List of Americans venerated in the Catholic Church

For non-Catholic American saints, see Category:American saints. For more information on the process of sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church, see Canonization.

The Catholic Church recognizes some deceased Catholics as saints, beati, and venerabili. Some of these figures are significantly associated with what was at the time or subsequently became the United States.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, D.C., is the largest Catholic church in the United States. A special hall in the crypt level of the Basilica contains statues of American saints.

Catholicism in the United States began with the first European explorations and colonization of the Americas. Indeed, Columbus's expedition of 1492 included Catholic priests among the crew. Catholic missionaries were some of the first Europeans to reach many parts of French North America and British North America in the east, and Spanish North America in the Southwestern United States.

Several American Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past 50 years. Catholics continue to contribute to American religious life. Most of these Americans were born after 1850, though the majority of those who have been canonized so far were not.

American saints

Individual causes

Image	Name	Born	Died	Church Status	Diocese	Type of Cause
	Francesca Saverio Cabrini	15 July 1850 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi, Italy	22 December 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States	Founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Chicago	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 20 March 1931 Declared "Venerable": 21 November 1937 Beatified: 13 November 1938 by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 7 July 1946 by Pope Pius XII
	Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton	28 August 1774 in New York City, New York, United States	4 January 1821 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States	Widow; Founder, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (in the United States), the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of Halifax, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey	Baltimore	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 1907 Declared "Venerable": 18 December 1959 Beatified: 17 March 1963 by Pope John XXIII Canonized: 14 September 1975 by Pope Paul VI
	John Nepomuk Neumann	28 March 1811 in Prachatice, Czechia	5 January 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Professed Priest, Redemptorists; Bishop of Philadelphia; Founder, Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia	Philadelphia and České Budějovice	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 5 May 1886 Declared "Venerable": 11 December 1921 Beatified: 13 October 1963 by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 19 June 1977 by Pope Paul VI
	Rose-Philippine Duchesne	29 August 1769 in Grenoble, Isère, France	18 November 1852 in St. Charles, Missouri, United States	Professed Religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Rome and Saint Louis	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 9 December 1909 Declared "Venerable": 17 March 1935 Beatified: 12 May 1940 by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 3 July 1988 by Pope John Paul II
	Katharine Mary Drexel	26 November 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	3 March 1955 in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, United States	Founder, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People	Philadelphia	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 9 November 1973 Declared "Venerable": 26 January 1987 Beatified: 20 November 1988 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
	Anne-Thérèse Guérin (rel. name: Mother Théodore)	2 October 1798 in Étables-sur-Mer, Côtes-d'Armor, France	14 Mat 1856 in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States	Founder, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods	Indianapolis	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 8 September 1909 Declared "Venerable": 11 July 1992 Beatified: 25 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 15 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
	Jozef De Veuster (rel. name: Damien)	3 January 1840 in Tremelo, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium	15 April 1889 in Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi, United States	Professed Priest, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus)	Mechelen–Brussels and Honolulu	Heroic Virtues
Introduction of Cause: 1938 Declared "Venerable": 7 July 1977 Beatified: 14 June 1995 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI
	Barbara Cope (rel. name: Marianne)	23 January 1838 in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany	9 August 1918 in Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi, United States	Professed Religious, Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse	Honolulu	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 28 July 1983 Declared "Venerable": 19 April 2004 Beatified: 14 May 2005 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
	Kateri Tekakwitha	c. 1656 in Ossernenon near Auriesville, New York, United States	17 April 1680 in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada	Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Montréal	Montréal	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 1931 Declared "Venerable": 3 January 1943 Beatified: 22 June 1980 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 October 2012 by Benedict XVI
	Pedro Calungsod	July 21, 1654 in one of the Visayan islands, Captaincy General of the Philippines	April 2, 1672 in Tumon, Guam, Captaincy General of the Philippines	Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu	Cebu and Agaña	Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur
				Introduction of Cause: February 4, 1994 Declared "Venerable": January 27, 2000 Beatified: March 5, 2000 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: October 21, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
	Miguel José Serra Ferrer (rel. name: Fra Junípero)	24 November 1713 in Petra, Mallorca, Spain	28 August 1784 in Monterey, California, United States	Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor	Monterey	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 30 August 1943 Declared "Venerable": 9 May 1985 Beatified: 25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 23 September 2015 by Pope Francis

