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 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.
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.
| width=250 | Servant of God | width=100 | Year of death | width=150 | Year declared Servant of God | Notes / References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 2018 | Swiss theologian and physician | ||||
| 1954 | 1993 | Prime Minister of Italy | ||||
| 1329 | 1723 | Portugese noble | ||||
| 1968 | 1996 | Spanish cardinal | ||||
| 1961 | 1991 | |||||
| 1926 | 2000 | |||||
| Anita Moreno | 1977 | 2018 | Panamanian laywoman[2] | |||
| 2015 | 2022 | Pakistani security guard and martyr | ||||
| 1963 | 2009 | |||||
| 1648 | 2015 | |||||
| 1566 | 2002 | Spanish priest | ||||
| 1964 | 2006 | founder of the Rosarians Order | ||||
| 1730 | 1755 | |||||
| 1950 | 2017 | [3] Catechist | ||||
| 1941 | 2015 | |||||
| 1839 | 2005 | First Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana and spiritual director to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | ||||
| 1857 | 1978 | Spanish bishop | ||||
| 1971 | 2013 | Italian Missionary | ||||
| 1965 | 2009 | Roman Catholic politician | ||||
| 1985 | 2000 | Russian writer and founder of the Madonna House Apostolate | ||||
| 1731 | 1999 | |||||
| 1975 | Swiss theologian and cardinal | |||||
| 2012 | 2018 | |||||
| 1934 | 2022 | Professed priest | ||||
| Dalisay Lazaga | 1971 | 2012 | ||||
| 2012 | 2019 | Street child, Duchenne muscular dystrophy | ||||
| 1840 | 2005 | Russian aristocrat, founder of Loretto, Pennsylvania | ||||
| 1732 | 1999 | Filipino nun | ||||
| 1940 | 2002 | Japanese priest and missionary | ||||
| 1980 | 2000 | American social activist | ||||
| 1948 | 2012 | |||||
| 1921 | 2018 | Co-founder of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor | ||||
| 1952 | 2001 | |||||
| 1914 | 1934 | French mystic | ||||
| 1794 | 1953 | martyred during French Revolution | ||||
| Eliswa Vakayil | 1831 | 2008 | Indian nun | |||
| 1951 | 1993 | U.S. Army Chaplain during the Korean War | ||||
| 1929 | 2020 | mother of Pope John Paul II[4] | ||||
| 1999 | 2010 | |||||
| 1967 | 1997 | First Superior General of the Society of Christian Doctrine (M.U.S.E.U.M.) | ||||
| 1942 | 2003 | martyred in Schloss Hartheim[5] | ||||
| 1985 | 2017 | Italian missionary priest martyred in Brazil | ||||
| Ferdinando Casagrande | 1944 | 1998 | martyred in Marzabotto | |||
| 2008 | 2021 | Indian nun | ||||
| 1999 | 2005 | Brazilian mystic | ||||
| 1894 | 2020 | King of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| 1952 | Bishop of Kaying | |||||
| 1948 | 1951 | Portugese priest | ||||
| 1908 | Archbishop of Paris | |||||
| 1980 | 1996 | Founder of the Legion of Mary | ||||
| 1953 | 2007 | Archbishop of Trivandrum | ||||
| 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] | |||
| 2017 | 2024 | Polish missionary[9] | ||||
| 1633 | 1933 (redeclared 2011) | |||||
| 1988 | 2018 | Swiss theologian and priest | ||||
| 1999 | 2015 | Archbishop of Olinda e Recife and cofounder of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil | ||||
| 1241 | 2015 | Polish monarch | ||||
| Henryk Szuman | 1939 | 2003 | martyred in Bydgoszcz[10] | |||
| Ida Mari | 1981 | |||||
| 1888 | 2008 | Founder of the Paulist Fathers | ||||
| 1504 | 1974 | Queen of Castille and Leon | ||||
| 2016 | 2017 | French Catholic priest, killed in an attack, qualified as a martyr by Christians including Pope Francis. | ||||
| 1701 | 1734 | Jacobite claimant to the throne of England | ||||
| 1985 | 1994 | German priest | ||||
| 1947 | 1953 | Brazilian Permanent deacon | ||||
| 2000 | 2002 | American priest | ||||
| John Peter Savarinayagam | 1979 | 2019 | Capuchin Priest | |||
| 1940 | 1994 | Polish writer | ||||
| 1907 | 2012 | Professed priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the DOLSH Congregation | ||||
| 1999 | 2005 | First President of Tanzania | ||||
| 1941 | 2020 | father of Pope John Paul II | ||||
| 2007 | 2020 | Brazilian Dehonian priest | ||||
| 2006 | 2014 | Bishop of Mariana | ||||
| 2005 | 2012 | Founder of Communion and Liberation | ||||
| 1987 | 2001 | predecessor to Oscar Romero | ||||
| 1549 | 2015 | [11] Spanish missionary | ||||
| 1947 | 2006 | |||||
| Madeleine Delbrêl | 1964 | 2018 | ||||
| 1911 | 1942 | |||||
| 1959 | 1997 | |||||
| 2004 | 2010 | |||||
| Marie Gertrude Gros | 1905 | 2012 | ||||
| 1969 | 2011 | Martyred for defending her chastity[12] | ||||
| 1969 | 1994 | Archbishop of Changanassery | ||||
| 1914 | 2009 | |||||
| 1980 | 1998 | Bishop of Alba Iulia; declared Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1999. | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | Syrian laywoman | ||||
| 1610 | 1984 (redeclared 2010) | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 1991 | 2018 | Spanish Basque Jesuit priest and first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima | ||||
| 1939 | 1994 | martyred during Occupation of Poland | ||||
| 1823 | 2007 | |||||
| 1875 | 2005 | |||||
| 1930 | 1953 | Spanish cardinal | ||||
| Raymond FC Mascarenhas | 1960 | 2008 | ||||
| Reynolds Purackal | 1988 | 2010 | ||||
| 1968 | 2017 | Italian priest and philospher | ||||
| 1992 | 2014 | Uruguayan Streetwise Priest | ||||
| 2011 | 2024 | Priest and Founder of the Marian Movement of Priests | ||||
| 1943 | 2001 | Italian policeman. | ||||
| 1991 | 1998 | Martyred for defending her chastity[16] | ||||
| 1756 | 2017 | Guarani Leader[17] | ||||
| 2011 | 2016 | Pakistani politician | ||||
| 1939 | 1994 | Martyred during the German Occupation of Poland | ||||
| 1983 | 1992 | Archbishop of New York and Cardinal | ||||
| 1974 | 2008 | Superior general of the Passionists. | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | nun | ||||
| 1962 | 2005 | German mystic | ||||
| 1988 | 2011 | Sri Lankan cardinal | ||||
| 1989 | 2018 | Swiss engineer and founder of the Limmat Foundation | ||||
| 1946 | 2014 | Vietnamese priest | ||||
| Ubaldo Marchioni | 1944 | 1998 | Martyred in Marzabotto | |||
| 1967 | 2006 | A United States Navy Chaplain who was killed in the line of duty | ||||
| 1878 | 1994 | Bishop of Olinda | ||||
| Vivian Uchechi Ogu | 1995 | 2009 | Martyred for defending her chastity[18] | |||
| 1984 | 1990 | Polish=American priest and missionary | ||||
| 1943 | 2017 | member of the German Resistance | ||||
| 1942 | 1999 | |||||
| 2010 | 2015 | Brazilian Brazilian physician and philanthropist | ||||