List of Servants of God

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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 (AD 525) calling the deceased Maxima an Ancilla Christi (handmaid of Christ)

The term is used in the first of the four steps in the canonization process. The next step is being declared Venerable, upon a decree of heroism or martyrdom by the honored. That is followed by beatification, with the title of Blessed. After the confirmation of miracles resulting from the intercession of the honored, the final step is canonization, where the honored would receive the title of Saint.

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The following is an incomplete list of people currently 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
Adrienne von Speyr 1967 2018 Swiss theologian and physician
Alcide De Gasperi 1954 1993 Prime Minister of Italy
Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque 1329
Ángel Herrera Oria 1968 1996
Angela Iacobellis 1961 1991
Antoni Gaudí 1926 2000
Anita Moreno 1977 2018 Panamanian laywoman[2]
Akash Bashir 2015 2022 Pakistani security guard and martyr
Antony Thachuparambil 1963 2009
Barbora Žagarietė 1648 2015
Bartolomé de las Casas 1566 2002
Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas 1964 2006
Pope Benedict XIII 1730 1755
Black Elk 1950 2017 [3]
Blandina Segale 1941 2015
Simon Bruté 1839 2005 First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana and spiritual director to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Buenaventura Codina y Augerolas 1857 Spanish bishop
Carlo Braga 1971 2013
Giuseppe Castagnetti 1965 2009 Roman Catholic politician
Catherine Doherty 1985 2000
Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz 1731 1999
Charles Journet 1975 Swiss theologian and cardinal
Chiara Corbella Petrillo 2012 2018
Cícero Romão Batista 1934 2022 Professed priest
Dalisay Lazaga 1971 2012
Darwin Ramos 2012 2019 Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin 1840 2005 Russian aristocrat, founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania
Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz 1732 1999
Domingos Chohachi Nakamura 1940 2002 Japanese priest and missionary
Dorothy Day 1980 2000
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
Élisabeth of France 1794 1953 martyred during French Revolution
Eliswa Vakayil 1831 2008
Emil Kapaun 1951 1993 U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War
Emilia Anne Wojtyła 1929 2020 mother of Pope John Paul II[4]
Emiliano Tardif 1999 2010
Eugenio Borg 1967 1997 First Superior General of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.)
Euzebiusz Huchracki 1942 2003 martyred in Schloss Hartheim[5]
Ezechiele Ramin 1985 2017 Italian missionary priest martyred in Brazil
Ferdinando Casagrande 1944 1998 martyred in Marzabotto
Fidelis Thaliath 2008 2021
Floripes Dornellas de Jesus 1999 2005 Brazilian mystic
Francis II of the Two Sicilies 1894 2020 King of the Two Sicilies
Francis Xavier Ford 1952
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz 1948 1951
François-Marie-Benjamin Richard 1908 Archbishop of Paris
Frank Duff 1980 1996
Geevarghese Ivanios 1953 2007
George Vakayil 1931 2013 Indian priest[6][7]
Gerard Raymond 1932 1968 French-Canadian seminarian
Gordon Anthony Pantin 2000 2013 Archbishop of Port of Spain[8]
Helena Kmieć 2017 2024 Polish missionary[9]
Xu Guangqi 1633 1933 (redeclared 2010)
Hans Urs von Balthasar 1988 2018 Swiss theologian and priest
Hélder Pessoa Câmara 1999 2015 Archbishop of Olinda e Recife and cofounder of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil
Henry II the Pious 1241 2015
Henryk Szuman 1939 2003 martyred in Bydgoszcz[10]
Ida Mari 1981
Isaac Hecker 1888 2008
Isabella I of Castile 1504 1974
Jacques Hamel 2016 2017 French Catholic priest, killed in an attack, qualified as a martyr by Christians including Pope Francis.
James II of England 1701 1734 Jacobite claimant to the throne of England
Johann Baptist Reus 1985 1994 German priest
John Pozzobon 1947 1953 Brazilian Permanent deacon
John Hardon 2000 2002
John Peter Savarinayagam 1979 2019 Capuchin Priest
Józef Cyrek 1940 1994
Jules Chevalier 1907 2012 Professed priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the DOLSH Congregation
Julius Nyerere 1999 2005 First President of Tanzania
Karol Józef Wojtyła Sr. 1941 2020 father of Pope John Paul II[4]
Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira 2007 2020 Brazilian Dehonian priest
Luciano Mendes de Almeida 2006 2014 Bishop of Mariana
Luigi Giussani 2005 2012
Luis Chávez 1987 predecessor to Oscar Romero
Luis Cáncer 1549 2015 [11]
Luisa Piccarreta 1947 2006
Madeleine Delbrêl 1964 2018
Maria Clotilde of Savoy 1911 1942
Marcel Van 1959 1997
Maria Esperanza de Bianchini 2004 2010
Marie Gertrude Gros 1905 2012
Marta Obregón Rodríguez 1969 2011 Martyred for defending her chastity[12]
Mathew Kavukattu 1969 1994
Mathew Makil 1914 2009
Áron Márton 1980 1998 Bishop of Alba Iulia; declared Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1999.
Matilde Salem 1961 1961
Matteo Ricci 1610 1984 (redeclared 2010)
Maurice Michael Otunga 2003 2010 The first cardinal of Kenya
Michelle Duppong 2015 2022 FOCUS Missionary[13]
Moises Crespo Gonzalez 1980 2015 Panamanian Augustinian Priest[14]
Leonia Nastał 1940 2016 Polish nun[15]
Patrick Ryan 1878 2016
Pedro Arrupe 1991 2018 Spanish Basque Jesuit priest and first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Piotr Szarek 1939 1994
Pope Pius VII 1823 2007
Prosper Guéranger 1875 2005
Rafael Merry del Val 1930 1953
Raymond FC Mascarenhas 1960 2008
Reynolds Purackal 1988 2010
Romano Guardini 1968 2017
Rubén Isidro Alonso 1992 2014 Uruguayan Streetwise priest
Stefano Gobbi 2011 2024 Priest and Founder of the Marian Movement of Priests
Salvo D'Acquisto 1943 2001
Santa Scorese 1991 1998 Martyred for defending her chastity[16]
Sepé Tiaraju 1756 2017 Guarani Leader[17]
Shahbaz Bhatti 2011 2016 Pakistani politician
Stanisław Wiórek 1939 1994
Terence Cooke 1983 1992 Archbishop of New York and Cardinal
Theodore Foley 1974 2008
Thea Bowman 1937 1990
Therese Neumann 1962 2005 German mystic
Thomas Cooray 1988 2011
Toni Zweifel 1989 Swiss engineer and founder of the Limmat Foundation
Trương Bửu Diệp 1946 2014
Ubaldo Marchioni 1944 1998 Martyred in Marzabotto
Vincent R. Capodanno 1967 2006 A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty
Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira 1878 1994 Bishop of Olinda
Vivian Uchechi Ogu 1995 2009 Martyred for defending her chastity[18]
Walter Ciszek 1984 1990
Willi Graf 1943 2017
William Finnemann 1942 1999
Zilda Arns Neumann 2010 2015 Brazilian Brazilian physician and philanthropist

