The following is a list of modern-day couples recognized by various Christian denominations to have lived such an exemplary holy lives in marriage and are under the process for canonization. [1] [2]
Husband | Wife | Diocese | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Portrait | Name | Born | Died | |
St. Isidro Merlo Quintana | c. 1070 (or 1082) Madrid, Spain | 15 May 1130 Madrid, Spain | Bl. Maria Torribia de la Cabeza Merlo | ? Caraquiz, Guadalajara, Spain | c. 1175 Torrelaguna, Madrid, Spain | Archdiocese of Madrid | ||
Bl. Ludwig Ludovingian | 28 October 1200 Creuzburg, Thuringia, Germany | 11 September 1227 Otranto, Lecce, Italy | St. Elisabeth von Thüringen | 7 July 1207 Bratislava, Slovakia | 17 November 1231 Marburg, Hesse, Germany | Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest | ||
Bl. Luchesio Modestini | c. 1180 Gaggiano, Milan, Italy | 28 April 1260 Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy | Bl. Bounadonna de Segni Modestini | c. 1181 Italy | 28 April 1260 Poggibonsi, Siena, Italy | Archdiocese of Siena | ||
Servant of God Alfonso Sanches | 24 May 1289 Ribeira de Pena, Portugal | 2 November 1329 Escalona, Toledo, Spain | Servant of God Teresa Martins de Menezes Telo Sanches | ? Portugal | c. 1350 Vila do Conde, Portugal | Archdiocese of Braga [3] | ||
Servant of God Claude-Toussaint Marot de La Garaye | 30 October 1675 Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France | 2 July 1755 Taden, Côtes-d'Armor, France | Servant of God Marguerite-Marie Piquet de la Motte de La Garaye | 24 December 1681 Vannes, Morbihan, France | 20 June 1757 Taden, Côtes-d'Armor, France | Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier [4] | ||
Ven. Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo | 26 October 1782 Turin, Italy | 4 September 1838 Chiari, Brescia, Italy | Ven. Giulia Vittorina Colbert Falletti di Barolo | 26 June 1876 Maulévrier, Vendée, France | 19 January 1864 Turin, Italy | Archdiocese of Turin [5] | ||
Ven. Pierre Toussaint | prob. 27 June 1766 (or 1780) Saint-Marc, Artibonite, France | 30 June 1853 New York City, New York, United States | Servant of God Juliette Noel Toussaint | c. 1786 Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) | 14 May 1851 New York City, New York, United States | Archdiocese of New York | ||
Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam | 23 April 1813 Milan, Italy | 8 September 1853 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | Servant of God Marie-Josephine-Amélie Soulacroix | 11 August 1820 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | 26 September 1894 Écully, Lyons, France | Archdioceses of Paris and Marseille [2] | ||
St. Louis Joseph Martin | 22 August 1823 Bordeaux, Gironde, France | 29 July 1894 Arnières-sur-Iton, Eure, France | St. Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin | 23 December 1831 Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon, Orne, France | 28 August 1877 Alençon, Orne, France | Dioceses of Séez and Bayeux-Lisieux | ||
Servant of God Francisco Armida García | 17 March 1854 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | 17 September 1901 Mexico City, Mexico | Bl. María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida | 8 December 1862 San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 3 March 1937 Mexico City, Mexico | Archdiocese of Mexico [2] | ||
Servant of God Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães | 26 July 1851 Magé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 1909 Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Servant of God Zélia (Elisa) Pedreira Abreu Magalhães | 5 April 1857 Ingá, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 1919 Largo do Machado, Catete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro [6] [7] [8] | ||
Bl. Karl I (IV) von Österreich | 17 August 1887 Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Melk, Austria | 1 April 1922 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | Servant of God Zita of Bourbon-Parma | 9 May 1892 Capezza Pianore, Lucca, Italy | 14 March 1989 Zizers, Graubünden, Switzerland | Archdiocese of Vienna and Diocese of Le Mans | ||
