List of Brazilian saints

This page is a list of Brazilian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Brazil.

Victor Meirelles's "The first Mass in Brazil", 1861

The Catholic Church has been present in the territory of the modern nation of Brazil since the first Mass was said there in 1500 and today claims the largest population of Catholics of any country in the world. Nonetheless, the country has produced few officially canonized saints thus far.

Saints[]

The following is the list of saints, in the order in which they were canonized.

Father Roque González de Santa Cruz

• Martyrs of Río de la Plata (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil):
  • Roque González y de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Asunción, Paraguay)
  • Adolfo Rodríguez Obnel (1598–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Zamora, Spain)
  • Juan del Castillo Rodríguez (1595–1628), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Cuenca, Spain)
    • Venerated: January 15, 1933
    • Beatified: January 28, 1934 by Pope Pius XI
    • Canonized: May 16, 1988 by Pope John Paul II
• Amabile Visintainer (Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus) (1865–1942), Founder of the Little Sister of Immaculate Concepcion (Trent, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Venerated: February 8, 1988
  • Beatified: October 18, 1991 by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: May 19, 2002 by Pope John Paul II
• Antonio Galvao de Franca (Antonio of Saint Anne) (1739–1822), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Venerated: March 8, 1997
  • Beatified: October 25, 1998 by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: May 11, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
• José de Anchieta (1534–1597), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Spain-Brazil)
  • Venerated: August 10, 1786
  • Beatified: June 22, 1980 by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: April 3, 2014 by Pope Francis
• André de Soveral & 29 Companions (d. 1645), Priests and Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Natal; Martyr (Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 21, 1998
  • Beatified: March 5, 2000 by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized: October 15, 2017 by Pope Francis
• Maria Rita Lopes Pontes de Souza Brito (Dulce) (1914–1992), Professed Religious of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Brazil)
  • Venerated: April 3, 2009
  • Beatified: May 22, 2011 by Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo
  • Canonized: October 13, 2019 by Pope Francis

Blesseds[]

• Inácio de Azevedo and 39 Jesuit Companions (d. 1570), Professed Priests, Religious', Novices and Clerics of the Jesuits; Martyrs (aboard the Santiago toward Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)
  • Venerated: n/a
  • Beatified: May 11, 1854 by Pope Pius IX
• Hubertus Van Lieshout [Eustachius] (1890–1943), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) (North Brabant, Netherlands – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • Venerated: April 12, 2003
  • Beatified: June 15, 2006 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
• Mariano de la Mata Aparicio (1905–1983), Professed Priest of the Augustinians (Palenca, Spain – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 20, 2004
  • Beatified: November 5, 2006 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
• Albertina Berkenbrock (1919–1931), Child of the Diocese of Tubarão; Martyr (Santa Catarina, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 16, 2006
  • Beatified: October 20, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
• Adílio Daronch (1908–1924), Child of the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Martyr (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 16, 2006
  • Beatified: October 21, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
• Manuel Gómez González (1877–1924), Priest of the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Martyr (Pontevedra, Spain – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 16, 2006
  • Beatified: October 21, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
• Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (1953–1993), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Rio Grande do Sul – Bahia, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 16, 2006
  • Beatified: December 2, 2007 by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
• Bárbara Maix (Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity) (1818–1873), Founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vienna, Austria – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Venerated: July 3, 2008
  • Beatified: November 6, 2010 by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri
• Francisca de Paula de Jesus [Nhá Chica] (1810–1895), Layperson of the Diocese of Campanha (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • Venerated: January 14, 2011
  • Beatified: May 4, 2013 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
• Assunta Marchetti (1871–1948), Cofoundress of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) (Lucca, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 19, 2011
  • Beatified: October 25, 2014 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
• Francisco de Paula Victor (1827–1905), Priest of the Diocese of Campanha (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • Venerated: May 10, 2012
  • Beatified: November 14, 2015 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
• Giovanni Schiavo (1903–1967), Professed Priest of the Josephites of Murialdo (Vicenza, Italy – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Venerated: December 14, 2015
  • Beatified: October 28, 2017
• Donizetti Tavares de Lima (1882–1961), Priest of the Diocese of São João da Boa Vista (Minas Gerais – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Venerated: October 9, 2017
  • Beatified: November 23, 2019 by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Venerables[]

