Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 21st century

The Catholic Church recognizes certain deceased Catholics as saints, beati, venerabili, and servants of God.

Name	Birth	Birthplace	Death	Place of death	Beatification date	Canonization date	Notes
Pope John Paul II	1920	Wadowice, Poland	2005	Vatican City	May 1, 2011	April 27, 2014	Pope^[1]
Carlo Acutis	1991	London, United Kingdom	2006	Monza, Italy	October 10, 2020	September 7, 2025	Layman^[2]
21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya	Various	One from Ghana, others from Egypt	2015	Sirte, Libya	February 15, 2015	February 21, 2015	Laymen and martyrs^[3]

Name	Birth	Birthplace	Death	Place of death	Beatification date	Notes
Leonella Sgorbati	1940	Piacenza, Italy	2006	Mogadishu, Somalia	May 26, 2018	Nun and martyr^[4]
Floribert Bwana Chui	1981	Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo	2007	Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo	June 15, 2025	martyr and customs official ^[5]

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