Group martyrs

Image	Saints and Servants of God	Born	Died	Church Status	Diocese	Type of Cause
Jesuit Martyrs of North America (1642–49)
	René Goupil	15 May 1608 in Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, France	29 September 1642 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States	Professed Religious, Jesuits	Toronto and New York	Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur
	Isaac Jogues	10 January 1607 in Orléans, Loiret, France	18 October 1646 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States	Professed Priest, Jesuits
	Jean de Lalande	c. 1620–25 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France	19 October 1646 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States	Professed Religious, Jesuits
		Introduction of Cause: Declared "Venerable": Beatified: 21 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI

American beati

Individual causes

Image	Name	Born	Died	Church Status	Diocese	Type of Cause
	Maria Franziska Schervier	2 January 1819 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	14 December 1876 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Founder, Poor Sisters of Saint Francis and Franciscan Sisters of the Poor	Aachen	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 24 September 1912 Declared "Venerable": 30 January 1969 Beatified: 28 April 1974 by Pope Paul VI
	Diego Luis de San Vitores	13 November 1627 in Burgos, Spain	2 April 1672 in Tumon, Guam	Professed Priest, Jesuits	Manila and Agaña	Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur
				Introduction of Cause: 1688 Declared "Venerable": 9 November 1984 Beatified: 6 October 1985 by Pope John Paul II
	Franz Xaver Seelos	11 January 1819 in Füssen, Bavaria, Germany	4 October 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Professed Priest, Redemptorists	New Orleans and Baltimore	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 17 September 1900 Declared "Venerable": 27 January 2000 Beatified: 9 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II
	Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago	22 November 1918 in Caguas, Puerto Rico	13 July 1963 in Caguas, Puerto Rico	Layperson of the Diocese of Caguas	Caguas	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 26 June 1992 Declared "Venerable": 7 July 1997 Beatified: 29 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II
	Teresa Demjanovich (rel. name: Miriam Teresa)	26 March 1901 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States	8 May 1927 in Convent Station, New Jersey, United States	Professed Religious, Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth	Paterson	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 23 March 1972 Declared "Venerable": 10 May 2012 Beatified: 4 October 2014 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
	Stanley Francis Rother	27 March 1935 in Okarche, Oklahoma, United States	28 July 1981 in Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala	Priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City	Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur
				Introduction of Cause: 3 September 2007 Declared "Venerable": 1 December 2016 Beatified: 23 September 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
	Bernard Casey (rel. name: Francis Solanus)	25 November 1870 in Oak Grove, Wisconsin, United States	31 July 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States	Professed Priest, Capuchin Franciscans	Detroit	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 26 October 1983 Declared "Venerable": 11 July 1995 Beatified: 18 November 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
	James Alfred Miller (rel. name: Leo William [Santiago])	21 September 1944 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States	13 February 1982 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala	Professed Religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)	Huehuetenango	Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur
				Introduction of Cause: 1 September 2009 Declared "Venerable": 7 November 2018 Beatified: 7 December 2019 by Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán
	Michael Joseph McGivney	12 August 1852 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States	14 August 1890 in Thomaston, Connecticut, United States	Priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford; Founder, Knights of Columbus	Hartford	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 15 September 1997 Declared "Venerable": 15 March 2008 Beatified: 31 October 2020 by Cardinal Joseph William Tobin

Group martyrs

Image	Saints and Servants of God	Born	Died	Church Status	Diocese	Type of Cause
Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War (1934–39)
	Josep Tristany Pujol (rel. name: Lluc of Saint Joseph)	14 December 1872 in Su, Lleida, Spain	20 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain	Professed Priest, Discalced Carmelites	Barcelona[1]	Martyr in odium fidei, uti fertur
	Ricardo Farré Masip (rel. name: Eduardo of the Child Jesus)	3 April 1897 in Lleida, Spain	25 July 1936 in Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
		Introduction of Cause: 1952 Declared "Venerable": 22 June 2004 Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.