• Louise-Josephine Voiron (Marie-Theodore) (1835–1925), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry (Savoie, France – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": February 18, 1989
• Maria Conchita Farani (Antonieta of Sait Michael the Archangel) (1906–1963), Professed Religious of the Passionist Sisters of Saint Paul of the Cross (Paraná – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": June 13, 1992
• Rudolf Komorek (1890–1949), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (Bielsko-Biała, Poland – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": April 6, 1995
• Attilio Giordani (1913–1972), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Milan; Member of the Salesian Cooperators (Milan, Italy – Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": October 9, 2013
• Noeme Cinque (Serafina) (1913–1988), Professed Religious of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Amazonas, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": January 27, 2014
• Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus) - (1901 - 1972), Founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": April 3, 2014
• Antônio Ferreira Viçoso (1787–1875),Priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); Bishop of Mariana (Lisbon, Portugal – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": July 8, 2014
• Pelagio Sauter (1878–1961), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Zollernalbkreis, Germany – Goiânia, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": November 7, 2014
• Giuseppe Marchetti (1869–1896), Professed Priest of the Scalabrinians; Cofounder of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters) (Lucca, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": July 8, 2016
• Felice Rossini (Daniele of Samarate) (1876–1924), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Varese, Italy – Pará, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": March 23, 2017
• Pio Giannotti (Damiano of Bozzano) (1898–1997), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Lucca, Italy – Pernambuco, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": April 6, 2019
• Nelson [Nelsinho] Santana - (1955 - 1964), Child of the Diocese of Sao Carlos (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": April 6, 2019
• Hermínio Pinzetta (Salvador of Casca) (1911–1972), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Capuchins (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": May 13, 2019
• Benigna Cardoso da Silva (1928–1941), Child of the Diocese of Crato; Martyr (Ceará, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": October 2, 2019
• Dinah Amorim (1917–1988), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Mary - Escolapias (Minas Gerais – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": December 11, 2019
• Carmen Catarina Bueno (Maria do Carmo of the Holy Trinity) (1898–1966), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": January 23, 2020
• Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos (1962–1982), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mariana; Martyr (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": October 27, 2020
• Roberto Giovanni (1903–1994), Professed Religious of the Stigmatines (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": October 27, 2020
• Albino Alves da Cunha Silva (1882–1973), Priest of the Diocese of Catanduva (Celorico de Basto – São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": February 20, 2021
• Odette Vidal de Oliveira [Odetinha] (1930–1939), Child of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • Declared "Venerable": November 25, 2021

Servants of God[]

