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List of American proposed candidates for sainthood

For already beatified and canonized Americans, see List of American saints and beatified people. For more information on the process of sainthood in the Catholic Church, see Canonization.

This list includes individuals from the United States for whom there is a public petition to the bishop to commence an investigation into the heroic virtue of the individual leading to a decree declaring them to be a Servant of God.

Candidates edit

Image Candidate for Sainthood Born Died Church Status Diocese Type of Cause
1656   Andrew White[1] c. 1579
London, England, United Kingdom 		27 December 1656
London, England, United Kingdom 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Baltimore Heroic Virtues
1675   Jacques Marquette[2] 1 June 1637
Laon, Aisne, France 		18 May 1675
near Ludington, Michigan 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Marquette Heroic Virtues
1724   Sébastien Rale[3][4] 20 January 1657
Pontarlier, Doubs, France 		23 August 1724
Old Point, Madison, Maine 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Portland Martyr per testimonium caritatis fortis
1824   Charles Nerinckx[5] 2 October 1761
Herfelingen, Herne, Belgium 		12 August 1824
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri 		Diocesan Priest;
Founder, Sisters of Loretto 		Louisville Heroic Virtues
1833   Anne Marie Becraft[6]
(rel. name: Aloysius) 		c. 1805
Washington, D.C. 		16 December 1833
Baltimore, Maryland 		Professed Religious, Oblate Sisters of Providence Baltimore Heroic Virtues
1839   Benjamin Marie Petit[7] 8 April 1811
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France 		10 February 1839
St. Louis, Missouri 		Professed Priest, Sulpicians Vincennes Heroic Virtues
1843   Yelizaveta Golitsyna
(rel. name: Mary Elizabeth) 		22 February 1797
Saint Petersburg, Russia 		7 December 1843
New Orleans, Louisiana 		Professed Religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus New Orleans Heroic Virtues
1846   Helio Koa'eloa[8] c. 1815
Maui, Hawaii 		1846
Maui, Hawaii 		Married Layperson; Catechist Honolulu Heroic Virtues
1858   Catherine Spalding[9] 23 December 1793
Pomfret, Maryland 		20 March 1858
Louisville, Kentucky 		Founder, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Bardstown Heroic Virtues
1861   Maria Sybilla Riepp[10]
(rel. name: Benedicta) 		28 June 1825
Waal, Bavaria, Germany 		15 March 1862
St. Cloud, Minnesota 		Professed Religious, Benedictine Nuns
(Bavarian Congregation) 		Saint Cloud Heroic Virtues
1865   Francis Asbury Baker 30 March 1820
Baltimore, Maryland 		4 April 1865
New York City, New York 		Priest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) New York Heroic Virtues
1869   Robert Walsh
(rel. name: Arsenius) 		1 January 1804
Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland 		14 October 1869
ʻĀhuimanu, Honolulu, Hawaii 		Professed Priest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) Honolulu Heroic Virtues
1870   Jean-Marie Odin[11] 25 February 1800
Ambierle, Loire, France 		25 May 1870
Ambierle, Loire, France 		Priest, Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians);
Archbishop of New Orleans 		New Orleans Heroic Virtues
1872   Pierre Yves Kéralum[12][13] 2 March 1817
Quimper, Finistère, France 		12 November 1872
Mercedes, Texas 		Professed Priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate San Antonio Heroic Virtues
1873   Pierre-Jean De Smet 30 January 1801
Dendermonde, East Flanders, Belgium 		23 May 1873
St. Louis, Missouri 		Professed Priest, Jesuits St. Louis Heroic Virtues
1874   Honora Mattingly
(rel. name: Ursula) 		23 October 1808
Baltimore, Maryland 		1874
Emmitsburg, Maryland 		Professed Religious, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul Buffalo Heroic Virtues
1876   Giovanni Paulo Pietrobattista
(rel. name: Pamfilo of Magliano) 		12 (or 22) April 1824
Magliano de' Marsi, L'Aquila, Italy 		15 November 1876
Rome, Italy 		Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor;
Founder, Franciscan Sisters of Allegany and
the Joliet Franciscan Sisters 		Allegheny and Joliet in Illinois Heroic Virtues
1877   Louis-Amadeus Rappe 2 February 1801
Audrehem, Pas-de-Calais, France 		9 August 1877
St. Albans, Vermont 		Bishop of Cleveland;
Founder, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine 		Cleveland Heroic Virtues
1878   James Whelan 8 December 1823
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland 		18 February 1878
Zanesville, Ohio 		Professed Priest, Dominicans;
Bishop of Nashville;
Founder, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia 		Nashville Heroic Virtues
1879   Alice Mary Thorpe
(rel. name: Catherine Mary Antoninus) 		1844
London, England, United Kingdom 		1879
Sparkill, New York 		Founder, Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary (now known as Dominican Sisters of Sparkill) New York Heroic Virtues
1880   Franc Pirec 20 November 1785
Godič, Kamnik, Slovenia 		22 January 1880
Ljubljana, Slovenia 		Diocesan Priest Saint Cloud Heroic Virtues
  Anna Katharina Berger
(rel. name: Mary Odilia) 		30 April 1823
Regen, Bavaria, Germany 		17 October 1880
St. Louis, Missouri 		Founder, Sisters of Saint Mary
(now known as Franciscan Sisters of Mary) 		St. Louis Heroic Virtues
1881   Caspar Rehrl 31 December 1809
Salzburg, Austria 		3 September 1881
Barton, Wisconsin 		Diocesan Priest;
Founder, Sisters of Saint Agnes 		Milwaukee Heroic Virtues
1886   Mary Hardey
(rel. name: Mary Aloysia) 		8 December 1809
Piscataway, Maryland 		17 June 1886
Paris, France 		Professed Religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Albany Heroic Virtues
  Pierre Antoine Levy[14] 17 December 1886
Gainesville, Texas 		Diocesan Priest Fort Worth Heroic Virtues
1887   Mary Frances Clarke[15] 2 March 1803
Dublin, Ireland 		4 December 1887
Dubuque, Iowa 		Founder, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dubuque Heroic Virtues
  Sebastian Wimmer
(rel. name: Boniface) 		14 January 1809
Thalmassing, Bavaria, Germany 		8 December 1887
Latrobe, Pennsylvania 		Professed Priest and Founder of the Benedictines (American-Cassinese Congregation) Greensburg Heroic Virtues
1888   Franz Xaver Weninger 31 October 1805
Wildhaus, Styria, Austria 		29 June 1888
Cincinnati, Ohio 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Cincinnati Heroic Virtues
  John Christopher Drumgoole 15 August 1816
Granard, County Longford, Ireland 		28 March 1888
New York City, New York 		Diocesan Priest;
Founder, Sisters of Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin 		New York Heroic Virtues
1889   Anna Hinkle
(rel. name: Euphrasie) 		15 September 1847
Carrollton, Kentucky 		27 August 1889
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana 		Professed Religious, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Indianapolis Heroic Virtues