American Venerables

Individual causes

Image	Name	Born	Died	Church Status	Diocese	Type of Cause
	Antonio Margil Ros (rel. name: Antonio of Jesus)	18 August 1657 in Valencia, Spain	6 August 1726 in Mexico City, Mexico	Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor	Mexico	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 29 December 1770 Declared "Venerable": 31 July 1836
	Cornelia Peacock Connelly	15 January 1809 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	18 April 1879 in Saint Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England	Founder, Society of the Holy Child Jesus	Southwark	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 12 November 1959 Declared "Venerable": 13 June 1992
	Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli	4 November 1806 in Milan, Italy	23 February 1864 in Benton, Wisconsin, United States	Professed Priest, Dominicans; Founder, Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Sinsinawa	Madison	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 1966 Declared "Venerable": 6 July 1993
	Józefina Dudzik (rel. name: Mary Theresa)	30 August 1860 in Płocicz, Kamień Krajeński, Sępólno, Poland	20 September 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, United States	Founder, Franciscan Sisters of Chicago	Chicago	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 1 June 1979 Declared "Venerable": 26 March 1994
	Pierre Toussaint	prob. 27 June 1766 (or 1780) in Saint-Marc, Artibonite, Haiti	30 June 1853 in New York City, New York, United States	Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of New York	New York	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 12 November 1988 Declared "Venerable": 17 December 1996
	Henriette DeLille	11 March 1813 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	17 November 1862 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Founder, Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans	New Orleans	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 22 June 1988 Declared "Venerable": 27 March 2010
	Kasimira Kaupas (rel. name: Maria)	6 January 1880 in Ramygala, Panevėžys, Lithuania	17 April 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States	Founder, Sisters of Saint Casimir	Chicago	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 6 September 1988 Declared "Venerable": 1 July 2010
	Nelson Baker	16 February 1842 in Buffalo, New York, United States	29 July 1936 in Lackawanna, New York, United States	Priest of the Diocese of Buffalo	Buffalo	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 6 July 1987 Declared "Venerable": 14 January 2011
	Félix Varela Morales	20 November 1788 in Havana, Cuba	25 February 1853 in St. Augustine, Florida, United States	Priest of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de La Habana	San Cristóbal de La Habana	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 12 January 1996 Declared "Venerable": 14 March 2012
	Friderik Irene Baraga	28 June 1797 in Knežja Vas, Trebnje, Slovenia	19 January 1868 in Marquette, Michigan, United States	Bishop of Marquette	Marquette	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 17 August 1972 Declared "Venerable": 10 May 2012
	Bridget Teresa McCrory (rel. name: Mary Angeline Teresa)	21 January 1893 in Mountjoy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	21 January 1984 in Germantown, New York, United States	Founder, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm	Albany	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 1 June 1989 Declared "Venerable": 28 June 2012
	Fulton John Sheen	8 May 1895 in El Paso, Illinois, United States	9 December 1979 in New York City, New York, United States	Bishop of Rochester; Titular Archbishop of Newport	Peoria	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 14 September 2002 Declared "Venerable": 28 June 2012
	Celestina Bottego	20 December 1895 in Glendale, Ohio, United States	20 August 1980 in Parma, Italy	Founder, Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary	Parma	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 24 November 1994 Declared "Venerable": 31 October 2013
	Rafael Cordero Molina	24 October 1790 in San Juan, Puerto Rico	5 July 1868 in San Juan, Puerto Rico	Layperson of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico	San Juan de Puerto Rico	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 16 April 2003 Declared "Venerable": 9 December 2013
	Aloysius Schwartz	18 September 1930 in Washington, D.C., United States	16 March 1992 in Manila, Philippines	Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila; Founder, Sisters of Mary of Banneux and Brothers of Christ	Manila	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 27 November 2003 Declared "Venerable": 22 January 2015
	William Gagnon	16 May 1905 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States	28 February 1972 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Professed Religious, Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God	Montréal	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 24 March 1999 Declared "Venerable": 14 December 2015
	Alphonse Gallegos	20 February 1931 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	6 October 1991 in Yuba City, California, United States	Professed Priest, Augustinian Recollects; Titular Bishop of Sasabe; Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento	Sacramento	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 4 December 2005 Declared "Venerable": 8 July 2016
	Teresa Fardella di Blasi	24 May 1867 in New York City, New York, United States	26 August 1957 in Trapani, Italy	Widow; Founder, Poor Daughters of the Crowned Virgin	Trapani	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 16 March 1960 Declared "Venerable": 8 November 2017
	Patrick Peyton	9 January 1909 in Carracastle, County Mayo, Ireland	3 June 1992 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, United States	Professed Priest, Congregation of Holy Cross; Founder, Family Rosary Crusade	Baltimore	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 19 December 2000 Declared "Venerable": 18 December 2017
	Norbert McAuliffe	30 September 1886 in Manhattan, New York, United States	3 July 1959 in Alokolum, Gulu, Uganda	Professed Religious, Brothers of the Sacred Heart	Gulu	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 16 June 1994 Declared "Venerable": 19 May 2018
	Antonietta Giugliano	11 July 1909 in New York City, New York, United States	8 June 1960 in Portici, Naples, Italy	Cofounder, Little Servants of Christ the King	Naples	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 3 July 2006 Declared "Venerable": 21 December 2008
	María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos (rel. name: María Soledad)	15 November 1892 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico	23 April 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico	Professed Religious, Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick	San Juan de Puerto Rico	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 13 September 2003 Declared "Venerable": 15 January 2019
	Augustin Arnaud Pagès (rel. name: Nymphas Victorin)	7 September 1885 in Chadron, Haute-Loire, France	16 April 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico	Professed Religious, Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)	San Juan de Puerto Rico	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 30 March 1999 Declared "Venerable": 6 April 2019
	Augustus Tolton	1 April 1854 in Brush Creek, Missouri, United States	9 July 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States	Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago	Chicago	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 2 March 2010 Declared "Venerable": 11 June 2019
	Mario Hiriart Pulido	23 July 1931 in Santiago, Chile	15 July 1964 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	Layperson of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile; Member, Secular Institute of the Schöenstatt Brothers of Mary	Santiago de Chile	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 31 May 1997 Declared "Venerable": 21 February 2020
	Eusebio Francesco Chini	10 August 1645 in Segno, Trentino, Italy	15 May 1711 in Santa María Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico	Professed Priest, Jesuits	Hermosillo	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 1971 Declared "Venerable": 10 July 2020
	Mary Elizabeth Lange	c. 1794 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba	3 February 1882 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States	Founder, Oblate Sisters of Providence	Baltimore	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 9 January 1991 Declared "Venerable": 22 June 2023
	Rose Hawthorne (rel. name: Mary Alphonsa)	20 May 1851 in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States	9 July 1926 in Hawthorne, New York, United States	Founder, Dominican Sisters of Saint Rose of Lima (Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne)	New York	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 4 February 2003 Declared "Venerable": 14 March 2024
	Emil Joseph Kapaun	20 April 1916 in Pilsen, Kansas, United States	23 May 1951 in Pyŏktong, North Pyongan, North Korea	Priest of the Diocese of Wichita	Wichita	Heroic Virtues
				Introduction of Cause: 4 February 2003 Declared "Venerable": 25 February 2025