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References

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  2. ^ "Biografia Ana María Moreno". www.diocesischitre.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  3. ^ "Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day's sainthood cause". 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Karol and Emilia Wojtyła: The Saint-Makers". Crisis Magazine. November 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Męczennik z Katowic - Prowincja Wniebowzięcia NMP Zakonu Braci Mniejszych w Polsce". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Canonisation [sic] of Fr George Vakayil". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Death anniversary observed". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "Helena Kmieć już oficjalnie kandydatką na ołtarze". vaticannews.va. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Parafia p.w. Św.Wojciecha Starogard Gdański :: Ks. Henryk Szuman". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ^ ""La Florida"". Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ^ "La Diócesis inicia la causa de beatificación de Marta Obregón" [The Diocese initiates the cause of beatification of Marta Obregón]. elcorreodeburgos.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2011.
  13. ^ "Former FOCUS Missionary Michelle Duppong, Now 'Servant of God,' Continues to Inspire With Her Holy Life". NCR. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  14. ^ "1980". newsaints.faithweb.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  15. ^ Śmigiel, Adriana. "Maria Leonia Nastał - Służebnica Boża (1)". niedziela.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  16. ^ "Santa Scorese prima di essere uccisa: qualunque cosa mi succeda ho scelto Dio" [Santa Scorese before being killed: whatever happens to me I have chosen God]. it.aleteia.org (in Italian). 25 November 2021.
  17. ^ "COMISSÃO CAUSA DO SERVO DE DEUS SEPÉ TIARAJU" (in Portuguese). National Conference of Bishops of Brazil. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Catholic archbishop move for beatification, canonization of late teenager". October 6, 2023.