1891   Thomas Scott Preston 23 July 1824
Hartford, Connecticut 		4 November 1891
New York City, New York 		Diocesan Priest;
Founder, Sisters of the Divine Compassion 		New York Heroic Virtues
1892   Almeide Maxis Duchemin[16]
(rel. name: Theresa) 		8 April 1810
Baltimore, Maryland 		4 January 1892
West Chester, Pennsylvania 		Cofounder, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Oblate Sisters of Providence Detroit Heroic Virtues
1894   Elizabeth Hayes
(rel. name: Mary Ignatius of Jesus) 		1823
Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, United Kingdom 		6 May 1894
Rome, Italy 		Founder, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Saint Paul and Minneapolis Heroic Virtues
1895   Patrick Manogue[17] 28 May 1831
Desart, County Kilkenny, Ireland 		27 February 1895
Sacramento, California 		Bishop of Sacramento Sacramento Heroic Virtues
1896   Princess Angeline[18] [Kikisublo] c. 1820
Rainier Beach, Seattle, Washington 		31 May 1896
Seattle, Washington 		Layperson Seattle Heroic Virtues
  Adele Brise[19]
(rel. name: Marie Joseph) 		30 January 1831
Dion-le-Val, Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium 		5 July 1896
Champion, Wisconsin 		Consecrated Virgin;
Member, Secular Franciscans 		Green Bay Heroic Virtues
1897   Augustine Francis Hewit 27 November 1820
Fairfield, Connecticut 		3 July 1897
New York City, New York 		Priest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) New York Heroic Virtues
  Mary Ellen O'Connell
(rel.name: Anthony) 		15 August 1814
Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland 		8 December 1897
Cumminsville, Cincinnati, Ohio 		Professed Religious, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati Cincinnati Heroic Virtues
1899   John Joseph Jessing 17 November 1836
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 		2 November 1899
Columbus, Ohio 		Diocesan Priest Columbus Heroic Virtues
  Maria Catherine Moes
(rel. name: Mary Alfred) 		28 October 1828
Remich, Luxembourg 		18 December 1899
Rochester, Minnesota 		Founder, Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester and the Sisters of Saint Francis of Mary Immaculate Winona–Rochester Heroic Virtues
1900   Margaret Dowling
(rel. name: Mary Dominic) 		1853
Ballyconra, County Kilkenny, Ireland 		14 July 1900
Sparkill, New York 		Founder, Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary (now known as Dominican Sisters of Sparkill) New York Heroic Virtues
1901   Ignacij Mrak 16 October 1818
Hotovlja, Slovenia 		2 January 1901
Marquette, Michigan 		Bishop of Saulte Saint Marie and Marquette Marquette Heroic Virtues
  Eliza Allen Starr[20] 29 August 1824
Deerfield, Massachusetts 		8 September 1901
Durand, Illinois 		Layperson Chicago Heroic Virtues
1902   Esther Pariseau
(rel. name: Marie-Joseph of the Sacred Heart) 		16 April 1823
Laval, Quebec, Canada 		19 January 1902
Vancouver, Washington 		Professed Religious, Sisters of Providence of Montréal Seattle Heroic Virtues
1903   Gulstan Ropert 30 August 1839
St.-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan, France 		4 January 1903
Honolulu, Hawaii 		Priest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus);
Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands 		Honolulu Heroic Virtues
  George Deshon 20 January 1823
New London, Connecticut 		30 December 1903
New York City, New York 		Priest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) New York Heroic Virtues
1905   Anne Marie Hazotte
(rel. name: Agnes) 		7 May 1847
Buffalo, New York 		6 March 1905
Hays, Kansas 		Cofounder, Sisters of Saint Agnes Milwaukee Heroic Virtues
1907   Samuel Henderson[21][22] c. 1882 13 February 1907
Memphis, Tennessee 		Layperson Memphis Heroic Virtues
1908   John Green Hanning[23]
(rel. name: Mary Joachim) 		12 January 1849
Kentucky 		30 April 1908
Bardstown, Kentucky 		Professed Religious, Trappists Louisville Heroic Virtues
1909   François Xavier Prefontaine 1838
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada 		4 March 1909
Seattle, Washington 		Diocesan Priest Seattle Heroic Virtues
1915   Catherine Mehegan
(rel. name: Mary Xavier) 		19 February 1825
Skibereen, County Cork, Ireland 		24 June 1915
Convent Station, New Jersey 		Cofounder, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth Newark Heroic Virtues
1918   Alfred Joyce Kilmer[24][25] 6 December 1886
New Brunswick, New Jersey 		30 July 1918
near Seringes-et-Nesles, Marne, France 		Married Layperson Newark Heroic Virtues
1921   Patrick Heslin 1 August 1857
Killoe, Longford, Ireland 		2 August 1921
Colma, San Mateo, California 		Diocesan Priest San Francisco Martyr in odium fidei
  James Edwin Coyle 23 March 1873
Drum, Roscommon, Ireland 		11 August 1921
Birmingham, Alabama 		Diocesan Priest Birmingham Martyr in odium fidei
1922   Mary Walsh 1850
New York 		1922
New York 		Founder, Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor New York Heroic Virtues
1926   Anna Cordelia Zervas[26][27]
(rel. name: Mary Annella) 		7 April 1900
Moorhead, Minnesota 		14 August 1926
Moorhead, Minnesota 		Professed Religious, Benedictine Nuns St. Cloud Heroic Virtues
  Helena Pelczar[28] 25 December 1888
Korczyna, Krosno, Poland 		27 April 1926
Cleveland, Ohio 		Layperson Cleveland Heroic Virtues
1927   Albert Etlin[29]
(rel. name: Lukas) 		25 February 1864
Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland 		16 December 1927
Stanberry, Missouri 		Professed Priest, Benedictines (Swiss-American Congregation) Kansas City-Saint Joseph Heroic Virtues
1929   Emma Franziska Höll
(rel. name: Mary Alexia) 		1838
Germany 		1929
Founder, School Sisters of St. Francis La Crosse Heroic Virtues
1931   Elizabeth Barbara Williams
(rel. name: Mary Theodore) 		11 February 1868
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 		14 July 1931
New York City, New York 		Founder, Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary New York Heroic Virtues
1932   Ambrose Kanoealu'i Hutchison c. 1856
Honomāʻele, Hāna Hawaii 		17 July 1932
Kalaupapa, Moloka'i, Hawaii 		Married Layperson Honolulu Heroic Virtues
  Benjamin Joseph Salmon[30][31] 15 October 1888
Denver, Colorado 		15 February 1932
Chicago, Illinois 		Married Layperson Chicago Heroic Virtues
1933   Daniel Arthur Rudd 7 August 1854
Bardstown, Kentucky 		3 December 1933
Bardstown, Kentucky 		Layperson Louisville Heroic Virtues
1935   Lurana Mary White 12 April 1870
Warwick, New York 		15 April 1935
Graymoor, Garrison, New York 		Cofounder, Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement New York Heroic Virtues
1936   Marie Rose Ferron 24 May 1902
Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, Canada 		11 May 1936
Providence, Rhode Island 		Layperson Providence Heroic Virtues
1937   Margaret Reilly[32]
(rel. name: Mary of the Crown of Thorns) 		25 June 1884