Bl. Bartolo Longo | 11 February 1841 Latiano, near Brindisi, Italy | 5 October 1926 Pompei, Ancona, Italy | Servant of God Marianna Farnararo de Fusco Longo | 13 December 1836 Monopoli, Bari, Italy | 9 February 1924 Pompei, Ancona, Italy | Territorial Prelature of Pompei | ||
Servant of God Nicolás Pakarati Urepotahi | 1860 in Mataveri, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile | 12 October 1927 Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile | Servant of God Elisabeth Marohania Kagitaki Ragitake Urepotahi[ citation needed ] | November 1869 Fangatau, Tuamoto Island, French Polynesia | 2 October 1949 Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile | Diocese of Villarrica (Chile) [9] | ||
Bl. László Batthyány-Strattmann | 28 October 1870 Dunakiliti, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 22 January 1931 Vienna, Austria | Servant of God Mária Terézia Coreth Batthyány-Strattmann | 10 November 1874 Vienna, Austria | 14 March 1951 Vienna, Austria | Diocese of Szombathely and Archdiocese of Vienna [10] | ||
Servant of God Karol Wojtyła | 18 July 1879 Lipnik, Bielsko-Biała, Poland | 18 February 1941 Kraków, Poland | Servant of God Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyła | 26 March 1884 Kraków, Poland | 13 April 1929 Wadowice, Poland | Archdiocese of Kraków [11] [12] [13] | ||
Servant of God Giovanni Gheddo | 22 April 1900 Viancino, Vercelli, Italy | 17 December 1942 at the Don River basin, Volgogradskaya oblast', Russia | Servant of God Rosetta Franzi Gheddo | 3 December 1902 Crova, Vercelli, Italy | 26 October 1934 Tronzano Vercellese, Vercelli, Italy | Archdiocese of Vercelli [14] [15] | ||
Servant of God Eugenio Balmori Martínez | 7 July 1900 San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 14 May 1946 Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico | Servant of God Marina Francisca Cinta Sarrelangue de Balmori | 9 March 1909 Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico | 29 September 1988 Mexico City, Mexico | Diocese of Coatzacoalcos [16] [17] | ||
Servant of God Louis Wandete [Ouandete] | c. 1877 northern Côte d'Ivoire | 2 March 1949 Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d'Ivoire | Servant of God Valérie Ama Wandete [Ouandete] | c. 1883 Krinjabo, Sud-Comoé, Côte d'Ivoire | 17 December 1948 Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d’Ivoire | Archdiocese of Korhogo [18] | ||
Servant of God Félix Leseur | 22 March 1861 Reims, Marne, France | 27 February 1950 Paris, France | Servant of God Pauline-Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur | 16 October 1866 Paris, France | 3 May 1914 Paris, France | Archdiocese of Paris [2] | ||
Servant of God Paulus Takashi Nagai | 3 February 1908 Matsue, Shimane, Japan | 1 May 1951 Nagasaki, Japan | Servant of God Marina Moriyama Midori | 8 October 1908 Urakami, Nagasaki, Japan | 9 August 1945 Urakami, Nagasaki, Japan | Archdiocese of Nagasaki and Vicariate of Rome [19] [20] [21] | ||
Bl. Luigi Beltrame Quattrochi | 12 January 1880 Catania, Italy | 9 November 1951 Rome, Italy | Bl. Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrochi | 24 June 1884 Florence, Italy | 26 August 1965 Serravalle, Bibbiena, Arezzo, Italy | Vicariate of Rome | ||
Servant of God Manuel Casesnoves Soler | 30 June 1904 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain | 24 May 1958 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain | Servant of God Adela Soldevila Galiana de Casesnoves | 5 May 1906 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain | 3 March 1988 Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain | Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain) [22] [23] [24] | ||
Ven. Enrique Ernesto Shaw | 26 February 1921 Paris, France | 27 August 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina | Servant of God Cecilia Bunge de Shaw | 13 May 1921 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 23 May 2007 Buenos Aires, Arrgentina | Archdiocese of Buenos Aires [25] [26] | ||
Ven. Sergio Bernardini | 20 May 1882 Sassoguidano, Modena, Italy | 12 October 1966 Verica, Modena, Italy | Ven. Domenica Bedonni Bernardini | 12 April 1889 Verica, Modena, Italy | 27 February 1971 Verica, Modena, Italy | Archdiocese of Modena–Nonantola | ||