• Vitória Nabo Correia Bixarxe (Vitória of the Incarnation) (1661–1715), Professed Religious of the Poor Clare Nuns (Bahia, Brazil)
• Sepe Tiaraju (c. 1723–1756), Layperson of the Diocese of Bagé (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Antonio Gonçalves de Oliveira (Vital Maria of Pernambuco) (1844–1878), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Bishop of Olinda (Pernambuco, Brazil – Paris, France)
• João Francisco de Sequeira Andrade (1837–1881), Priest of the Diocese of Petropolis; Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge (São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• José Antônio de Maria Ibiapina (1806–1883), Priest of the Diocese of Guarabira (Ceará – Paraíba, Brazil)
• Inácio de Souza Rolim (1800–1899), Priest of the Diocese of Cajazeiras (Paraíba, Brazil)
• João Maria Cavalcanti de Brito (1848–1905), Priest of the Archdiocese of Natal (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
• Rita de Cássia Aguiar (1815–1906), Widow; Founder of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Providence (São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães (1851–1909), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Bento Dias Pacheco (1819–1911), Priest of the Diocese of Jundiai (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Clemente Recalcati (Giampietro of Sesto San Giovanni) (1868–1913), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Founder of the Missionary Capuchin Sisters of Saint Francis of Assisi (Milan, Italy – Ceará, Brazil)
• Elisa [Zelia] Pedreira Abreu Magalhaes (Maria of the Blessed Sacrament) - (1857 - 1919), Widow; Professed Religious of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Isabel de Bragança Bourbon (1857–1921), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Seine-Maritime, France)
• Domingos Evangelista Pinheiro (1843–1924), Priest of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte; Founder of the Sisters Helpers of Our Lady of Pieta (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Antônio da Rocha Marmo [Antoninho] (1918–1930), Child of the Archdiocese of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
• José Silvério Horta (1859–1933), Priest of the Archdiocese of Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Domingos Chohachi Nakamura (1865–1940), Priest of the Diocese of Presidente Prudente (Nagasaki, Japan – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Ignacio Martínez Madrid (Ignacio of the Blessed Sacrament) (1902–1942), Professed Priest of the Augustinian Recollects; Apostolic Administrator of Labrea (Burgos, Spain – Amazonas, Brazil)
• Anna Sabatovich (Ambrosia) (1895–1943), Professed Religious of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite) (Lviv, Ukraine – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Giuseppe Calvi (1901–1943), Professed Priest of the Oblates of Saint Joseph (Cuneo, Italy – Paraná, Brazil)
• Luiz Gonzaga do Monte (1905–1944), Priest of the Archdiocese of Natal (Pernambuco – Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
• Julius Aemilius de Lombaerde (1878 - 1944), Professed Priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Family; Founder of the Missionaries of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (Kortrijk, Belgium – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Antônio Álvares da Silva (Orlando) (1913–1945), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Minas Gerais – Bologna, Italy)
• Marciano Bernardes da Fonseca (1859–1946), Priest of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Johann Baptist Reus (1868–1947), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Bayreuth, Germany – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Antonia Martins de Macedo (Cécilia of the Heart of Mary) (1852–1950), Founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Mary (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Humbertus Linden Jr. (Bruno) (1876–1960), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Düsseldorf, Germany – Santa Catarina, Brazil)
• Vicenta Guilarte Alonso (Ildefonsa) - (1879 - 1960), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Jesus (Burgos, Spain – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Lafayette da Costa Coelho (1886 - 1961), Priest of the Diocese of Guanhães (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Antonio Ribeiro Pinto (1879–1963), Priest of the Archdiocese of Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• João dal Monte (Inácio of Ribeirão Preto) (1897–1963), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Bishop of Guaxupé (São Paulo – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Maria Elizabeth de Oliveira (1951–1965), Child of the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Pedro [Pierre] Galibert [Louis-Marie] (1877–1965), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular; Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Tarn, France – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Francisca Benicia Oliveira (Clemência) (1896–1966), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Ceará, Brazil)