Manhattan, New York 		18 May 1937
Peekskill, New York 		Professed Religious, Religious of the Good Shepherd New York Heroic Virtues
1940   Johanna Butler[33]
(rel. name: Marie Joseph) 		22 July 1860
Ballynunry, Kilkenny, Ireland 		23 April 1940
Tarrytown, New York 		Professed Religious, Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary New York Heroic Virtues
  Mary Frances Cunningham
(rel. name: Mary Demetrias) 		8 October 1859
Washington, D.C. 		9 April 1940
Towson, Maryland 		Founder, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart Baltimore Heroic Virtues
1941   Aloysius Schmitt 4 December 1909
Saint Lucas, Iowa 		7 December 1941
aboard USS Oklahoma,
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii 		Diocesan Priest Dubuque Heroic Virtues
  Edward Proctor Whelan
(rel. name: Peter Damian) 		22 January 1908
Newark, New Jersey 		23 December 1941
Happy Valley, Hong Kong 		Professed Religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) Hong Kong Martyr in odium fidei
1942   Leopoldina Burns
(rel. name: Maria Leopoldina) 		28 August 1856
Utica, New York 		3 June 1942
Honolulu, Hawaii 		Professed Religious, Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse Honolulu Heroic Virtues
  James Gerald Hennessy 24 September 1905
Cambridge, Massachusetts 		1 July 1942
aboard the SS Montevideo Maru, at the Luzon Strait,
near Fuga Island, Cagayan, Philippines 		Diocesan Priest Boston Martyr in odium fidei
  Arthur Duhamel 19 October 1908
Lawrence, Massachusetts 		3 September 1942
Ruavatu, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 		Professed Priest, Society of Mary (Marist Missionaries) Honiara Martyr in odium fidei
1943   John Patrick Washington 18 July 1908
Newark, New Jersey 		3 February 1943
aboard SS Dorchester, at the Atlantic Ocean 		Diocesan Priest Newark Offer of Life
1944   Claude Newman[34] 1 December 1923
Stuttgart, Arkansas 		4 February 1944
Vicksburg, Mississippi 		Young Layperson Little Rock Heroic Virtues
  Anna Ruholl
(rel. name: Dolorosia) 		6 December 1892
Lillyville, Illinois 		27 March 1944
Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia 		Professed Religious, Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit Jayapura Martyr in odium fidei
  Jesus Baza Dueñas 19 March 1911
Hagåtña, Guam 		12 July 1944
Mangilao, Guam 		Diocesan Priest Agaña Martyr in odium fidei
1945   William Thomas Cummings 30 October 1903
San Francisco, California 		28 January 1945
sea aboard a POW ship between Taiwan and Japan 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society San Francisco Martyr in odium fidei
  Antoinette Kunkel
(rel. name: Hyancinth) 		21 December 1898
Glen Falls, New York 		(disappeared)
5 April 1945
Benguet, Philippines 		Professed Religious, Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic Baguio Martyr in odium fidei
  James Paul McCloskey 9 December 1870
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		10 April 1945
Jaro, Iloilo, Philippines 		Bishop of Jaro Jaro Heroic Virtues
1948   Ignace François Lissner 6 April 1867
Wolxheim, Bas-Rhin, France 		7 August 1948
Teaneck, New Jersey 		Professed Priest, Society of African Missions;
Founder, Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary 		New York Heroic Virtues
1949   Pierre Joseph Maurin 9 May 1877
Saint-Julien-du-Tournel, Lozère, France 		15 May 1949
Newburgh, New York 		Layperson; Cofounder, Catholic Worker Movement New York Heroic Virtues
1950   Mary Giesen
(rel. name: Mary Augustine) 		6 December 1860
Union Hill, Minnesota 		25 February 1950
Maryville, Missouri 		Founder, Sisters of Saint Francis of Maryville St. Louis Heroic Virtues
1951   Joseph Augustine Mattingly
(rel. name: Sylvan) 		28 May 1882
Leitchfield, Kentucky 		30 December 1951
Louisville, Kentucky 		Professed Religious, Xaverian Brothers;
Founder, Our Lady's Rosary Makers 		Louisville Heroic Virtues
1953   William Howard Bishop 19 December 1885
Washington, D.C. 		11 June 1953
Glendale, Ohio 		Diocesan Priest; Founder, Home Missioners of America (Glenmary Home Missioners) and the Home Mission Sisters of America (Glenmary Sisters) Cincinnati Heroic Virtues
  Helena Agnes Franey
(rel. name: Marie Helene) 		29 July 1898
Galesburg, Illinois 		23 November 1953
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana 		Professed Religious, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Indianapolis Heroic Virtues
1955   Mary Josephine Rogers[35]
(rel. name: Mary Joseph) 		27 October 1882
Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts 		9 October 1955
Manhattan, New York 		Cofounder, Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominics New York Heroic Virtues
1956   Nancy Hamilton[36] 20 June 1942
Los Angeles, California 		7 June 1956
Oakland, California 		Child Oakland Heroic Virtues
1957   Marion Frances Gurney 6 June 1868
New Orleans, Louisiana 		9 February 1957
Nyack, New York 		Founder, Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine New York Heroic Virtues
1960   Edward Francis Garesché 27 December 1876
St. Louis, Missouri 		2 October 1960
Framingham, Massachusetts 		Professed Priest of the Jesuits;
Founder, Sons of Mary, Health of the Sick 		Boston Heroic Virtues
1961   Thomas Anthony Dooley III 17 January 1927
St. Louis, Missouri 		18 January 1961
New York City, New York 		Layperson New York Heroic Virtues
1962   William Kruegler Hernberg 1 October 1930
Troy, New York 		7 August 1962
Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society Santa Cruz de la Sierra Martyr in odium fidei
1963   John LaFarge Jr. 13 February 1880
Newport, Rhode Island 		24 November 1963
New York City, New York 		Professed Priest, Jesuits New York Heroic Virtues
1964   Anthony Joseph Brouwers 5 September 1912
Los Angeles, California 		14 January 1964
Los Angeles, California 		Diocesan Priest Los Angeles Heroic Virtues
  Joseph Timothy O'Callahan 14 May 1905
Boston, Massachusetts 		18 March 1964
Worcester, Massachusetts 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Worcester Heroic Virtues
  Mary Flannery O'Connor 25 March 1925
Savannah, Georgia 		3 August 1964
Milledgeville, Georgia 		Layperson Savannah Heroic Virtues
1965   Henri Roy[37] 8 September 1898
Lewiston, Maine 		16 June 1965
Montréal, Quebec, Canada 		Professed Priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Founder, Secular Institute "Pius X" Montreal Heroic Virtues
1966   Bridget Della Mary Gavin
(rel. name: Mary Ignatia) 		1 January 1889
Burren, County Mayo, Ireland 		1 April 1960
Richfield, Ohio 		Professed Religious, Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Cleveland Heroic Virtues
1967   John Courtney Murray 12 September 1904
New York City, New York 		16 August 1967
Queens, New York 		Professed Priest, Jesuits New York Heroic Virtues
  Bruce Phillip Smith[38][39] 8 February 1920
Faribault, Minnesota 		28 August 1967