Servant of God Georges-Philias Vanier | 23 April 1888 Montréal, Québec, Canada | 5 March 1967 Ottawa, Canada | Servant of God Pauline Archer-Vanier | 17 March 1902 Auzits, Aveyron, France | 23 March 1991 Trosly-Breuil, Oise, France | Archdiocese of Ottawa [27] [28] [29] | ||
Servant of God Ulisse Amendolagine | 14 May 1893 Salerno, Italy | 30 May 1969 Rome, Italy | Servant of God Lelia Cossidente Amendolagine | 4 May 1893 Potenza, Italy | 3 July 1951 Rome, Italy | Vicariate of Rome [30] [31] | ||
Servant of God Edmond Michelet | 8 October 1889 Paris, France | 9 October 1970 Marcillac-la-Croisille, Corrèze, France | Servant of God Marie Michelet née Vialle | 25 January 1900 Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France | 1 September 1989 Marcillac-la-Croisille, Corrèze, France | Diocese of Tulle [32] [33] [34] | ||
Servant of God Edward Joseph Doherty | 30 October 1890 Chicago, Illinois, United States | 4 May 1975 Combermere, Ontario, Canada | Servant of God Catherine De Hueck Doherty | 15 August 1896 Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Russia | 14 December 1985 Combermere, Ontario, Canada | Diocese of Pembroke [2] [35] | ||
Servant of God Fernando Crespo Alfageme | 1 June 1907 León, Spain | 7 January 1976 León, Spain | Servant of God María Lourdes de Miguel Crespo de Crespo | 11 February 1913 Sahagún, León, Spain | 28 February 1983 León, Spain | Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei [36] | ||
Servant of God Raoul Follereau | 17 August 1903 Nevers, Nièvre, France | 6 December 1977 Paris, France | Servant of God Madeleine Follereau née Boudou | 17 March 1902 Auzits, Aveyron, France | 3 March 1991 Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Archdiocese of Paris [37] [38] [39] | ||
Servant of God Settimio Manelli | 25 April 1886 Teramo, Italy | 26 April 1978 Rome, Italy | Servant of God Licia Gualandris Manelli | 13 July 1907 Nembro, Bergamo, Italy | 18 January 2004 Rome, Italy | Vicariate of Rome [40] [41] | ||
Servant of God Eduardo Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia | 31 October 1910 Segovia, Spain | 20 May 1985 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain | Servant of God Laura Busca Otaegui de Ortiz de Landázuri | 3 November 1918 Zumárraga, Guipúzcoa, Spain | 11 October 2000 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain | Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei [42] | ||
Servant of God Aristides Calvani Silva | 19 January 1918 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 18 January 1986 at the Petén forest, Guatemala | Servant of God Adela Rina Abbo Fontana de Calvani | 2 December 1919 Cúcuta, Lara, Venezuela | 18 January 1986 at the Petén forest, Guatemala | Archdiocese of Caracas [43] | ||
Servant of God Abraham Reyes Díaz | 16 March 1917 Siquisique, Lara, Venezuela | 6 September 1988 Caracas, Venezuela | Servant of God María Patricia García García de Reyes | 24 August 1924 Aragüita, Acevedo, Miranda, Venezuela | 15 February 2006 Monte Piedad, Catia, Caracas, Venezuela | Archdiocese of Caracas [44] [45] [46] | ||
Servant of God Tomás Alvira y Alvira | 17 January 1906 Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, Spain | 7 May 1992 Madrid, Spain | Servant of God Francisca [Paquita] Domínguez Susín de Alvira | 1 April 1912 Borau, Huesca, Spain | 29 August 1994 Madrid, Spain | Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei [47] [48] [49] | ||
Servant of God Marcello Inguscio | 26 June 1934 Lecce, Italy | 2 January 1996 Catania, Italy | Servant of God Anna Maria Ritter Inguscio | 23 August 1938 Catania, Italy | 2 January 1986 Catania, Italy | Archdiocese of Catania [50] [51] | ||
Servant of God Francesco Bono | 9 February 1939 Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Italy | 24 April 1996 Catanzaro, Italy | Servant of God Maria Rosaria de Angelis Bono | 7 October 1955 Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy | 24 December 2000 Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy | Diocese of Locri-Gerace [52] | ||
Servant of God Aldo Michisanti | 1 December 1937 Rome, Italy | 3 March 1997 Rome, Italy | Servant of God Enrica Onorante Michisanti | 19 November 1945 Rome, Italy | 25 January 2007 Rome, Italy | Vicariate of Rome [53] [54] [55] | ||
