: Thea) | 29 December 1937 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States | 30 March 1990 in Canton, Mississippi, United States | Professed Religious, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration | Jackson [98] [99] [100] | Heroic Virtues | |
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1993 | María Belen Guzmán Florit (rel. name: Dominga) | 3 September 1897 in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 16 January 1993 in Yauco, Puerto Rico | Founder, Dominican Sisters of Fatima | Ponce [101] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 15 June 2001 | |||||||
1994 | John Joseph McKniff | 5 September 1905 in Media, Pennsylvania, United States | 24 March 1994 in Miami, Florida, United States | Professed Priest, Augustinians | Chulucanas [102] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 8 April 2000 | |||||||
Rossella Petrellesse | 1 April 1972 in Naples, Italy | 18 September 1994 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Young Layperson of the Diocese of Acerra | Acerra [103] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 13 September 2008 | |||||||
1999 | Matthias DeWitte Ward (rel. name: Martin Maria de Porres) | 20 March 1918 in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, United States | 22 June 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Professed Priest, Conventual Franciscans | São João del Rei [104] | Heroic Virtues | |
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Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka | 24 May 1937 in Pankshin, Plateau, Nigeria | 9 December 1999 in New York City, New York, United States | Archbishop of Jos | Jos | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 2014 | |||||||
2000 | Ida Peterfy | 7 October 1922 in Košice, Slovakia | 8 February 2000 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States | Founder, Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart | Los Angeles [105] [106] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 19 April 2016 | |||||||
Gertrude Agnes Barber | 16 September 1911 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States | 29 April 2000 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Erie | Erie [107] [108] [109] [110] | Heroic Virtues | ||
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John Anthony Hardon | 18 June 1914 in Midland, Pennsylvania, United States | 30 December 2000 in Clarkston, Michigan, United States | Professed Priest, Jesuits | Saint Louis [111] [112] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 31 May 2007 | |||||||
2001 | Leonard LaRue (rel. name: Marinus) | 14 January 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 14 October 2001 in Newton, New Jersey, United States | Professed Religious, Benedictine (Ottilien Congregation) | Paterson [113] [114] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 25 March 2019 | |||||||
2002 | Gwen Cecilia Billings Conicker | 27 September 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | 15 June 2002 in Bloomingdale, Ohio, United States | Married Layperson of the Diocese of Steubenville; Cofounder, Apostolate for Family Consecration | Steubenville [115] [116] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 9 September 2007 | |||||||
2004 | Joseph Henry Cappel | 16 November 1908 in Covington, Kentucky, United States | 31 May 2004 in Curepto, Talca, Chile | Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society | Talca [117] [118] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 2018 | |||||||
Maria Esperanza Medrano Parra de Bianchini | 22 November 1928 in San Rafael de Barrancas, Monagas, Venezuela | 7 August 2004 in Long Beach, New York, United States | Married Layperson of the Dioceses of Los Teques and Metuchen | Los Teques and Metuchen [119] [120] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 31 January 2010 | |||||||
Fernando Rielo Pardal | 28 August 1923 in Madrid, Spain | 6 December 2004 in New York City, New York, United States | Layperson of the Archdiocese of Madrid; Founder, Idente Missionaries of Christ the Redeemer | Madrid [121] | Heroic Virtues | ||
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2006 | Joseph Walijewski | 25 April 1914 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | 11 April 2006 in Lima, Peru | Priest of the Diocese of La Crosse | La Crosse [122] [123] | Heroic Virtues | |
Introduction of Cause: 1 May 2013 | |||||||
William Edward [Bill] Atkinson | 4 January 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 15 September 2006 in Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States | Professed Priest, Augustinians | Philadelphia [124] [125] [126] | Heroic Virtues | ||
Introduction of Cause: 24 April 2017 | |||||||
2009 | Irving Charles Houle [Francis] | 27 December 1925 in Wilson, Michigan, United States | 3 January 2009 in Marquette, Michigan, United States | Married Layperson of the Diocese of Marquette | Marquette [127] [128] [129] | Heroic Virtues | |