Alexandria, Minnesota 		Layperson Saint Paul and Minneapolis Heroic Virtues
1968   Robert Raymond Brett 3 January 1936
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		2 February 1968
Khe Sanh, Hướng Hoá, Quảng Trị, Vietnam 		Professed Priest, Society of Mary (Marist Missionaries) Hue Martyr in odium fidei
  Adolph John Paschang 16 April 1895
Martinsburg, Missouri 		3 February 1968
Happy Valley, Hong Kong 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society;
Bishop of Jiangmen [Kongmoon];
Titular Bishop of Sasima 		Jiangmen Heroic Virtues
  Paul John Hallinan 8 April 1911
Painesville, Ohio 		27 March 1962
Atlanta, Georgia 		Archbishop of Atlanta Atlanta Heroic Virtues
  Thomas Merton
(rel. name: Louis) 		31 January 1915
Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France 		10 December 1968
Samut Prakan, Thailand 		Professed Priest, Trappists Bardstown Heroic Virtues
1969   Gerald Michael Fitzgerald 29 October 1894
Framingham, Massachusetts 		28 June 1969
Marlboro, Massachusetts 		Priest and Founder of the Servants of the Paraclete;
Founder, Handmaids of the Precious Blood 		Santa Fe and Boston Heroic Virtues
  Joseph Clifford Fenton 16 January 1906
Springfield, Massachusetts 		7 July 1969
Chicopee, Massachusetts 		Diocesan Priest Springfield Heroic Virtues
  Catherine Anne Cesnik 17 November 1942
Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 		(disappeared)
7 November 1969
Lansdowne, Maryland 		Professed Religious, School Sisters of Notre Dame Baltimore Martyr in defensum castitatis
1971   Renaud Bouffard 14 June 1931
Augusta, Maine 		25 May 1971
Chardonnières, Haiti 		Professed Priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Port-au-Prince Martyr in odium fidei
1972   Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker[40][41] 18 August 1934
San Antón, Carolina, Puerto Rico 		31 December 1972
off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico 		Married Layperson San Juan de Puerto Rico Heroic Virtues
  Thomas Harold Colgan 27 November 1894
Elizabeth, New Jersey 		16 April 1972
Miami, Florida 		Diocesan Priest; Founder, Founder of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima Newark Heroic Virtues
  Daniel "Danny" Croteau[42][43] 27 May 1959
Springfield, Massachusetts 		14 April 1972
Springfield, Massachusetts 		Child Springfield Martyr in defensum castitatis
  Paul Francis Leibold 22 December 1914
Dayton, Ohio 		1 June 1972
Cincinnati, Ohio 		Archbishop of Cincinnati Cincinnati Heroic Virtues
  Gordon Edward Murphy 24 January 1918
Chicago, Illinois 		28 September 1972
Patna, Bihar, India 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Patna Heroic Virtues
1974   Martin Cabo (rel. name: Marcellus) 2 June 1915
Chicago, Illinois 		28 November 1974
Neopit, Wisconsin 		Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor Green Bay Martyr in odium fidei
  Patrick Francis Crowley[44] 23 September 1911
Chicago, Illinois 		20 November 1974
Chicago, Illinois 		Married Layperson; Founder, Christian Family Movement Chicago Heroic Virtues
1975   Bernard Francis Meyer 16 June 1891
Brooklyn, Iowa 		8 May 1975
Sleepy Hollow, New York 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society; Prefect Apostolic of Wuzhou Wuzhou Heroic Virtues
  Raymond Herman Pint[45] 1 January 1930
Independence, Iowa 		20 October 1975
Morochata, Cochabamba, Boliva 		Diocesan Priest Dubuque Martyr in odium fidei
  William "Bill" Gauchat[46] 31 July 1907
Avon, Ohio 		16 April 1975
Avon, Ohio 		Married Layperson; Member, Catholic Worker Movement Cleveland Heroic Virtues
1976   William Woods[47][48] 14 September 1931
Houston, Texas 		11 November 1976
San Juan Cotzal, El Quiché, Guatemala 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society Galveston–Houston Martyr in odium fidei
1977   Dietrich von Hildebrand 12 October 1889
Florence, Italy 		26 January 1977
New Rochelle, New York 		Married Layperson New York Heroic Virtues
1978   Thomas Wyatt Turner[49] 16 March 1877
Hughesville, Maryland 		21 April 1978
Washington, D.C. 		Married Layperson Washington, D.C. Heroic Virtues
  Catherine Passananti[50] 6 January 1894
Boston, Massachusetts 		29 December 1978
Boston, Massachusetts 		Layperson Boston Heroic Virtues
1979   Reynold Henry Hillenbrand 19 July 1904
Chicago, Illinois 		22 May 1979
Chicago, Illinois 		Diocesan Priest Chicago Heroic Virtues
1980   Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes 11 September 1890
Washington, D.C. 		25 July 1980
Washington, D.C. 		Married Layperson Washington, D.C. Heroic Virtues
  Carol Ann Piette (rel. name: Rosa Carol) 29 September 1939
Appleton, Wisconsin 		23 August 1980
El Zapote, Ahuachapán, El Salvador 		Professed Religious, Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic Chalatenango Heroic Virtues
  August Mauge 15 September 1910
Pennsylvania 		November 1980
Steubenville, Ohio 		Layperson; Cofounder, Apostolate for Family Consecration Steubenville Heroic Virtues
1980   John Howard Griffin 16 June 1920
Dallas, Texas 		9 September 1980
Fort Worth, Texas 		Married Layperson; Member, Lay Carmelites Dallas Heroic Virtues
1981   James Edward Walsh 30 April 1891
Cumberland, Maryland 		29 July 1981
Ossining, New York 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society; Bishop of Jiangmen Jiangmen and Brooklyn Heroic Virtues
1982   Horace McKenna[51] 2 January 1899
New York City, New York 		11 May 1982
Washington, D.C. 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Washington, D.C. Heroic Virtues
  Grace Kelly Grimaldi[52][53] 12 November 1929
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		14 September 1982
La Colle, Monaco 		Married Layperson Monaco Heroic Virtues
  John Timothy Leary[54] 22 February 1958
Boston, Massachusetts 		31 August 1982
Boston, Massachusetts 		Young Layperson; Member, Catholic Worker Movement and Pax Christi Boston Heroic Virtues
1983   James Francis Carney (rel. name: Guadalupe) 28 October 1924
Chicago, Illinois 		August 1983
Yoro, Honduras 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Yoro Martyr in odium fidei
1984   Marion Ganey 21 July 1904
Gillespie, Illinois 		23 eptember 1984
Ba, Fiji 		Professed Priest, Jesuits Suva Heroic Virtues

Group Martyrs edit

Image Candidate for Sainthood Born Died Church Status Diocese Type of Cause
Missionary Martyrs of China
(1929–1947)
  Walter Coveyou
(rel. name: Walter of the Seven Sorrows of Mary) 		17 October 1894
Petoskey, Michigan 		24 April 1929
Huachiao, Hunan, China 		Professed Priests, Passionists Hengzhou Martyrs in odium fidei
  Lawrence Seybold
(rel. name: Clement of Saint Michael) 		18 April 1896
Dunkirk, New York
  Claude Holbein
(rel. name: Godfrey pf Jesus) 		4 February 1899
Baltimore, Maryland
  Gerard Donovan 14 October 1904
McKeesport, Pennsylvania 		c. January 1938