Servant of God Francesco Ugenti | 28 July 1913 Toritto, Bari, Italy | 7 November 1998 Grumo Appula, Bari, Italy | Servant of God Teresa Sivilli Ugenti | 9 April 1913 Grumo Appula, Bari, Italy | 21 May 1984 Rome, Italy | Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto and Vicariate of Rome [56] [57] | ||
Servant of God Henry Casolani | 25 November 1917 Valletta, Malta | 29 December 1999 Valletta, Malta | Servant of God Inez Vassallo Casolani | 11 October 1915 Cospicua, Malta | 13 July 1992 Valletta, Malta | Archdiocese of Malta [58] [59] [60] | ||
Servant of God Pietro Molla | 1 July 1912 Mesero, Milan, Italy | 3 April 2010 Mesero, Milan, Italy | St. Gianna Beretta Molla | 4 October 1922 Magenta, Milan, Italy | 28 April 1962 Magenta, Milan, Italy | Archdiocese of Milan [61] [62] [63] [64] | ||
Servant of God Consilio Pistocchi | 23 April 1937 Polenta di Bertinoro, Forlì-Cesena, Italy | 19 September 2012 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy | Servant of God Bruna Buratti Pistocchi | 1 June 1945 Martorano, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy | 9 November 2010 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy | Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina | ||
Servant of God Daniel George Hyams | 1 June 1921 Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa | 28 December 2012 Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa | Servant of God Maria Domitilla Rota Hyams | 7 May 1918 Albenza di Almenno San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, Italy | 18 January 2011 Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa | Archdiocese of Johannesburg [65] [66] |
Husband | Wife | Diocese | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Portrait | Name | Born | Died | |
Couples killed during the Spanish Civil War (1934, 36-39) | ||||||||
Bl. Francisco de Paula Ortega Montilla | 29 August 1868 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain | 23 July 1936 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain | Bl. María Antonia Vergara Melgar de Ortega | 9 May 1867 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain | 23 July 1936 Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain | Diocese of Córdoba | ||
Servant of God Manuel Marín Portela | ? Adanero, Ávila, Spain | 12 August 1936 Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain | Servant of God Teresa Basulto Jiménez de Marín | ? Adanero, Ávila, Spain | 12 August 1936 Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Vallecas, Madrid, Spain | Diocese of Jaén | ||
Bl. Isidoro Fernández Rubio | 04 April 1887 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain | 16 August 1936 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain | Bl. Isidra Fernández Palomero de Fernández | 15 May 1893 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain | 16 August 1936 Villaralto, Córdoba, Spain | Diocese of Córdoba | ||
Servant of God Gabino Díaz-Toledo Martín-Macho | 1897 Mora, Toledo, Spain | 21 August 1936 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain | Servant of God María Paz Pascuala Merchán Gouvert de Díaz-Toledo | 19 May 1897 Consuegra, Toledo, Spain | 21 August 1936 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain | Archdiocese of Toledo [67] | ||
Servant of God Moisés Méndez-Benegassi García-Mora | 25 November 1894 Castuera, Badajoz, Spain | 27 August 1936 Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain | Servant of God María Luisa Sánchez-Arévalo García-Mora de Méndez-Benegassi | 3 September 1888 Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz, Spain | 27 August 1936 Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain | Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz | ||
Servant of God José Carné Moreno | ? Tarancón, Cuenca, Spain | 29 August 1936 in Almonacid del Marquesado, Cuenca, Spain | Servant of God María Dolores Gómez Plaza de Carné | ? Tarancón, Cuenca, Spain | 29 August 1936 in Almonacid del Marquesado, Cuenca, Spain | Diocese of Cuenca [68] | ||