Group martyrs

Image	Saints and Servants of God	Born	Died	Church Status	Diocese	Type of Cause
Franciscan Martyrs of Georgia (1597)
	Pedro de Corpa	c. 1555 in Villaba, Burgos, Spain	13 September 1597 in Darien, Georgia, United States	Professed Priests, Franciscan Friars Minor	Savannah[2]	Martyrs in odium fidei, uti fertur
	Blas de Rodríguez	c. 1500 in Villa de Cuacos, Cáceres, Spain	16 September 1597 in Eulonia, Georgia, United States
	Miguel de Añon	c. 1550–60 in Zaragoza, Spain	17 September 1597 in St. Catherines Island, Georgia, United States
	Antonio de Badajoz	c. 1550 in La Albuera, Badajoz, United States		Professed Religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
	Francisco de Veráscola	c. 1560–70 in Gordejuela, Vizcaya, United States	18 September 1597 in St. Simons, Georgia, United States	Professed Priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
		Introduction of Cause: 6 March 1986 Declared "Venerable": 27 January 2025 Beatified:

See also

• Saints portal

• List of American proposed candidates for sainthood

• Blessed
• Catholic Church in the United States § Servants of God and those declared venerable, beatified, and canonized saints
• Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
• List of Brazilian saints
• List of Canadian Roman Catholic saints
• List of Canarian saints
• List of Central American and Caribbean saints
• List of Filipino saints, blesseds, and servants of God
• List of Mexican saints
• List of Saints from Africa
• List of Saints from India
• List of Saints from Oceania
• List of Scandinavian saints
• List of South American saints
• List of European saints
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