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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.
This list has no precise inclusion criteria as described in the Manual of Style for standalone lists. (June 2023) |
Image | Candidate for Sainthood | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause | |
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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 | |
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[19] | 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[20][21] | c. 1882 | 13 February 1907 Memphis, Tennessee |
Layperson | Memphis | Heroic Virtues | |
1908 | John Green Hanning[22] (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[23][24] | 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 | Helena Pelczar[25] | 25 December 1888 Korczyna, Krosno, Poland |
27 April 1926 Cleveland, Ohio |
Layperson | Cleveland | 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[26][27] | 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 White (rel. name: Mary Francis) |
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[28] (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[29] (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[30] | 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[31] (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[32] | 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[33] | 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[34][35] | 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, Illinois |
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[36][37] | 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[38][39] | 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[40] | 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[41] | 1 January 1930 Independence, Iowa |
20 October 1975 Morochata, Cochabamba, Boliva |
Diocesan Priest | Dubuque | Martyr in odium fidei | ||
William "Bill" Gauchat[42] | 31 July 1907 Avon, Ohio |
16 April 1975 Avon, Ohio |
Married Layperson; Member, Catholic Worker Movement | Cleveland | Heroic Virtues | ||
1976 | William Woods[43][44] | 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[45] | 16 March 1877 Hughesville, Maryland |
21 April 1978 Washington, D.C. |
Married Layperson | Washington, D.C. | Heroic Virtues | |
Catherine Passananti[46] | 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[47] | 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[48][49] | 12 November 1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
14 September 1982 La Colle, Monaco |
Married Layperson | Monaco | Heroic Virtues | ||
John Timothy Leary[50] | 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 September 1984 Ba, Fiji |
Professed Priest, Jesuits | Suva | Heroic Virtues | |
1986 | Lawrence Lovasik | 22 June 1913 Tarentum, Pennsylvania |
9 June 1986 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Professed Priest, Society of the Divine Word; Founder, Congregation of the Divine Spirit and the Family Service Secular Institute |
Pittsburgh | Heroic Virtues | |
1989 | Agnes Reinkemeyer | 29 December 1923 Rich Fountain, Missouri |
12 July 1989 Wema, Garsen, Tana River, Kenya |
Professed Religious, Franciscan Sisters of Mary | Malindi | Martyr in odium fidei |
Image | Candidate for Sainthood | Born | Died | Church Status | Diocese | Type of Cause |
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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 of 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 | |
Missionary Martyrs of El Salvador (1980) | ||||||
Mary Elizabeth "Maura" Clarke |
13 January 13, 1931 Queens, New York City |
2 December 1980 La Paz, El Salvador |
Professed Religious, Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic | in odium fidei | ||
Ita Catherine Ford | April 23, 1940 Brooklyn, New York City |
2 December 1980 La Paz, El Salvador |
Professed Religious, Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic | in odium fidei | ||
Dorothy Kazel | 30 June 1939 Cleveland, Ohio |
2 December 1980 La Paz, El Salvador |
Professed Religious, Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union | in odium fidei | ||
Jean Marie Donovan |
10 April 1953 Westport, Connecticut |
2 December 1980 La Paz, El Salvador |
Layperson | Cleveland | in odium fidei |
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