Servant of God Plàcid Armengol Ceranova | 1873 Guissona, Lleida, Spain | 24 September 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain | Servant of God Emília Serra Saura de Armengol | 24 January 1889 Montferrer i Castellbò, Lleida, Spain | 24 September 1936 at the L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain | Archdiocese of Barcelona [69] | ||
Couples killed in odium fidei by the Nazis during the Second World War (1939-45) | ||||||||
Servant of God Jožef Mavsar | 22 February 1891 Šentrupert, Slovenia | 27 December 1942 Šentrupert, Slovenia | Servant of God Terezija Bukovec Mavsar | 2 December 1893 Praproče, Koper, Slovenia | 27 December 1942 Šentrupert, Slovenia | Diocese of Novo Mesto | ||
Servant of God Fritz Siegfried Bing | 12 December 1882 Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | 30 September 1942 KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oświęcim, Poland | Servant of God Margarethe Hachenburg Bing | 10 May 1890 Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 30 September 1942 KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oświęcim, Poland | Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau [70] | ||
Servant of God Bernhard Kreulich | 13 January 1890 Kray, Essen, Germany | 17 March 1944 Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany | Servant of God Maria Budziak Kreulich | 5 October 1889 Kray, Essen, Germany | 19 March 1944 Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany | Diocese of Essen [71] | ||
Bl. Józef Ulma | 2 March 1900 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland | 24 March 1944 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland | Bl. Wiktoria Niemczak Ulma | 10 December 1912 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland | 24 March 1944 Markowa, Łańcut, Poland | Archdiocese of Przemyśl of the Latins [72] [73] [74] | ||
Servant of God František Munk | 25 September 1895 Reca, Senec, Slovakia | 21 or 22 April 1945 Neuruppin, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Germany | Servant of God Gizela Munková | 23 October 1900 Lučenec, Slovakia | March-April 1945 KZ Bergen-Belsen, Celle, Germany | Archdiocese of Bratislava [75] [76] [77] | ||
Couples killed in odium fidei by Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe | ||||||||
Servant of God Martin Schmaltz | 1872 Lymanske, Rozdilna, Odesa, Ukraine | 9 August 1937 Odesa, Ukraine | Servant of God Barbara Schmaltz | 1899 Lymanske, Rozdilna, Odesa, Ukraine | 28 November 1937 Odesa, Ukraine | Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol [78] | ||
Servant of God Avhustyn-Klement Tsebrovs'kyi | 4 February 1888 Romanove Selo, Ternopil, Ukraine | 21 March 1944 near Lopushna, Lviv and in Cherepin, Lviv, Ukraine | Servant of God Oleksandra Pehle Tsebrovs'ka | June 1898 Tovschiv, Lviv, Ukraine | 21 March 1944 near Lopushna, Lviv and in Cherepin, Lviv, Ukraine | Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians [79] | ||
Servant of God Teodor Nimylovych | 1889 Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine | 25 October 1947 Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine | Servant of God Olha Kapko Nimylovych | ? Ukraine | 25 October 1947 Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv, Ukraine | Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians [80] | ||
Servant of God Anatolii Hurhula | 15 July 1905 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | 27 February 1980 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | Servant of God Irina Durbak Hurhula | 1908 Burkaniv, Terebovlia, Ternopil, Ukraine | 27 February 1980 Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | Archeparchy of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians [81] | ||
Couples killed by organized crimes in Italy | ||||||||
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa | 27 September 1920 Saluzzo, Cuneo, Italy | 3 September 1982 Palermo, Italy | Emanuela Setti Carraro dalla Chiesa | 9 October 1950 Borgosesia, Vercelli, Italy | 3 September 1982 Palermo, Italy | Archdiocese of Palermo [82] | ||
Couples killed during Nicaraguan Contra War (1979-90) | ||||||||
Felipe Barreda Rodríguez | 12 April 1931 Murra, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua | 3 January 1983 San Francisco de La Lodosa, El Paraíso, Nicaragua | María Eugenia García de Barreda | 15 May 1933 Managua, Nicaragua | 3 January 1983 San Francisco de La Lodosa, El Paraíso, Nicaragua | Diocese of Estelí [83] | ||