• Maurilio Teixeira-Leite Penido (1895–1970), Priest of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Alberto Fuger (1892–1970), Priest of the Diocese of Oliveira (Bas-Rhin, France – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Petrus Canisius van Herkhuizen (Matheus) (1915–1973), Professed Priest of the Assumptionists (Nijmegen, Netherlands – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Antonio Machi (Gabriele of Frazzanó) (1907–1973), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Messina, Italy – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Gabriel Myskiw (Cristóforo) (1905–1973), Professed Priest of the Basilians of Saint Josaphat; Founder of the Secular Institute of the Catechists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sibinj, Croatia – Paraná, Brazil)
• José da Silva Coutinho (1897–1973), Priest of the Archdiocese of Paraiba (Paraíba, Brazil)
• Silvio Maria Dario (1919–1974), Bishop of Itapeva (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Antônio de Almeida Lustosa (1886–1974), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Archbishop of Fortaleza (Minas Gerais - Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Maria Joanna Laselva (Maria de Lourdes of Saint Rose) (1910 - 1974), Professed Religious of the Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionist Nuns) (Bari, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Rudolf Lunkenbein (1939–1976), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bocso; Martyr (Lichtenfels, Germany – Mato Grosso, Brazil)
• Simão Cristino Koge Kudugodu [Simão Bororo] (1937–1976), Layperson of the Diocese of Barra do Garças; Martyr (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
• Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite (1912–1976), Priest of the Diocese of Sao Joao del Rei (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Alfonso de Caro (1940–1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno; Fidei Donum Missionary in the Diocese of Rio Branco (Salerno, Italy – Amazonas, Brazil)
• Alderigi Maria Torriani (1895–1977), Priest of the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Maria Milito (Leônia) (1913–1980), Founder of the Missionary Sisters of Saint Anthony Mary Claret (Salerno, Italy – Parana, Brazil)
• Libério Rodrigues Moreira (1884–1980), Priest of the Diocese of Divinópolis (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Franz de Castro Holzwarth (1942–1981), Layperson of the Diocese of São José dos Campos (Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Maria da Conceicao Santos (Benigna Victim of Jesus) (1907–1981), Professed Religious of the Sisters Helpers of Our Lady of Mercy (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto (1910–1982), Professed Priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance; Bishop of Jundiaí (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Eliseu Maria Caroli (1900–1982), Professed Priest of the Barnabites; Bishop of Guamá; Founder of the Missionaries of Saint Therese (Piacenza, Italy – Pará, Brazil)
• Antônio Campelo de Aragão (1904–1984), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Bishop of Petrolina; Founder of the Sisters Mediators of Peace (Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Othon Motta (1913–1985), Bishop of Campanha (Rio de Janeiro – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Cleusa Carolina Rody Coelho (Maria Anjos of Saint Joseph) (1933 - 1985), Professed Religious of the Augustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters; Martyr (Espírito Santo - Amazonas, Brazil)
• João Luiz Pozzobon (1904 - 1985), Married Permanent Deacon of the Diocese of Santa Maria; Member of the Schonstatt Movement (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Ezechiele Ramin (1953–1985), Professed Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Martyr (Padua, Italy – Mato Grosso, Brazil)
• Alain-Marie du Noday (1899–1985), Professed Priest of the Dominicans; Bishop of Porto Nacional (Morbihan, France – Tocantins, Brazil)
• Pedro Fuss (1910–1985), Professed Religious of the Society of the Divine Word (Neunkirchen, Germany – Paraná, Brazil)
• João Benvegnú (1907–1986), Priest of the Dioces of Passo Fundo (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Vítor Coelho de Almeida (1899–1987), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists (Minas Gerais – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Antonio Sinibaldi (1937–1987), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Conventuals (Rome, Italy – Maranhão, Brazil)
