List of Servants of God
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.
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 | Date of death | Date declared Servant of God | Ethnicity | Country / Region of Residency / Citizenship / Nationality | Diocese | Notes / References | - |
Ángel Herrera Oria | 1968 | 1996 | Spanish | Spain | - | ||
Antoni Gaudí | 1926 | 2000 | Spanish | Spain | Barcelona | - | |
Antony Thachuparambil | 1963 | 2009 | Malayali | Kerala, India | Thrissur | - | |
Augustus Tolton | 1897 | 2010 | African American | United States | - | ||
Barbora Žagarietė | 1648 | 2015 | Lithuanian | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Šiauliai | - | |
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas | 1964 | 2006 | Tamil | United States | Jaffna | - | |
Benedict XIIIPope Benedict XIII | 1730 | 1755 | Italian | Papal States | - | ||
Black Elk | 1950 | 2017 | Lakota | United States | Rapid City | - | |
Blandina Segale | 1941 | 2015 | Italian American | United States | - | ||
Carlo Braga | 1971 | 2013 | Italian | Italy; Philippines | - | ||
Catherine Doherty | 1985 | 2000 | Russian Canadian | Canada | - | ||
Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz | 1731 | 1999 | Filipino | Philippines | - | ||
Chiara Corbella Petrillo | 2012 | 2018 | Italian | Italy | Rome | - | |
Dalisay Lazaga | 1971 | 2012 | Filipino | Philippines | - | ||
Darwin Ramos | 1994 | 2012 | Filipino | Metro Manila, Philippines | Cubao | Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy | - |
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin | 1840 | 2005 | Russian | United States | Altoona-Johnstown | - | |
Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz | 1732 | 1999 | Filipino | Philippines | - | ||
Dorothy Day | 1980 | 2000 | English– and Irish American | United States | - | ||
Eduardo Francisco Pironio | 1998 | 2007 | - | ||||
Edward J. Flanagan | 1948 | 2012 | Irish American | United States | Omaha | - | |
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor | 1921 | 2018 | Australian | Australia | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney | Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor | - |
Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy | 1952 | 2001 | Montenegrin | Montenegro; Italy | - | ||
Elisabeth Leseur | 1914 | 1934 | - | ||||
Elizabeth Prout | 1864 | 2008 | - | ||||
Emiliano Tardif | 1999 | 2010 | Canadian | Canada | Santo Domingo | - | |
Eusebio Kino | 1711 | Hermosillo | - | ||||
Euzebiusz Huchracki | 1942 | 2003 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | martyred in Schloss Hartheim | - |
1944 | 1998 | Italian | Italy | Bologna | martyred in Marzabotto | - | |
Francis Xavier Ford | 1952 | Irish American | China | - | |||
Francisca del Espiritu Santo Fuentes | 1711 | 2003 | - | ||||
Frank Duff | 1980 | 1996 | Ireland | - | |||
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios | 1953 | 2007 | Kerala, India | - | |||
George Vakayil | 1931 | 2013 | Kerala, India | - | |||
Giovanni Fornasini | 1944 | 1998 | Italian | Italy | Bologna | martyred in Marzabotto | - |
Xu Guangqi | 1633 | 1933 | Han Chinese | China | Shanghai | - | |
Guido Schaffer | 2009 | 2014 | Brazil | - | |||
Henry II the Pious | 1241 | 2015 | Silesian | Duchy of Silesia | Legnica | - | |
:pl:Henryk Antoni Szuman|Henryk Szuman | 1939 | 2003 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | martyred in Bydgoszcz | - |
Ida Mari | 1981 | Italian | Italy | - | |||
Ignatius Spencer | 1864 | 2007 | - | ||||
Isaac Hecker | 1888 | 2008 | - | ||||
Isabella I of Castile | 1504 | 1974 | Castilian | Kingdom of Castile | - | ||
Joaquina María Mercedes Barcelo Pages | 1940 | 2002 | - | ||||
John Berthier | 1908 | - | |||||
John Hardon | 2000 | 2002 | - | ||||
John Paul IPope John Paul I | 1978 | 2003 | Italian | Papal States | - | ||
John Peter Savarinayagam | 1979 | 2019 | Tamil | Tamilnadu, India | Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam | Capuchin Priest | |
Józef Cyrek | 1940 | 1994 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | - | |
Julia Navarrete Guerrero | 1974 | 1985 | Mexican | - | |||
Julius Nyerere | 1999 | 2005 | Tanzania | Musoma | - | ||
Kazimierz Dembowski | 1942 | 1994 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | - | |
Kazimierz Wojciechowski | 1941 | 1994 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | - | |
Luigi Giussani | 2005 | 2012 | Italian | Italy | Milan | - | |
Luis Cáncer | 1549 | 2015 | Spanish | Spain | Saint Petersburg | - | |
Luisa Piccarreta | 1947 | 2006 | - | ||||
Mamerto Esquiú | 1883 | 2005 | - | ||||
Marcel Van | 1959 | 1997 | Vietnamese | Vietnam | - | ||
María Beatríz del Rosario Arroyo | 1957 | 2009 | Filipino | Philippines | - | ||
Maria Esperanza de Bianchini | 2004 | 2010 | - | ||||
Maria Laura Mainetti | 2000 | Italian | Italy | Como | martyred in Chiavenna | - | |
1905 | 2012 | - | |||||
Mathew Kavukattu | 1969 | 1994 | Malayali | Kerala, India | - | ||
Mathew Makil | 1914 | 2009 | Malayali/Knanaya | India | - | ||
Matilde Salem | 1961 | 1961 | Syrian | Aleppo, Syria | Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo | - | |
Matteo Ricci | 1610 | 1984 | Italian | Papal States; China | Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia | - | |
Nguyễn Văn Thuận | 2002 | 2007 | Vietnamese | Vietnam | - | ||
Nicola D'Onofrio | 1964 | 2000 | - | ||||
Piotr Szarek | 1939 | 1994 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | - | |
Pius VIIPope Pius VII | 1823 | 2007 | Italian | Papal States | - | ||
Prosper Guéranger | 1875 | 2005 | - | ||||
Rafael Merry del Val | 1930 | 1953 | - | ||||
1960 | 2008 | - | |||||
Reynolds Purackal | 1988 | 2010 | Malayali | India | Alappuzha | - | |
Richard Henkes | 1945 | 2002 | German | Germany | - | ||
Salvo D'Acquisto | 1943 | 2001 | - | ||||
Stanisław Wiórek | 1939 | 1994 | Polish | Poland | Pelplin | - | |
Teófilo Bastida Camomot | 1988 | 2010 | Filipino | Philippines | Cebu City | - | |
Terence Cooke | 1983 | 1992 | Irish American | United States | New York | - | |
Theodore Foley | 1974 | 2008 | - | ||||
Thomas Cooray | 1988 | 2011 | Sinhalese | Sri Lanka | Colombo | - | |
Trương Bửu Diệp | 1946 | 2014 | Vietnamese | Vietnam | Cần Thơ | - | |
:it:Ubaldo Marchioni|Ubaldo Marchioni | 1944 | 1998 | Italian | Italy | Bologna | martyred in Marzabotto | - |
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly | 1929 | 2009 | Malayali | Kerala, India | - | ||
Vincent R. Capodanno | 1967 | 2006 | Italian American | United States | New York | - | |
Walter Ciszek | 1984 | 1990 | Polish American | United States | Allentown | - | |
William Finnemann | 1942 | 1999 | German | German Empire | - |