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.[1]

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

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 Oria19681996
Antoni Gaudí19262000
Akash Bashir20152022Pakistani security guard and martyr
Antony Thachuparambil19632009
Barbora Žagarietė16482015
Bartolomé de las Casas1566
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas19642006
Benedict XIIIPope Benedict XIII17301755
Black Elk19502017[2]
Blandina Segale19412015
Carlo Braga19712013
Giuseppe Castagnetti19652009Roman Catholic politician
Catherine Doherty19852000
Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz17311999
Chiara Corbella Petrillo20122018
Dalisay Lazaga19712012
Darwin Ramos20122019Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin18402005Russian aristocrat, Founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania
Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz17321999
Dorothy Day19802000
Eduardo Francisco Pironio19982007
Edward J. Flanagan19482012
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor19212018Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor
Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy19522001
Elisabeth Leseur19141934
Elizabeth Prout18642008
Élisabeth of France17941953martyred during French Revolution
Emil Kapaun19511993U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War
Emiliano Tardif19992010
Eusebio Kino1711
Euzebiusz Huchracki19422003martyred in Schloss Hartheim[3]
Ferdinando Casagrande19441998martyred in Marzabotto
Fidelis Thaliath20082021
Francis II of the Two Sicilies18942020King of the Two Sicilies
Francis Xavier Ford1952
Francisca del Espiritu Santo Fuentes17112003
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz19481951
Frank Duff19801996
Geevarghese Ivanios19532007
George Vakayil19312013
Giovanni Fornasini19441998martyred in Marzabotto
Gordon Anthony Pantin20002013
Xu Guangqi16331933 (redeclared 2010)
Guido Schaffer20092014
Hélder Pessoa Câmara19992015Helped form the Episcopal Conference of Brazil
Henry II the Pious12412015
Henryk Szuman19392003martyred in Bydgoszcz[4]
Ida Mari1981
Ignatius Spencer18642007
Isaac Hecker18882008
Isabella I of Castile15041974
James II of England17011734Jacobite claimant to the throne of England
Joaquina María Mercedes Barcelo Pages19402002
Julius Nyerere19992005First President of Tanzania
John Berthier1908
John Hardon20002002
John Peter Savarinayagam19792019Capuchin Priest
Józef Cyrek19401994
Julia Navarrete Guerrero19741985
Kazimierz Dembowski19421994
Kazimierz Wojciechowski19411994
Luigi Giussani20052012
Luis Cáncer15492015[5]
Luisa Piccarreta19472006
Maria Clotilde of Savoy19111942
Marcel Van19591997
María Beatríz del Rosario Arroyo19572009
Maria Esperanza de Bianchini20042010
Marie Gertrude Gros19052012
Mathew Kavukattu19691994
Mathew Makil19142009
Matilde Salem19611961
Matteo Ricci16101984 (redeclared 2010)
Nguyễn Văn Thuận20022007
Nicola D'Onofrio19642000
Patrick Ryan18782016
Piotr Szarek19391994
Pius VIIPope Pius VII18232007
Prosper Guéranger18752005
Rafael Merry del Val19301953
Raymond FC Mascarenhas19602008
Reynolds Purackal19882010
Richard Henkes19452002
Salvo D'Acquisto19432001
Stanisław Wiórek19391994
Teófilo Bastida Camomot19882010
Terence Cooke19831992
Theodore Foley19742008
Thea Bowman19371990
Thomas Cooray19882011
Trương Bửu Diệp19462014
Ubaldo Marchioni19441998martyred in Marzabotto
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly19292009
Vincent R. Capodanno19672006A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty
Walter Ciszek19841990
William Finnemann19421999
Willi Graf 1943 2017
Akash Bashir 2015 2022 Gave his life to prevent a suicide bomber from entering a packed church in 2015[6]

References
  1. Pressing Sainthood for a Beloved Archbishop. (December 12, 2004). Fuchs, Marek. The New York Times. Accessed February 28, 2010.
  2. "Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause". 9 December 2021.
  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.
  6. Agency, Catholic News. "Akash Bashir, who died protecting Catholic worshippers in Pakistan, named a Servant of God". Catholic Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

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