Couples killed during Rwandan Civil War (1990-94) | ||||||||
Servant of God Cyprien [Sipiriyani] Rugamba | c. 1932 Cyanika, Nyamagabe, Rwanda | 7 April 1994 Kigali, Rwanda | Servant of God Daphrose [Daforoza] Mukasanga | c. 1944 Ngoma, Cyanika, Nyamagabe, Rwanda | 7 April 1994 Kigali, Rwanda | Archdiocese of Kigali [84] [85] | ||
Couples killed in odium fidei at the 2010 Baghdad church massacre | ||||||||
Servant of God Jān Yūnān Kūrkīs Al-sāʻūr | 29 July 1982 Bartella, Mosul, Iraq | 31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq | Servant of God Rītā Matī Kūrkīs Zūrā (Al-sāʻūr) | 18 December 1988 Iraq | 31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq | Archeparchy of Baghdad of the Syrians | ||
Servant of God Thāmir Kāmel Āwsy | 1 July 1955 Mosul, Iraq | 31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq | Servant of God Nida' Ḩamid Esţfān Ḩanā Balbūl (Āwsy) | 25 February 1957 Bassura, Basra, Iraq | 31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq | |||
Servant of God Basām ʻAdnān Jamīl Al-khūrī | 29 July 1976 Iraq | 31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq | Servant of God Mīlad Nizār Jamīl Matlūb (Al-khūrī) | 16 December 1984 Iraq | 31 October 2010 Baghdad, Iraq |
Husband | Wife | Diocese | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Born | Died | Portrait | Name | Born | Died | |
Joseph Chiwatenhwa | c. 1602 Quebec, Canada | 2 August 1640 Montreal, Quebec, Canada in odium fidei | Marie Aonetta | ? Quebec, Canada | c. 1650 Quebec, Canada | Archdiocese of Quebec [86] | ||
Antonio Brignole Sale | 22 May 1786 Genoa, Italy | 14 October 1863 Genoa, Italy | Artemisia Negrone Brignole-Sale | 1787 Italy | 1865 Genoa, Italy | Archdiocese of Genoa [87] | ||
François Soubirous | 7 July 1807 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | 4 May 1871 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | Louise Casterot Soubirous | 28 September 1825 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | 8 December 1866 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes | ||
Alessandro Francesco Manzoni | 7 March 1785 Milan, Italy | 22 May 1873 Milan, Italy | Enrichetta Blondel Manzoni | 11 July 1791 Casirate d'Adda, Bergamo, Italy | 25 December 1833 Milan, Italy | Archdiocese of Milan [88] | ||
Domenico Fassati | 1804 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy | 1878 Turin, Italy | Maria De Maistre Fassati | 1824 Turin, Italy | 1905 Turin, Italy | Archdiocese of Turin [89] | ||
Thomas Poynton | 11 March 1803 Ballivor, Ireland | 9 March 1892 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand | Mary Kennedy Poynton | 5 June 1812 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 15 October 1891 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand | Archdiocese of Wellington and Diocese of Auckland | ||
Michele Alberione | 17 July 1837 Cuneo, Italy | 26 November 1904 San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy | Teresa Rosa Allocco Alberione | 7 June 1850 Cuneo, Italy | 13 June 1903 San Lorenzo di Fossano, Cuneo, Italy | Diocese of Alba Pompeia [90] | ||
Maurice de Blic | 18 July 1828 Échalot, Côte-d'Or, France | 29 October 1904 Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France | Marguerite Sophie de Blic née de Gravier | 14 October 1833 Lyon, France | 13 November 1921 Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France | Archdiocese of Dijon | ||
Nikollë Bojaxhiu | c. 1874 Prizren, Kosovo | 2 August 1919 Skopje, North Macedonia | Dranafile (Drana) Bernai Bojaxhiu | c. 1889 Gjakova, Kosovo | 1972 Skopje, North Macedonia | Diocese of Skopje [91] | ||
Ignacio Lacson Arroyo | 28 July 1851 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines | 8 January 1935 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines | Maria Regalado Pidal de Arroyo | 15 September 1860 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines | 16 January 1920 Molo, Iloilo, Philippines | Archdiocese of Jaro | ||