near Huanren, Liaoning, China 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society Wuzhou Martyr in odium fidei
  Otto Rauschenbach 23 June 1898
St. Louis, Missouri 		14 May 1945
Qilan, Yunan, Guangdong, China 		Priest, Maryknoll Missionary Society Jiangmen Martyr in odium fidei
  James Luke Devine 15 November 1905
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 		23 May 1947
Chungan, Fujian, China 		Professed Priest, Dominicans Fuzhou Martyr in odium fidei
Missionary Martyrs of Papua New Guinea
(1934–1945)
  Anton Fran
(rel. name: Eugen) 		21 December 1900
Mount Carmel, Illinois 		23 January 1935
Salamaua, Morobe, Papua New Guinea 		Professed Religious, Society of the Divine Word Lae Martyr in odium fidei
  Joseph Kotrba 13 January 1913
Chicago, Illinois 		19 February 1943
Bogia, Madang, Papua New Guinea 		Professed Priest, Society of the Divine Word Madang Martyr in odium fidei
  Arthur Manion 19 March 1901
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania 		17 March 1943
aboard the Japanese destroyer Akikaze, at the Bismarck Sea, near Manus, Papua New Guinea 		Professed Priest, Society of the Divine Word Madang Martyrs in odium fidei
  Alfred Salois
(rel. name: Victor) 		29 October 1908
Linwood, Michigan 		Professed Religious, Society of the Divine Word
  Agnes Kötter
(rel. name: Adelaide) 		24 January 1907
Freeport, Minnesota 		Professed Religious, Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit
  John Conley 2 July 1898
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		10 December 1943
Kieta, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 		Professed Priest, Society of Mary (Marist Missionaries) Bougainville Martyr in odium fidei

21st century edit

  • Martyrs of La Paz, El Salvador:
    • Mary Elizabeth Clarke (Maura) (1931–1980), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (New York, USA)
    • Ita Catherine Ford (1940–1980), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (New York, USA)
    • Dorothea Lu Kazel [Dorothy] (1939–1980), Professed Religious of the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union (Ohio, USA)
    • Jean Marie Donovan (1953–1980), Layperson of the Diocese of Cleveland (Connecticut, USA)
  • Martyrs of La Crosse, Wisconsin:
    • John Daniel Rossiter (1920–1985), Priest of the Diocese of La Crosse (Wisconsin, USA)
    • Ferdinand Roth Sr. (1912–1985), Married Layperson of the Diocese of La Crosse (Wisconsin, USA)
    • William George Hammes (1918–1985), Married Layperson of the Diocese of La Crosse (Wisconsin, USA)
  • Lena Frances Edwards (1900–1986), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Trenton; Member of the Secular Franciscans (Washington, D.C. – New Jersey, USA)[55]
  • Lawrence Lovasik (1913–1986), Professed Priest of the Society of the Divine Word; Founder of the Sisters of Divine Spirit and the Family Service Secular Institute (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Frances Elizabeth Kent (Mary Corita) (1918–1986), Professed Religious of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Iowa – Massachusetts, USA)[56]
  • Elizabeth Hirschboeck (Mary Mercy) (1903–1986), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (New York, USA)
  • Kathryn Wick (Claire Marie) (1915–1987), Professed Religious of the Hospitaller Sisters of Saint Francis (USA-Kenya)
  • Jessica Powers (Miriam of the Holy Spirit) (1905–1988), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Wisconsin, USA)
  • Agnes Reinkemeyer (1923–1989), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary; Martyr (Missouri, USA – Tana River, Kenya)
  • Raymond Anthony Adams (1935–1989), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (New York, USA – Cape Coast, Ghana)
  • Penny Lernoux Nahum (1940–1989), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Jose in California (California – New York, USA)
  • Robert Louis Hodapp (1910–1989), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (Minnesota, USA – Belize City, Belize)
  • Walker Percy (1916–1990), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (Alabama – Louisiana, USA)
  • Eugene John Herbert (1923–1990), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Louisiana, USA – Batticaloa, Sri Lanka)
  • Maurice Patrick Barrett (Mathias) (1900–1990), Founder of the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd (Waterford, Ireland – New Mexico, USA)
  • Julia Crotta (Nazarena of Jesus) (1907–1990), Professed Religious of the Benedictine Nuns (Camaldolese Congregation) (Connecticut, USA – Rome, Italy)
  • Maureen Courtney (1944–1990), Professed Religious of the Congregation of Saint Agnes; Martyr (Wisconsin, USA – Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua)
  • Harold Arnoldus Stevens (1907–1990), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (South Carolina – New York, USA)
  • Eliseo Castaño de Vega (1925–1991), Priest of the Congregation of the Mission; Martyr (Zamora, Spain – San Juan, Puerto Rico)
  • Martyrs of Gardnersville (Montserrado, Liberia):
    • Barbara Ann Muttra (1923–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
    • Mary Joel Kolmer (1934–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
    • Shirley Kolmer (1920–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
    • Agnes Mueller (1929–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
    • Kathleen McGuire (1937–1992), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Illinois, USA)
  • James Patterson Lyke (1939–1992), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Archbishop of Atlanta (Illinois – Georgia, USA)
  • Richard Henry Ackerman (1903–1992), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans); Bishop of Covington (Pennsylvania – Kentucky, USA)
  • César Estrada Chávez (1927–1993), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Tucson (Arizona, USA)[57][58]
  • Ann Manganaro (1946–1993), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Loreto (Missouri, USA – San Salvador, El Salvador)
  • Enrique San Pedro Fonaguera (1928–1994), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Bishop of Brownsville (Havana, Cuba – Florida, USA)
  • Veronica McDonald Lueken (1923–1995), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Brooklyn (New York, USA)
  • Joseph Louis Bernardin (1928–1996), Archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal (South Carolina, USA – Illinois, USA)[59][60]
  • Lawrence Jenco (1934–1996), Professed Priest of the Servites (Illinois, USA)
  • Mary Evelyn Puleo Chmiel (1963–1996), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of St. Louis; Member of the Catholic Worker Movement (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Missouri, USA)
  • Ann Patricia McAleese (1934–1996), Professed Religious of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr (New York, USA – Cape Coast, Ghana)
  • Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (1932–1996), Priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht (Nijkerk, Netherlands – Minnesota, USA – Ontario, Canada)[61]
  • Ruth Van Kooy Pakaluk (1956–1998), Married Layperson of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Massachusetts, USA)[62]
  • Charles Kekumano (1919–1998), Priest of the Diocese of Honolulu (Hawaii, USA)
  • Thomas Gafney (1932–1998), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Ohio, USA – Kathmandu, Nepal)
  • Vincent Donovan (1926–2000), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Mary Mildred Neuzil (Mary Ephrem) (1916–2000), Professed Religious of the Contemplative Sisters of the Indwelling Trinity (New York – Ohio, USA)[63]
  • Daniel Egan (1915–2000), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friras of the Atonement (New York, USA)[64]
  • Isolina Ferré Aguayo (1914–2000), Professed Religious of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
  • John Anthony Kaiser (1932–2000), Priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries; Martyr (Minnesota, USA – Nakuru, Kenya)
  • Charles William Kram Jr. (1929–2000), Priest of the Diocese of Victoria (Texas, USA)[65][66]
  • John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000), Archbishop of New York; Cardinal; Founder of the Sisters of Life (Pennsylvania, USA – New York, USA)[67]
  • Harry Murray (Gratian) (1923–2000), Priest of the Diocese of Bacolod (Pennsylvania, USA – Negros Occidental, Philippines)
  • Eileen Egan (1912–2000), Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (Wales, United Kingdom – New York, USA)[68]
  • Jan Karski (1914–2000), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Washington (Lodz, Poland – Washington, D.C., USA)[69]
  • Dorothy Helen Schmitt Gauchat (1921–2000), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio, USA)
  • Barbara Ann Ford (1938–2001), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of New York; Martyr (New York, USA – Guatemala City, Guatemala)[70][failed verification]
  • Robert Emmett Judge (Mychal Fallon) (1933–2001), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (New York, USA)[71][72][73]
  • John Matthias Haffert (1915–2001), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Newark; Cofounder of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima (World Apostolate of Fatima) (New Jersey, USA – Fatima, Portugal)
  • Mathew Ahmann (1931–2001), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Saint Cloud (Minnesota – Washington, D.C., USA)
  • Joseph Gluszek (1910–2002), Priest of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Kraków, Poland – Montana, USA)[74][75]
  • Mary Frank Stachowicz (1951–2002), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Martyr (Poland – Illinois, USA)[76]
  • Ade Bethune (1914–2002), Layperson of the Diocese of Providence; Member of the Catholic Worker Movement (Schaerbeek, Belgium – Rhode Island, USA)
  • José Gerónimo Lluberas Acosta (1923–2003), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico – Georgia, USA)
  • Michael Allen Gaworski (1958–2003), Founder of the Franciscan Brothers of Peace (Minnesota, USA)[77]
  • Mary Philomena Fogarty (Mary Coirle) (1935–2003), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (Cork, Ireland – Virginia, USA)
  • Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (1990–2004), Child of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland, USA)[78][79]
  • Zdisław Kobak (Cantius) (1930–2004), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Torun, Poland – Samar, Philippines – Wisconsin, USA)
  • Daria Donnelly Weissburg (1959–2004), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Boston (Pennsylvania – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Robert Pennington (Basil) (1931–2005), Professed Priest of the Trappists (New York – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Venard Poslusney (1917–2005), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (Pennsylvania – New Jersey, USA)
  • Thomas Richard Heath (1920–2005), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Martyrs (Massachusetts, USA – Kisumu, Kenya)[80]
  • Dorothy Mae Stang (1931–2005), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur; Martyr (Ohio, USA – Pará, Brazil)[81][82]
  • Patricia Caron Crowley (1913–2006), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Founder of the Christian Family Movement (Illinois, USA)[83]
  • Edward Warren (1926–2006), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Bridgeport (Connecticut, USA)
  • Audrey Marie Santo (1983–2007), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Worcester (Massachusetts, USA)[84][85]
  • Margaret Mary Leo (1993–2007), Child of the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia, USA)[86]
  • Joan Gormley (Frances) (1937–2007), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Francis Marino (1925–2007), Professed Priest of the Society of Mary, Marist Missionaries; Founder of the Anawim Community (Massachusetts, USA – Manila, Philippines)
  • Avery Robert Dulles (1918–2008), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Cardinal (New York, USA)
  • Cristeta Lim (Grace Dorothy) (1926–2008), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (Ilocos Sur, Philippines – Hawaii, USA)
  • Dorothy Hennessey (1913–2008), Professed Religious of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Holy Family (Iowa, USA)
  • Mary Ann Wright (1921–2009), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Louisiana, USA – California, USA)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Lawrence Rosabaugh (Lorenzo) (1935–2009), Professed Priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Martyr (Wisconsin, USA – Guatemala)
  • Robert Fox (1927–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Sioux Falls; Founder of the Fatima Family Apostolate and the Youths for Fatima Pilgrimages (South Dakota, USA)
  • Patrick Francis Rager (1959–2010), Priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Anita Figueredo Villegas de Doyle (1916–2010), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Diego (San Jose, Costa Rica – California, USA)
  • Edward Dougherty (1925–2011), Priest of the Diocese of Trenton (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915–2011), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Maryland, USA)
  • Warren Hasty Carroll (1932–2011), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Arlington (Maine – Virginia, USA)
  • Philip Matthew Hannan (1914–2011), Archbishop of New Orleans (Washington D.C. – Louisiana, USA)
  • Julian and Adrian Riester (1919–2011) Professed Priests of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Buffalo, New York – St. Petersburg, Florida, USA)
  • Albert Henry Ottenweller (1916–2012), Bishop of Steubenville; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother (Montana – Ohio, USA)
