List of Servants of God

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Funerary inscription calling the deceased Maxima an Ancilla Christi (AD 525)

In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonisation as a saint.[1]

The following is an incomplete list of people declared to be a Servant of God. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the place or attribute part of the name.

Servant of God Year of death Year declared Servant of God Notes / References
Ángel Herrera Oria 1968 1996
Antoni Gaudí 1926 2000
Antony Thachuparambil 1963 2009
Barbora Žagarietė 1648 2015
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas 1964 2006
Benedict XIIIPope Benedict XIII 1730 1755
Black Elk 1950 2017 [2]
Blandina Segale 1941 2015
Carlo Braga 1971 2013
Giuseppe Castagnetti 1965 2009 Roman Catholic politician
Catherine Doherty 1985 2000
Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz 1731 1999
Chiara Corbella Petrillo 2012 2018
Dalisay Lazaga 1971 2012
Darwin Ramos 2012 2019 Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin 1840 2005
Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz 1732 1999
Dorothy Day 1980 2000
Eduardo Francisco Pironio 1998 2007
Edward J. Flanagan 1948 2012
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor 1921 2018 Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor
Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy 1952 2001
Elisabeth Leseur 1914 1934
Elizabeth Prout 1864 2008
Élisabeth of France 1794 1953 martyred during French Revolution
Emil Kapaun 1951 1993 U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War
Emiliano Tardif 1999 2010
Eusebio Kino 1711
Euzebiusz Huchracki 1942 2003 martyred in Schloss Hartheim[3]
Ferdinando Casagrande 1944 1998 martyred in Marzabotto
Fidelis Thaliath 2008 2021
Francis II of the Two Sicilies 1894 2020
Francis Xavier Ford 1952
Francisca del Espiritu Santo Fuentes 1711 2003
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz 1948 1951
Frank Duff 1980 1996
Geevarghese Ivanios 1953 2007
George Vakayil 1931 2013
Giovanni Fornasini 1944 1998 martyred in Marzabotto
Gordon Anthony Pantin 2000 2013 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain
Xu Guangqi 1633 1933 (redeclared 2010)
Guido Schaffer 2009 2014
Hélder Pessoa Câmara 1999 2015 Helped form the Episcopal Conference of Brazil
Henry II the Pious 1241 2015
Henryk Szuman 1939 2003 martyred in Bydgoszcz[4]
Ida Mari 1981
Ignatius Spencer 1864 2007
Isaac Hecker 1888 2008
Isabella I of Castile 1504 1974
James II of England 1701 1734 Jacobite claimant to the throne of England
Joaquina María Mercedes Barcelo Pages 1940 2002
Julius Nyerere 1999 2005 First President of Tanzania
John Berthier 1908
John Hardon 2000 2002
John Peter Savarinayagam 1979 2019 Capuchin Priest
Józef Cyrek 1940 1994
Julia Navarrete Guerrero 1974 1985
Kazimierz Dembowski 1942 1994
Kazimierz Wojciechowski 1941 1994
Luigi Giussani 2005 2012
Luis Cáncer 1549 2015 [5]
Luisa Piccarreta 1947 2006
Maria Clotilde of Savoy 1911 1942
Mamerto Esquiú 1883 2005
Marcel Van 1959 1997
María Beatríz del Rosario Arroyo 1957 2009
Maria Esperanza de Bianchini 2004 2010
Marie Gertrude Gros 1905 2012
Mathew Kavukattu 1969 1994
Mathew Makil 1914 2009
Matilde Salem 1961 1961
Matteo Ricci 1610 1984 (redeclared 2010)
Nguyễn Văn Thuận 2002 2007
Nicola D'Onofrio 1964 2000
Piotr Szarek 1939 1994
Pius VIIPope Pius VII 1823 2007
Prosper Guéranger 1875 2005
Rafael Merry del Val 1930 1953
Raymond FC Mascarenhas 1960 2008
Reynolds Purackal 1988 2010
Richard Henkes 1945 2002
Salvo D'Acquisto 1943 2001
Stanisław Wiórek 1939 1994
Teófilo Bastida Camomot 1988 2010
Terence Cooke 1983 1992
Theodore Foley 1974 2008
Thea Bowman 1937 1990
Thomas Cooray 1988 2011
Trương Bửu Diệp 1946 2014
Ubaldo Marchioni 1944 1998 martyred in Marzabotto
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly 1929 2009
Vincent R. Capodanno 1967 2006 A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty
Walter Ciszek 1984 1990
William Finnemann 1942 1999

References[]

  1. ^ Pressing Sainthood for a Beloved Archbishop. (December 12, 2004). Fuchs, Marek. The New York Times. Accessed February 28, 2010.
  2. ^ https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/sainthood-cause-of-lakota-catechist-moves-forward.cfm
  3. ^ "Męczennik z Katowic - Prowincja Wniebowzięcia NMP Zakonu Braci Mniejszych w Polsce". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Parafia p.w. Św.Wojciecha Starogard Gdański :: Ks. Henryk Szuman". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ ""La Florida"". Retrieved 19 February 2017.

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