List of Benemerenti medal recipients

Awarded by [Pope Leo XIII]

• William Turner, 1893: for a commentary on St. Thomas's "De Anima".

  Awarded by [Pope Benedict XV]

• Hilda Beatrice Currie, 1939.

  Awarded by [Pope Pius XII]

• Maria Augusta von Trapp, 1949.
• Bertha Quinn, 1949

  Awarded by [Pope Paul VI]

• Salvador Pinto in 1964 From a Pinto family of Bondel, Mangalore, India. Unique figure in the Mangalorean community - in that he was a chauffeur to the Bishops of Mangalore from 1922 when a new car was presented to the Italian Jesuit Bishop Paul Perini till his retirement in 1966 at the age of 75. In this period of 44 years, he was chauffeur as follows: 1922 - 27 Bishop Paul Perini; 1927 - 30 Bishop Valerian D'Souza; 1930 - 55 Bishop Victor Fernandes; 1955 - 58 Bishop Basil Peres; 1958 - 64 Bishop Raymond D'Mello; 1964 - 66 Bishop Basil D'Souza. He was awarded the BENE MERENTI for his many years of service to the Diocese of Mangalore A Historico_Biographical survey of the Mangalorean Catholic Community by
• Mary John Thottam, 1971 for religious poems
• Harry Carrigan, 1972. Of High Firs Road Southampton, presented on 18 December 1972. Awarded for lay service to the Church. Carrigan was Master of Ceremonies at St Colman’s Church, Thornhill. He was an altar boy and a silver medalist of the Guild of St Stephen.
• Herbert Eugene Longenecker, 1977.

  Awarded by [Pope John XXIII]

• Edward Flannery, 1977.
• Percival William Pine, 1962. Awarded for services to the church in connection with fundraising for the building project of St Joseph's Church, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England.

  Awarded by [Pope John Paul II]

• Paddy Crosbie, 1979.
• Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde, 1993.
• Catherine Ann Cline, 1995.
• Mario Kreutzberger, 2002. Pope John Paul II bestowed the Bene Merenti medal on Kreutzberger, the first non-Catholic to be so honored. Kreutzberger also served as a Special Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
• Bob Schaffer, 2003. Awarded the Benemerenti medal by Pope John Paul II for service to the Church. Schaffer is also a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem by confirmation of the Holy See in the name of and by the authority of Pope John Paul II. and a member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 1214 of Fort Collins, Colorado.

  Awarded by [Pope Benedict XVI]

Awarded by [Pope Francis]

Awarded by Pope Francis