  • Walter Francis Sullivan (1928–2012), Bishop of Richmond (Washington, D.C. – Virginia, USA)
  • James Reuter (1916–2012), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (New Jersey, USA – Parañaque, Philippines)
  • Mary Jean Forge Perrini (1957–2012), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Kansas City (Kansas, USA)[87]
  • Carol Therese Ameche (1934–2013), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Phoenix (Arizona, USA)
  • Thomas Walters (Hilarion) (1918–2013), Professed Priest of the Passionists (Pennsylvania, USA – Quezon City, Philippines)
  • Paul [Pablo] Straub (1932–2013), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists; Founder of the Institute of the Consecrated Sisters of the Most Holy Savior (New York, USA – Quintana Roo, Mexico)
  • Scott Carroll (1966–2013), Priest of the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio, USA)[88]
  • Mary Clarke Brenner (Antonia) (1926–2013), Founder of the Eudists Servants of the Eleventh Hour (California, USA – Tijuana, Mexico)[89][90]
  • Brendan Joseph Kelly (1998–2013), Child of the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia, USA)[86]
  • Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1938–2013), Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn; Titular Bishop of Deultum (New York, USA)
  • Julia Ann Smollin (Anne Bryan) (1943–2014), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet (New York, USA)
  • Kenneth Walker (1985–2014), Priest of the Fraternal Society of Saint Peter; Martyr (Arizona, USA)[91][92]
  • Robert Peter Groeschel (Benedict Joseph) (1933–2014), Professed Priest and Founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal (New Jersey, USA)
  • Nathan Benjamin Trapuzzano (1989–2014), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis (Pennsylvania – Indiana, USA)[93][94]
  • Pauline Eve Macaluso Lord (Penny) (1927–2014), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Little Rock (New York, USA – Arkansas, USA)
  • Stuart Ignatius Long (1963–2014), Priest of the Diocese of Helena (Washington – Montana, USA)[95]
  • Mary Jo Tacke (Mary Paule) (1923–2014), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood; Martyr (Idaho, USA – Eastern Cape, South Africa)
  • Paul Joseph O'Donnell (1959–2015), Cofounder of the Franciscan Brothers of Peace (Nebraska – Minnesota, USA)
  • Tom Seagrave (1942–2015), Priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (California, USA)[96]
  • James Curran (1932–2015), Founder of the Little Brothers of Saint Francis (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Dorothy Marie Barrett (Mary Adrian) (1929–2015), Professed Religious of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Joseph Mario Reali (1989–2015), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York; Member of the Knights of Columbus (Connecticut – New York, USA)[97]
  • Alexander Joseph Toczko (1919–2015) and Jeannette Dolores Malachowski Toczko (1919–2015), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Diego (California, USA)[98][99]
  • Bob Lord (1935–2016), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Little Rock (New York, USA – Arkansas, USA)
  • Rita Antoinette Rizzo (Mary Angelica of the Annunciation) (1923–2016), Professed Religious of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration; Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and the Knights of the Holy Eucharist (Ohio, USA – Alabama, USA)[100][101]
  • Peter John Hopkins (1925–2016), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Nashville (Wyoming – Tennessee, USA)
  • Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Minnesota – New York, USA)
  • Rosemae Pender (1921–2016), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist (Illinois, USA – Connecticut, USA)
  • Marvin Alfred Mottet (1930–2016), Priest of the Diocese of Davenport (Iowa, USA)
  • James Henry Flanagan (1924–2016), Priest of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe; Founder of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (Massachusetts – New Mexico, USA)
  • Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (1924–2016), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of St. Louis; Founder of the Cardinal Mindszenty Society (Missouri, USA)[102]
  • Elizabeth Anne Corcoran (Mary Neil) (1926–2017), Professed Religious of the Religious Sisters of Mercy (Maryland, USA)[103]
  • Vincent Michael Scanlan (Theophane) (1931–2017), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Third order Regulars (New York – Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Steven McDonald (1957–2017), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (New York, USA)[104][105]
  • Elizabeth Louise Ebo (Mary Antona) (1924–2017), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary (Illinois, USA – Missouri, USA)[106]
  • George Gillen (Francis Joseph) (1930–2017), Founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Saint John of God (Massachusetts, USA – Bulacan, Philippines)
  • Eileen Calcagni George (1927–2017), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Worcester (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Joseph Benedict Apostoli (Andrew) (1942–2017), Professed Priest and Cofounder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (New Jersey, USA)[107]
  • Jerome Francis Conicker (1938–2018), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Steubenville; Founder of the Apostolate for Family Consecration (Illinois, USA – Wisconsin, USA)[108]
  • Peter Fehlner (Peter Damian Mary) (1931–2018), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals (New York – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Anthony Freeman (1988–2018), Professed Religious of the Legionaries of Christ (Louisiana, USA – Rome, Italy)[109]
  • Gregory Allen Staab (1957–2018), Professed Priest of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary (Ohio – Massachusetts, USA)
  • Linda Schubert (1936–2019), Married Layperson of the Diocese of San Jose in California; Member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (California, USA)
  • James Vincent Schall (1928–2019), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Iowa – California, USA)
  • Lorraine Rita Moras Warren (1927–2019), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Bridgeport (Connecticut, USA)
  • Harold Joseph Rahm (1919–2019), Profesed Priest, Jesuits (Texas, US – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Kendrick Castillo (2001–2019), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Denver; Martyr (Colorado, USA)[110][111]
  • Kristin Popik Burns (1950–2019), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Arlington (Virginia, USA)