Joseph Ratzinger Sr. | 6 March 1877 Winzer, Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany | 25 August 1959 Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany | Maria Peintner Ratzinger | 8 January 1884 Mühlbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 16 December 1963 Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany | Archdiocese of Munich and Freising [92] | ||
Juan de Dios Paras Nepomuceno | 8 March 1892 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines | 22 April 1973 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines | Clara Teresa Teodora Pamintuan Gomez de Nepomuceno | 12 August 1893 Santo Tomas, Pampanga, Philippines | 8 April 1970 Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines | Archdiocese of San Fernando [93] | ||
Jacques Maritain | 18 November 1882 Paris, France | 28 April 1973 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | Raïssa Oumansoff Maritain | 31 August 1883 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov oblast', Russia | 4 November 1960 Paris, France | Archdiocese of Paris [94] [95] | ||
Oskar Schindler | 28 April 1908 Svitavy, Czech Republic | 9 October 1974 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany | Emilie Pelzl Schindler | 22 October 1907 Maletín, Šumperk, Czech Republic | 5 October 2001 Strausberg, Brandenburg, Germany | Archdiocese of Berlin [96] [97] | ||
Fritz Spieler | 26 September 1893 Mitlödi, Glarus Süd, Switzerland | 8 July 1974 Greibenhof, Solothurn, Switzerland | Hilda Spieler-Meyer | 17 January 1896 Switzerland | 7 April 1953 Greibenhof, Solothurn, Switzerland | Diocese of Basel [98] | ||
Patrick Francis Crowley | 23 September 1911 Chicago, Illinois, United States | 20 November 1974 Chicago, Illinois, United States | Patricia Caron Crowley | 24 July 1913 Chicago, Illinois, United States | 28 November 2005 Wilmette, Illinois, United States | Archdiocese of Chicago [99] | ||
William Gauchat | 31 July 1907 Dayton, Ohio, United States | 16 April 1975 Avon, Ohio, United States | Dorothy Helen Schmitt Gauchat | 22 February 1961 Cleveland, Ohio, United States | 20 February 2000 Westlake, Ohio, United States | Diocese of Cleveland | ||
Dietrich von Hildebrand | 12 October 1889 Florence, Italy | 26 January 1977 New Rochelle, New York, United States | Alice Marie Jourdain von Hildebrand | 11 March 1923 Brussels, Belgium | 14 January 2022 New Rochelle, New York, United States | Archdiocese of New York | ||
Ananias Abnegado Vasconcelos Arruda | 23 May 1886 Aracatiaçu, Sobral, Ceará, Brazil | 26 January 1980 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil | Ana Custódio dos Santos Arruda [Donaninha] | 31 July 1895 Sobral, Ceará, Brazil | 19 January 1941 Pacoti, Ceará, Brazil | Archdiocese of Fortaleza [100] | ||
Francis Joseph Sheed | 20 March 1897 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 20 November 1981 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | Mary Josephine Ward Sheed | 4 January 1889 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom | 28 January 1975 New York City, New York, United States | Diocese of Westminster | ||
Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge | 24 March 1903 Sanderstead, Surrey, United Kingdom | 14 November 1990 Robertsbridge, East Sussex, United Kingdom | Kathleen Rosalind Dobbs Muggeridge | 8 December 1903 Château d'Oex, Vaud, Switzerland | 11 June 1994 Welland, Ontario, Canada | Diocese of Arundel and Brighton | ||
Giacomo Spanu | 1921 Italy | 1991 Italy | Iside Giovanna de Zolt Spanu | 28 December 1921 Calalzo di Cadore, Belluno, Italy | 2003 Italy | Archdiocese of Cagliari [101] | ||
Baudouin of Belgium | 7 September 1930 Laeken, Brussels, Belgium | 31 July 1993 Motril, Granada, Spain | Fabiola Fernanda de Mora Aragón | 11 June 1928 Madrid, Spain | 5 December 2014 Laeken, Brussels, Belgium | Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels [102] [103] | ||
Herbert Wallbrecher | 21 June 1922 Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 January 1997 Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany | Gertraud Weiß Wallbrecher | 18 May 1923 Munich, Bavaria, Germany | 29 July 2016 Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Archdiocese of Munich and Freising | ||