• Maria Giselda Villela (Maria Imaculada of the Holy Trinity) (1909–1988), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Maria de Lourdes [Lourdinha] Benedicta Nogueira Fontao (1930–1988), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Sao Joao da Boa Vista (São Paulo, Brazil)
• José Gumercindo Santos (1907–1991), Priest and Founder of the Society of "Joseleitos" of Christ; Founder of the Congregation of Saint Therese and the Congregation of the Divine Master (Sergipe – Bahia, Brazil)
• Rosita Paiva (1909–1991), Cofounder of the Josephite Institute (Amazonas – Ceará, Brazil)
• Giulio Pigotti (Michelangelo of Marenella) (1916–1995), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Ancona, Italy – Amazonas, Brazil)
• Edmundo Armando Saint'Clair Igreja (1914–1996), Priest of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará; Founder of the Institute of Our Lady, Mother of Divine Providence – "Providentino" Movement (Pará, Brazil)
• Maria de Lourdes Guarda (1926–1996), Layperson of the Diocese of Jundiaí (São Paulo, Brazil)
• José Antônio do Couto (1927–1997), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Bishop of Taubate (Minas Gerais – São Paulo, Brazil)
• José Barbosa de Andrade (1965–1999), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of São Paulo (Brazil)
• Floripes [Lola] Dornelas de Jesus (1913–1999), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1909–1999), Archbishop of Olinda-Recife (Ceará – Pernambuco, Brazil)
• José Brandão de Castro (1919–1999), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists; Bishop of Propriá (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Waldir Lopes de Castro (1931–2001), Priest of the Diocese of Sobral (Ceará, Brazil)
• Nazareno Lanciotti (1940–2001), Priest of the Vicariate o Rome; Fidei Donum Missionary in the Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres; Member of the Marian Movement for Priests; Martyr (Rome, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Luigia [Ginetta] Calliari (1918–2001), Layperson of the Diocese of Osasco; Consecrated Member of the Focolare Movement (Trent, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Maria Luiza Resende Marques (Tereza Margarida of the Heart of Mary) (1915–2005), Professed Religious of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (1913–2006), Professed Priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Founder of the Marian Fraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Brazil)
• Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida (1930–2006), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Archbishop of Mariana (Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira (1961–2007), Professed Priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians); Founder of the "Bethânia" Community (Minas Gerais – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Angelo Angioni (1915–2008), Priest of the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto (Nuoro, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Marcelo Henrique Câmara (1979–2008), Layperson of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Santa Catarina, Brazil)
• Guido Vidal França Schäffer (1974–2009), Seminarian of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Arnaldo Ribeiro (1930 - 2009), Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Petro Balzi (1926–2009), Priest of the Diocese of Bergamo; Member of the Missionary Community of “Paradiso”; Fidei Donum missionary in the Archdiocese of Teresina (Lausanne, Switzerland – Piauí, Brazil)
• Zilda Arns Neumann (1934–2010), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Curitiba (Santa Catarina, Brazil – Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
• André Bortolameotti (1919–2010), Professed Priest of the Congregation of Jesus the Priest (Trentino, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Luigi [Luis] Cecchin (1924–2010), Priest of the Diocese of Treviso; Fidei Donum Missionary in the Diocese of Nazaré (Padua, Italy – Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Cesare Sarafini (Michelangelo of Cingoli) (1908–2013), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Macerata, Italy – Sergipe, Brazil)
• Paolino Maria Baldassari (1926–2016), Professed Priest of the Servites (Bologna, Italy – Acre, Brazil)
• (1914-1992), Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (São Paulo, Brazil)
• (Possidio of Jesus Crucified) (1925-1995), Professed Priest of the Discalced Augustinians (Italy-Brazil)
• (1890-1960), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Arcaju (Brazil)
• (1910-1970), Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)
• Angelo Frosi (1924-1995), Professed Priest of the Xaverian Missionaries; Bishop of Abaetetuba (Italy-Brazil)
• (1874–1958), Professed Priest of the Mercedarians; Bishop of Sao Raimundo Nonato (Spain-Brazil)