  • Richard Rieman (1925–2019), Priest of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Illinois – Massachusetts, United States)[112]
  • Jason Paul Marshall (1966–2019), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (New Mexico – Colorado, USA)[113][114]
  • Mary Elizabeth Lancaster (Mary Wilhelmina of the Most Holy Rosary) (1924–2019), Cofounder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles (Missouri, USA)[115]
  • Gilbert Espinosa Chávez (1932–2020), Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego (California, US)
  • Ann Russell Miller (Mary Joseph of the Trinity) (1928–2021), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (California – Illinois, US)[116]
  • Ryan Stawaisz (1989–2021), Priest of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Scotland, United Kingdom – Texas, US)[117][failed verification]
  • Janice McLaughlin (1942–2021), Professed Religious of the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic (Pennsylvania – New York, USA)[118][119]
  • Alice Jourdain von Hildebrand (1923–2022), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York (Brussels, Belgium – New York, USA)
  • Paul Farmer (1959–2022), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Boston (Massachusetts, USA – Burera, Rwanda)[120][121]
  • Malachi Miller (2010–2023), Child of the Diocese of Salina (Kansas City- Kansas, USA)[122][123]
  • Jessica Theresa Hanna (1983–2024), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Detroit (Michigan, USA)[124][125]

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Footnotes edit

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  69. ^ "Stories About Karski" Jan Karski Education Foundation
  70. ^ Remembering Sister Barbara Ann Ford, SC, “Missionary Disciple” Sisters of Charity of New York, 2 May 2016
  71. ^ About Father Mychal Judge
  72. ^ Catholic Historian Pushes for Canonization of Fr. Mychal Judge as a Saint for Our Times New Ways Ministry, 16 July 2020
  73. ^ Renewed push for priest's canonization met with mixed reactions northjersey.com, 1 August 2017
  74. ^ Montanans seek sainthood for late priest Billings Gazette, 21 November 2004
  75. ^ Montana couple begins process to canonize beloved Polish priest Catholic News Agency, 22 November 2004
  76. ^ Mary Stachowicz: Martyr for the Faith and Hostis Humani Generis Juicy Ecumenism, 17 July 2013
  77. ^ Franciscan Brothers of Peace
  78. ^ Mattie Stepanek Guild
  79. ^ Will this 13-year-old child-poet be considered for possible sainthood? CNN, 19 May 2019
  80. ^ Thomas Richard Heath, O.P.
  81. ^ Sr. Dorothy Stang, Martyr of the Amazon National Catholic Reporter, 2 October 2007
  82. ^ Martyred American nun could be the patron saint of the pope’s eco-encyclical Crux, 11 June 2015
  83. ^ Dynamic duo: Pat and Patty Crowley U.S.Catholic, 23 October 2011
  84. ^ Little Audrey Santo Foundation
  85. ^ Push For 'Little Audrey's' Sainthood Begins WCVB, March 12, 2012
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  87. ^ Bishop Miege remembers Mary Perrini as local priest works to have her considered for sainthood Shawnee Mission Post, 18 January 2017
  88. ^ "Being priest was 'everything' to man ordained two days before he died". The Catholic Sun. 26 May 2013.
  89. ^ Remembering the 'Prison Angel' Shalom Tidings, 1 June 2017
  90. ^ Remembering the Prison Angel – Mother Antonia Brenner Catholic365, 24 October 2016
  91. ^ Remembering Fr. Kenneth Walker, ‘The Arrow,’ Struck Down Too Soon OnePeterFive, 13 May 2019
  92. ^ Fr. Kenneth Walker FSSP – Sanctity in a Short Life The Natural Catholic Mom, 11 June 2019
  93. ^ The Nathan Trapuzzano Memorial Foundation
  94. ^ Nathan Trapuzzano’s widow: “He said, ‘I want us both to be saints…'” The Deacon's Bench, 10 April 2014
  95. ^ Michelle La Rosa (11 April 2022). "Meet Father Stu – the true story, and real priest behind Mark Wahlberg's new movie". The Pillar. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  96. ^ Petition recommends Seagrave for sainthood status CrusaderNews, 28 June 2020
  97. ^ "Not Your Average Joe" Knights of Columbus Everyday Heroes, 3 April 2018
  98. ^ This 95-year-old Catholic couple died in each other's arms Catholic News Agency, 3 July 2015
  99. ^ Couple married for 75 years die in each other's arms CathNews, 7 July 2015
  100. ^ Mother Angelica for sainthood? Catholic Review, 9 April 2018
  101. ^ Could Alabama nun Mother Angelica be canonized a saint? AL.com, 7 May 2019
  102. ^ Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
  103. ^ Sister Mary Neil Corcoran, ‘heart, soul and spirit’ of Esperanza Center Catholic Review, 24 August 2017
  104. ^ Detective Steven McDonald Was a Saint for Our Times The Tablet, 18 January 2017
  105. ^ God’s Cop: A Tribute to Steven McDonald: Friend, Hero, Saint Plough, 10 January 2018
  106. ^ Sister Antona Ebo’s lifelong struggle against white supremacy, inside and outside the Catholic Church American Magazine, 22 November 2017
  107. ^ Father Andrew Apostoli Remembered as ‘Beacon of Light’ National Catholic Register, 15 December 2017
  108. ^ A Life Remembered: Jerome Coniker Kenosha News, 30 July 2018
  109. ^ Legionaries of Christ – Anthony Freeman
  110. ^ The Martyr of Denver? Father speaks in Philadelphia of son who laid down his life for friends Catholic Philly, 9 December 2019
  111. ^ Kendrick Castillo Called a “Saint of Our Times” KnightsofColumbus, 12 December 2019
  112. ^ "Fr. Dick Rieman (November 8, 1925 – December 2, 2019)". Opus Dei.
  113. ^ Seminarian who died in bus crash practiced laying down his life daily, friend says Catholic News Agency, 30 June 2019
  114. ^ Seminarian killed in crash recalled as ‘humble man’ who cared for others Crux, 27 June 2019
  115. ^ Sister Mary Wilhelmina The Catholic Key Online, 6 June 2019
  116. ^ Harriet Orrell (9 June 2021). "The US socialite who gave it all up to become a Carmelite nun". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  117. ^ Remembering Father Ryan
  118. ^ Katharine Q. Seelye (26 March 2021). "Janice McLaughlin, Nun Who Exposed Abuse in Africa, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  119. ^ Robert Ellsberg (20 March 2021). "Remembering Janice McLaughlin, the Maryknoll sister who found freedom in the struggle for African liberation". America Magazine. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  120. ^ John Dear (23 February 2022). "Paul Farmer was my friend. He should be made a saint—and a doctor of the church". America. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  121. ^ Jennie Weiss Block (28 February 2022). "Dr. Paul Farmer, aka 'kenosis man,' emptied himself in love and service to others". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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  123. ^ The Boy Who Many Saw As A Living Saint!, retrieved 2023-11-17
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