Francisco González-Barros Albardonedo | 19 October 1924 Soutelo de Montes, Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain | 30 December 2001 Madrid, Spain | Ramona González Penas de Gonzáles-Barros | 21 September 1931 Soutelo de Montes, Forcarei, Pontevedra, Spain | 3 February 2006 Madrid, Spain | Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei | ||
Piero Corti | 16 September 1925 Besana in Brianza, Monza e Brianza, Italy | 20 April 2003 Milan, Italy | Lucille Teasdale-Corti | 30 January 1929 Montreal, Québec, Canada | 1 August 1996 Besana in Brianza, Monza e Brianza, Italy | Archdiocese of Milan [104] [105] [106] | ||
Guerrino Casadio | 9 May 1918 Castel Bolognese, Ravenna, Italy | 24 August 2004 Imola, Bologna, Italy | Lucia Gambetti Casadio | 14 February 1923 Imola, Bologna, Italy | 6 November 1995 Imola, Bologna, Italy | Diocese of Imola [107] | ||
Edward Warren | 7 September 1926 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | 23 August 2006 Monroe, Connecticut, United States | Lorraine Rita Moran Warren | 31 January 1927 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | 18 April 2019 Monroe, Connecticut, United States | Diocese of Bridgeport | ||
John Billings | 5 March 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1 April 2007 Richmond, Victoria, Australia | Evelyn Livingston thomas Billings | 8 February 1918 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 16 February 2013 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Archdiocese of Melbourne [108] [109] | ||
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. | 9 November 1915 Westminster, Maryland, United States | 18 January 2011 Bethesda, Maryland, United States | Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver | 10 July 1921 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States | 11 August 2009 Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States | Archdioceses of Baltimore and New York [110] [111] [112] | ||
Peter Thomas Geach | 29 March 1916 Chelsea, London, United Kingdom | 21 December 2013 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom | Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe Geach | 18 March 1919 Limerick, Ireland | 5 January 2001 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom | Diocese of East Anglia | ||
Alexander Joseph Toczko | 26 September 1919 Stamford, Connecticut, United States | 14 June 2015 San Diego, California, United States | Jeannette Dolores Malachowski Toczko | 27 February 1919 Stamford, Connecticut, United States | 15 June 2015 San Diego, California, United States | Diocese of San Diego [113] [114] | ||
Bob Lord | 9 September 1935 The Bronx, New York, United States | 13 February 2016 Morrilton, Arkansas, United States | Pauline Eve Macaluso Lord | 23 September 1927 Brooklyn, New York, United States | 21 January 2014 Morrilton, Arkansas, United States | Diocese of Little Rock [115] | ||
Oscar Lang | 16 August 1931 Raymond, Wisconsin, United States | 24 January 2015 Caledonia, Wisconsin, United States | Vernetta Margaret Stieber Lang | 6 September 1931 Wausau, Wisconsin, United States | 24 January 2015 Caledonia, Wisconsin, United States | Archdiocese of Milwaukee [116] [117] | ||
Jerome Francis Coniker | 2 November 1938 Chicago, Illinois, United States | 4 July 2018 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States | Servant of God Gwen Cecilia Billings Coniker | 27 September 1939 Chicago, Illinois, United States | 15 June 2002 Bloomingdale, Ohio, United States | Diocese of Steubenville [118] [119] | ||
Romeu Trussardi Filho | 1930 São Paulo, Brazil | 20 August 2021 Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil | Maria da Conceição Aparecida "Maricy" Rodrigues Trussardi | 19 December 1935 São Paulo, Brazil | 16 January 2022 Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil | Archdiocese of São Paulo [120] [121] [122] | ||
José Clóvis Arruda | 1948 Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brazil | 9 August 2024 Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil | Maria Auxiliadora Vaz de Arruda | 1950 Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brazil | 9 August 2024 Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil | Archdiocese of Aparecida [123] [124] [125] [126] |
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