Candidates for sainthood[]

• Domingos da Transfiguração Machado (1824–1908), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Subiaco-Cassinese Congregation); Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Bahia, Brazil)
• Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro (1897-1911), Child of the Diocese of Angra (Póvoa de Lanhoso – Guimaraes, Portugal)
• Maria Magdalena do Espírito Santo de Araujo (1862–1914), Layperson of the Diocese of Crato (Ceará, Brazil)
• Antônio Bento do Portão (1875–1917), Layperson of Archdiocese of São Paulo (Bahia – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Josef Thanhuber (1880–1920), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco; Martyr (Rottal-Inn, Germany – Mato Grosso, Brazil)
• Pedro Afonso do Nascimento (1870–1925), Layman of the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista; Martyr (Bahia, Brazil)
• Maria Schweizer (Benigna) (1846–1928), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion of Bonlanden; Martyr (Göppingen, Germany – Rio Grande, Brazil)
• Adelaide Elias Tahim (1882–1929), Layperson of the Diocese of Tianguá (Bethlehem, Palestine – Ceará, Brazil)
• Cícero Romão Batista (1844–1934), Priest of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil)
• Pedro Perdigão Sampaio (1900–1947), Priest of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil)
• Francisca Carla Quirino (1910–1953), Layperson of the Diocese of Tianguá (Ceará, Brazil)
• Vanilda Sanches Beber (1943–1958), Young Layperson of Archdiocese of Campinas (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Maria Amida Kammers (1941–1961), Young Layperson of the Archdiocese of Florianópolis; Martyr (Santa Catarina, Brazil)
• Marco Ruben Vedovato (1930–1968), Professed Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Martyr (Padua, Italy – Maranhão, Brazil)
• Olavo Cavalcante Cardoso (1925 - 1969), Layperson of the Diocese of Crateús (Ceará, Brazil); Martyr
• Antônio Henrique Pereira Neto (1940–1969), Priest of the Archiocese of Olinda-Recife; Martyr (Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Cleidimar Medeiros Dantas (1955–1970), Young Layperson of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil)
• João Bosco Penido Burnier (1917–1976), Professed Priest of the Jesuits; Martyr (Minas Gerais – Mato Crosso, Brazil)
• Alberto Pierobon (1927–1976), Professed Priest of the Xaverian Missionaries; Martyr (Padua, Italy – Paraná, Brazil)
• Santo Dias da Silva (1942–1979), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of São Paulo; Martyr (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Geraldo Fernandes Bijos (1913–1982), Professed Priest of the Claretians; Archbishop of Londria (São Paulo – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Margarida Maria Alves (1933–1983), Layperson of the Diocese of Campina Grande; Martyr (Paraíba, Brazil)
• Adelaide Molinari (1938–1985), Professed Religious of the Daughters of Divine Charity; Martyr (Rio Grande do Sul – Pará, Brazil)
• Josimo Morais Tavares (1953–1986), Priest of the Diocese of Tocantinópolis; Martyr (Pará – Maranhão, Brazil)
• Avelar Brandão Vilela (1912–1986), Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia; Cardinal (Santa Catarina – Bahia, Brazil)
• Vicente Canas Costa [Kiwxi] (1939–1987), Professed Religious of the Jesuits; Martyr (Almeria, Spain – Mato Grosso, Brazil)
• Salvatore Deiana (1956–1987), Professed Priest of the Xaverian Missionaries (Oristano, Italy – Pará, Brazil)
• Francisco Alves Mendes Filho (1944–1988), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Rio Branco; Martyr (Acre, Brazil)
• Muarizio Maraglio (1946–1989), Priest of the Diocese of Mantova; Fidei Donum missionary in the Diocese of Coroatá; Martyr (Mantova, Italy – Maranhão, Brazil)
• Gabriel Maire (1936–1989), Priest of the Diocese of Saint-Cloud; Fidei Donum missionary in the Archdiocese of Vitória; Martyr (Jura, France – Espírito Santo, Brazil)
• Maria Filomena Lopes Filha (1946–1990), Professed Religious of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion of Bonlanden; Martyr (Minas Gerais – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Laura Mendes da Silva (1916–1991), Layperson of the Archdiocese of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Maria Rodrigues de Albuquerque (1909–1991), Vowed Member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul; Martyr (Ceará – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• José Maria Prada (1928–1991), Professed Priest of the Redemptorists; Martyr (Alto Trás-os-Montes, Portugal – Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Luiza Morais Correia Távora (1923 - 1992), Married Laywoman of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil)