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2015 | Michelle Christine Duppong | 25 January 1984 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States | 25 December 2015 in Haymarsh, North Dakota, United States | Layperson of the Diocese of Bismarck; Member, Fellowship of Catholic University Students | Bismarck [130] [131] | Heroic Virtues | |
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Jesuit Martyrs of North America (1642–49) | ||||||
René Goupil | 15 May 1608 in Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, France | 29 September 1642 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States | Professed Religious, Jesuits | Toronto and New York | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Isaac Jogues | 10 January 1607 in Orléans, Loiret, France | 18 October 1646 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States | Professed Priest, Jesuits | |||
Jean de Lalande | c. 1620–25 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France | 19 October 1646 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States | Professed Religious, Jesuits | |||
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Martyrs of "La Florida" Missions (1549–1715) | ||||||
Luis de Cáncer | ca. 1500 in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain | 26 June 1549 in Safety Harbor, Florida, United States | Professed Priest, Dominicans | Pensacola-Tallahassee [132] [133] [134] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
56 Martyrs of "La Florida" Missions | Died: early June 1549 to July 1715 in Florida, United States | Professed Priests and Religious, Dominicans, Jesuits, Franciscan Friars Minor and Hospitallers of Saint John of God; Married and Young Laypersons of the Dioceses of Pensacola–Tallahassee, Saint Augustine, Orlando and Venice | ||||
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Franciscan Martyrs of Georgia (1597) | ||||||
Pedro de Corpa | c. 1555 in Villaba, Burgos, Spain | 13 September 1597 in Darien, Georgia, United States | Professed Priests, Franciscan Friars Minor | Savannah [135] | Martyrs in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Blas de Rodríguez | c. 1500 in Villa de Cuacos, Cáceres, Spain | 16 September 1597 in Eulonia, Georgia, United States | ||||
Miguel de Añon | c. 1550–60 in Zaragoza, Spain | 17 September 1597 in St. Catherines Island, Georgia, United States | ||||
Antonio de Badajoz | c. 1550 in La Albuera, Badajoz, United States | Professed Religious, Franciscan Friars Minor | ||||
Francisco de Veráscola | c. 1560–70 in Gordejuela, Vizcaya, United States | 18 September 1597 in St. Simons, Georgia, United States | Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor | |||
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Shreveport Martyrs of Charity (1873) | ||||||
Isidore Quémerais | 9 September 1847 in Pleine-Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | 15 September 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | Shreveport [136] [137] | Offer of Life | |
Jean Pierre | 29 September 1831 in Lanloup, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 16 September 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
Jean-Marie Biler | 18 November 1849 in Plourivo, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 26 September 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
Louis-Marie Gergaud | 22 March 1832 in Héric, Loire-Atlantique, France | 1 October 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
François Le Vézouët | 10 August 1833 in Brélidy, Côtes-d'Armor, France | 8 October 1873 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States | Priest of the Diocese of Shreveport | |||
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Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War (1934–39) | ||||||
Josep Tristany Pujol (rel. name: Lluc of Saint Joseph) | 14 December 1872 in Su, Lleida, Spain | 20 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain | Professed Priest, Discalced Carmelites | Barcelona [138] | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Ricardo Farré Masip (rel. name: Eduardo of the Child Jesus) | 3 April 1897 in Lleida, Spain | 25 July 1936 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain | ||||
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Modern Martyrs of Korea (1901–1974) | ||||||
James Maginn | 15 November 1911 in Butte, Montana, United States | 4 July 1950 in Samcheok, Gangwon, South Korea | Priest, Missionary Society of Saint Columban | Seoul | Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur | |
Patrick Thomas Brennan | 13 March 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, United States | 24 September 1950 in Daejeon, South Korea | Priest, Missionary Society of Saint Columban; Apostolic Prefect of Gwangju | |||
Patrick James Byrne | 26 October 1888 in Washington, D.C., United States | 25 November 1950 in Chunggang, Chagang, North Korea | Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society; Titular Bishop of Gazera; Apostolic Delegate to Korea | |||
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