• Petrus Joseph Beerkens (Remigius of the Holy Cross) (1930–1993), Professed Priest of the Passionists; Martyr (Limburg, Netherlands – Goiás, Brazil)
• Ronaldo Pereira da Silveira (1970–1995), Layperson of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil); Member of Shalom Catholic Community (Ceará, Brazil)
• Hubert Mattle (1930–1995), Brother of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood; Martyr (Feldkirch, Austria – Pará, Brazil)
• Leo Commissari (1946–1998), Priest of the Diocese of Imola; Fidei Donum missionary in the Diocese of Santo André; Martyr (Bologna, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Alberto Neri Fernandez da Costa Porto (1963 - 2002), Layperson of the Diocese of Porto; Member of the Focolare Movement (Salto, Uruguay – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Wagner Rodolfo da Silva (1968–2003), Priest of Diocese of São José dos Campos; Martyr (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Gilberto Maria Delfina (1925–2004), Professed Priest and Founder of Fraternity Jesus the Savior – "Salvists" (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Dorothy Mae Stang (1931–2005), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur; Martyr (Ohio, United States – Pará, Brazil)
• Dulce (Dulcinha) Maria de Souza Brito Lopes Pontes (1915–2006), Layperson of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Bahia, Brazil)
• José Mauro Pereira Bastos (José Mauro of the Cross) (1955–2006), Professed Priest of the Passionists; Bishop of Guaxupé (Espírito Santo – Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider (1924–2007), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Archbishop of Aparecida; Cardinal (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
• Antônio Maria Mucciolo (1923–2012), Archbishop of Botucatu (Salerno, Italy – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1920–2012), Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro; Cardinal (Rio Grande do Norte – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Terezinha Estella Guimarães (Ana Teresa) (1935–2013), Professed Religious of Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld (São Paulo – Ceará, Brazil)
• Mauro Gurgel Braga Herbster (1921 - 2016), Professed Priest of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil)
• Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921–2016), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins; Archbishop of São Paulo; Cardinal (Santa Catarina – São Paulo, Brazil)
• Raphaella Vieira Nobre (1998–2016), Young Layperson of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil); Member of Shalom Catholic Community (Ceará, Brazil)
• Rosalva da Conceição Lima (Rosinha do Horto) (1920–2018), Married Layperson of Diocese of Crato (Ceará, Brazil)
• Óscar González-Quevedo Bruzón (1930 - 2019), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Madrid, Spain - Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
• Harold (Haroldo) Joseph Rahm (1919–2019), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (Texas, United States - São Paulo, Brazil)
• Roberto Magalhães (1920 - 2020), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Capuchins (Ceará, Brazil)
• Henrique Soares da Costa (1963–2020), Bishop of Palmares (Alagoas – Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Jefferson de Brito Teixeira - (2006 - 2020), Child of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza; Martyr (Ceará, Brazil)
• Pere (Pedro) Casaldàliga i Pla (1928–2020), Professed Priest of the Claretians; Bishop of São Félix do Araguaia (Balsareny, Spain – São Paulo, Brazil)
• José Roberto Rodrigues Devellard (1945–2020), Priest of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Cleiton Jorge Cordeiro Evangelista (1984-2021), Priest of the Archdiocese of São Paulo; Presbyter (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (1947-2022), Philosopher; Theologian; Brazilian Essayist; Polemicist; Digital Influencer; Ideologue; Journalist; Astrologer; Layperson of the Diocese of Richmond.

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Brazil
• List of American saints and beatified people
• List of Canadian Roman Catholic saints
• List of Mexican Saints
• List of South American Saints
• List of saints of the Canary Islands
• List of Scandinavian saints

References[]

• Habig, Marion A. (1974). Saints of the Americas. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 0-87973-880-4.
• "Hagiography Circle"
• "Ronaldo Pereira Virtual Museum
• "Ronaldo Pereira Canonization Movement